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School-based e-Health Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Prevention Program
Led by Aga Khan University · Updated on 2024-11-05
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Participants Needed
7
Research Sites
52 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
A
Aga Khan University
Lead Sponsor
F
Fogarty International Center of the National Institute of Health
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this sequential mixed method study is to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of a school-based eHealth-NCD prevention program intervention to improve adolescents' knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding NCDs and associated risk factors. It aims : 1. To identify barriers and facilitators associated with implementing a school-based eHealth intervention to improve the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of secondary and higher secondary school students in Pakistan regarding NCDs and their associated risk factors. 2. To explore the stakeholders' perceptions regarding the design and content of the School based eHealth NCD prevention Program to improve the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of secondary and higher secondary school students in Pakistan regarding NCDs and their associated risk factors. 3. To assess the feasibility and effectiveness of the School-based eHealth NCD prevention program in secondary and higher secondary school in Karachi. 4. To evaluate the effectiveness of the school-based eHealth NCD prevention program in significantly improving the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of secondary and higher secondary school students in Karachi, Pakistan, regarding NCDs and their associated risk factors, as compared to a control group not receiving the intervention. 5. To explore the perceptions of students regarding the usefulness acceptability and task technology fit of the School-based eHealth NCD prevention Program in improving the knowledge, attitude, and practices of Pakistani Higher Secondary School students regarding NCDs and their associated risk factors. Researcher aim to evaluate the effectiveness of the school-based eHealth NCD prevention program in significantly improving the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of secondary and higher secondary school students in Karachi, Pakistan, regarding NCDs and their associated risk factors, as compared to a control group not receiving the intervention. Participants of intervention group will attend health-promoting sessions delivered by trained facilitators, with each session lasting 30 to 40 minutes. There will be a total of six health-promoting sessions be focused on the leading risk factors associated with NCDs as reported by different studies such as physical inactivity, unhealthy diet and overweight, obesity, harmful alcohol consumption and tobacco use will be conducted in the classroom for the intervention group.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
School-based e-Health Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Prevention Program
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Students currently enrolled in secondary and higher secondary schools in Karachi and are in grades 9 to 12
- Teachers employed in secondary and higher secondary schools in Karachi for at least 6 months
- Parents or legal guardians of students currently enrolled in secondary and higher secondary schools in Karachi
- Principals, vice principals, district education officers, and decision-makers at the Provincial Department of Education in Karachi
- Both intervention and control groups include students from secondary schools (grades 9-10) and higher secondary schools (grades 11-12) in Karachi
- Participants in focus groups must have actively participated in the intervention and attended all health-promoting sessions with equal representation of males and females
You will not qualify if you...
- Schools located outside Karachi
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 7 locations
1
Allama Iqbal G.B.H.S.S FB Area
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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2
APWA G.G.H.S Liaquatabad
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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3
EAB G.G.S.S Block 6
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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4
G.B.H.S.S Farabi Muslimabad
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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5
G.G.H.S.S Gulshan e Iqbal Block 6
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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6
Junior Model School
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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7
Major Ziauddin School
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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Research Team
M
Muhammad Shahid Khan, Ph.D
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary Purpose
OTHER
Number of Arms
2
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