Empowering Adolescents to Lead Change Using Health Data

Summary

This study is a cluster randomized trial carried out in schools of secondary cities of four low- and middle income countries. Baseline surveys in 30 randomly selected schools will assess the health behaviours of 13-17 year old students as well as school policies and practices. The intervention arm (15 schools) will use the baseline information to develop a package of actions in collaboration with students, teachers, and local authorities that will subsequently be implemented an monitored over two years. Follow-up surveys to evaluate the effectiveness of the implemented actions will be conducted after two years in all 30 previously selected schools.

Conditions

• Healthy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Behavioral interventions targeting multiple risk behaviors as well as protective factors

Depending on the baseline data and prioritization of actions, behavioral interventions related to the following topics will be implemented: alcohol use, dietary behaviors, drug use, hygiene, mental health, physical activity, protective factors, sexual behaviors, tobacco use, violence and unintentional injury.

OTHER

School-level interventions targeting the school environment and system

Depending on the baseline data and prioritization of actions, and based on the Global Standards for Health Promoting Schools, school-level interventions related to the following will be implemented: school policies and resources, school governance and leadership, school and community partnerships, school curriculum, school social-emotional environment, school physical environment, school health services

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Fondation Botnar

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Bern

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Wollongong

  collaborator OTHER

• World Health Organization

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Regina Guthold, PhD · World Health Organization

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

13 Years

Max Age

17 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-01-01

Primary Completion

2026-07-31

Completion

2027-01-31

Countries

• Ghana
• India
• Jamaica
• Morocco
• Switzerland

Study Locations