Improvement of Healthy Diet Related Knowledge among a Sample of Egyptian Women in Three Upper Egypt Governorates Using a Community Based Intervention.

Background: Fostering a community-based approach is one of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) strategies to empower the public with the knowledge and tools required for improving the nutritional status.

Aim: The current study was conducted to assess the knowledge of mothers/caregivers towards a healthy, safe, and affordable diet and to cover the detected knowledge gap using a community-based approach.

Methods: A pre-posttest experimental design was carried out at a community level at three Upper Egypt governorates: Assiut, Qena, and Sohag over six months from September 2017 till February 2018.