The effect of telephone counseling on health information of Mothers regarding the development of less than five years old children in Isfahan

This study was done to evaluate the effect of telephone counseling on mother’s Health information regarding the growth and development of less than five years old children in Isfahan. In this randomized clinical trial, using a questionnaire, the health information of 1755 women having less than five years old children received telephone counseling for 6 month, compared with 1755 women without any counseling. For statistical analysis, SAS software was used. There were no meaningful differences between age, education, number and sex of children and source of health information in two groups. Leven and T test showed a meaningful differences between mother’s health information after intervention in case and control group (P<0.05). Telephone counseling can be useful to achieve WHO goals.