Linear programmed dietary plan education intervention dataset on improving caregivers knowledge, attitude and energy intake among children aged 2–5 years living with HIV in Simiyu region, Tanzania

HIV-infected children are more likely to be malnourished compared to normal children due to inadequate dietary intake, nutrition losses, metabolic change, and increased requirements for nutrients [1]. Poor nutrition, particularly low energy intake, has been shown to impair immune responses and accelerate the progression of HIV to AIDS [2,3]. This study is unique in its focus on the effectiveness of a linear programmed dietary plan educational intervention. The aim was to improve caregivers' knowledge, attitude, and energy intake of children living with HIV aged 2-5 years in the Simiyu region. Using this innovative dietary plan could potentially lead to significant improvements in the health and well-being of these children. The raw and analyzed data included 200 asymptomatic children living with HIV aged 2 - 5 years, with 100 assigned to the intervention group and the other 100 assigned to the control group, with the following information: sociodemographic characteristics (child and caregiver's age, sex of child and caregiver, and level of education of caregiver, household size, relations, and caregiver's occupation and marital status). The other data included in this dataset were the baseline and end line of knowledge, attitude, and energy intake. Repeated measures of ANOVA were used to analyze the data. The outcome was energy intake at the end of the intervention. Additionally, Cohen's d was used to calculate the effect size as an estimation of the strength of the intervention. This dataset of HIV programs from similar situations can be utilized to improve energy intake among children living with HIV.