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Empowering Adolescents to Lead Change Using Health Data

ConditionHealthy
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age13-17
SponsorWorld Health Organization

About this trial

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.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

School going

Aged 13-17 years

Disqualifiers

Not going to school

Outside the age range 13-17 years

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Behavioral interventions targeting multiple risk behaviors as well as protective factors

    Behavioral

    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.

  • School-level interventions targeting the school environment and system

    Other intervention

    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

Treatment groups

12,612 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Intervention armExperimental treatment 2 interventions
Group B: Control armNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Alcohol use

Self-reported alcohol use measured with the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS)

Time frame
Two years
2

Dietary behaviors

Self-reported dietary behaviors measured with the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS)

Time frame
Two years
3

Drug use

Self-reported drug use measured with the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS)

Time frame
Two years
4

Hygiene

Self-reported hygiene measured with the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS)

Time frame
Two years

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

1

School-level policies and practices

School-level outcomes related to the following: school policies and resources, school governance and leadership, school and community partnerships, school curriculum, school social-emotional environment, school physical environment, school health services measured with the Global School Health Policies and Practices Study (G-SHPPS)

Time frame
Two years

Sponsors and contacts

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World Health Organization

Lead sponsor

Fondation Botnar

Collaborator

University of Bern

Collaborator

University of Wollongong

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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