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School Health Education Program in Pakistan(SHEPP)

NCT03303287 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 800

Last updated 2017-10-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Pakistan is a developing country and there have been a considerable rise in obesity and hypertension in children in recent years. In this setting a focus on primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases is more cost effective than spending resources on secondary or tertiary prevention,. Primary prevention includes interventions to promote physical activity (\> 30 minutes/day in school), healthy dietary habits (decreased consumption of sweetened beverages and snacks, and increased consumption of fruit and vegetables) and health education focusing on cardiovascular risk factors in school children. This would translate into healthier cardiovascular outcomes (eg. less hypertension, dyslipidemia and diabetes) in adult life. The investigators propose a school health education program for Pakistan (SHEPP) for children aged 9-11 years in 3 schools in Karachi for a period of one year. This program will comprise of 140 minutes physical activity/week (including aerobics):30 minutes aerobic PA(30\*2=60) + 10 minutes (10\*5=50)physical activity in assembly daily+ 1 minute between periods(1\*6\*5=30) and healthy diet and healthy heart teaching. Additionally teaching will also be given to teachers and parents, who will further reinforce these habits in children. We hypothesise that SHEPP will improve physical activity levels, dietary habits and knowledge about healthy heart in children, will decrease blood pressure, body mass index, waist circumference, at the end of the year. If this healthy behavior is carried on to adult life it will serve as an excellent primary prevention measure. The investigators , later on plan to study long term outcomes after implementation of this intervention.

Conditions

  • Health Education

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

School health education

School health education program in Pakistan(SHEPP): The health education program will be directed towards children, parents and teachers

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Aga Khan University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Aysha Almas, FCPS · Aga Khan University

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
11 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-09-15
Primary Completion
2019-04-30
Completion
2019-04-30

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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