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We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Health Information Package Program on the knowledge anemic pregnant women had about anemia, their compliance with iron and folic acid supplementation, and their hemoglobin levels. A single-blind randomized controlled trial was carried out in accordance with the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) guidelines between January and May 2021. Pregnant women (n = 196) aged 18\u201345 years old and diagnosed with anemia during the first trimester of their pregnancy were randomly assigned into two groups: the intervention group (Health Information Package Program plus routine care, n = 98) and the control group (routine care only, n = 98). Knowledge, the ability to select appropriate food, and hemoglobin levels were assessed at baseline and after three months, while compliance with iron and folic acid supplementation was also measured at the end of three months. This study indicated that the post-education mean knowledge score, food selection ability score, compliance rate, and hemoglobin level were significantly higher for the intervention group than for the control group. The Health Information Package Program with regular follow-ups using the WhatsApp platform was an effective educational intervention for anemic pregnant women.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph19052724","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,27]],"date-time":"2022-02-27T20:46:17Z","timestamp":1645994777000},"page":"2724","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":25,"title":["Effectiveness of Health Information Package Program on Knowledge and Compliance among Pregnant Women with Anemia: A Randomized Controlled Trial"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3316-7312","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nadia B.","family":"Elsharkawy","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jouf University, Sakaka 72388, Jouf, Saudi Arabia"},{"name":"Department of Maternal and Newborn Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University, Cairo 11562, Egypt"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5748-6887","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Enas M.","family":"Abdelaziz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jouf University, Sakaka 72388, Jouf, Saudi Arabia"},{"name":"Department of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University, Cairo 11562, Egypt"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marwa M.","family":"Ouda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jouf University, Sakaka 72388, Jouf, Saudi Arabia"},{"name":"Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University, Damanhour 22516, Egypt"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fatma A.","family":"Oraby","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing, College of Nursing-Misr University for Science and Technology, 6th of October City 12566, Egypt"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"World Health Organization (2020). 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