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The Effect of Double Duty Interventions on Double Burden of Malnutrition Among School Adolescents in Ethiopia

NCT05574842 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 742

Last updated 2023-07-13

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Summary

The goal of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to determine the effect of double duty interventions on double burden of malnutrition, dietary diversity score, and frequency of morbidity among secondary school adolescents in Debre Berhan City, Ethiopia. The main aim is to answer the following questions.

1. What is the effect of double duty interventions on double burden of malnutrition among secondary school adolescents?
2. What is the effect of double duty interventions on dietary diversity score among secondary school adolescents?
3. What is the effect of double duty interventions on among secondary school adolescents?

Conditions

  • Malnutrition; Degree, Moderate
  • Diet Habit
  • Undernutrition
  • Overnutrition
  • Underweight
  • Overweight

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Double duty interventions using nutrition behavior change communication approach

The packages of the double-duty interventions were modified and adapted from the 2017 WHO policy brief report and Hawkes et al., 2020. These interventions are optimized strong education and nutrition behavior change communication focused on promotion of healthy diets (adequate adolescent nutrition, dietary diversity), physical activity (doing moderate intensity physical exercise, avoiding sitting for log time), prevent undue harm from energy-dense foods (avoiding Junk processed foods, avoiding fizzy sweetened drinks, street fast foods, chips, salt, sugar, fats etc.), and regulations on marketing foods from the customer side (e.g., buying of packed foods frequently).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Jimma University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Debre Berhan University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Max Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-10-13
Primary Completion
2022-11-14
Completion
2023-06-30

Countries

  • Ethiopia

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