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Assessing an Educational Intervention Program on Knowledge, Attitude and Behaviour Towards Pregnancy Prevention Based on Health Belief Model Amongst Adolescent Girls in Northern Ghana

NCT03384251 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 363

Last updated 2018-11-06

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Summary

The study is designed to assess the impact of an educational intervention program on the knowledge, attitude and behaviour towards pregnancy prevention based on Health Belief Model amongst adolescent girls in Northern Ghana. It is a randomised clustered controlled trial to be conducted on Senior High School students in Northern Ghana The study hypothesises that knowledge, attitude and behaviour of adolescents towards pregnancy prevention will differ between the groups.

Conditions

  • Adolescent Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

comprehensive sex education

A comprehensive sex education program to be delivered in approximately six (6) sessions comprising of an introductory lesson on susceptibility and severity of teenage pregnancy, personal and community values, female reproductive system, contraception and decision-making skills.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tehran University of Medical Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ibrahim Yakubu · Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
13 Years
Max Age
19 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-02-20
Primary Completion
2018-08-30
Completion
2018-08-30

Countries

  • Ghana

Study Locations

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