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Reducing Behavioral Risk Factors of NCDs: Protocol for a School-based Health Education Program in Bangladesh

NCT03975335 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 823

Last updated 2019-06-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a before-after designed intervention study conducted in two randomly selected secondary schools- one was selected randomly as intervention school and the another as control school. A baseline survey was conducted among the students of both schools by a pre-tested questionnaire to attain their current status of knowledge, attitude and practices related to NCDs. Afterward, students were enrolled in the intervention group who met the eligibility criteria from the intervention school. The intervention was given through a health promotion session to a group of students, not more than 25 at a time, by trained facilitators. A post-intervention end line survey was conducted among all the participants from both schools using the same questionnaire three months after the baseline survey. An intervention has been developed based on some principals of two psychosocial theory- Motivational Interview and Social Cognitive Theory. Emphasis was given on motivating the adolescents towards a healthy lifestyle, supporting self-efficacy to be changed, guiding self-regulatory ways along with facilitating desired changing process by empowering them with choices about the preventive measures of NCDs. This intervention is expected to increase awareness by equipping the adolescents with specific knowledge and skills and thus, facilitate an eventual change in their practiced risk behaviors.

Conditions

  • Non-communicable Disease Risk Factors

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Health education

In this health education intervention, emphasis is given on evoking adolescents' internal desire to change, supporting self-efficacy to be changed, guiding self-regulatory ways along with facilitating desired changing process by empowering them with choices and skills.

OTHER

Carrier Guidance

Carrier opportunities and counselling

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Directorate General of Health Services

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Chi Research & Infotec Ltd.

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Md Khalequzzaman, PhD · Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  • Sohel Reza Choudhury, DrPH · National Heart Foundation Hospital and Research Institute

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
14 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-05-02
Primary Completion
2018-08-20
Completion
2018-08-20

Countries

  • Bangladesh

Study Locations

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