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To prevent the unhealthy lifestyle choices, as, unbalanced diet, physical inactivity, tobacco and alcohol use that leads to various long term diseases later in life, as, diabetes and hypertension among school going adolescents, their parents and teachers through an intervention

Health Promotion Intervention Package for Prevention of Underlying Behavioral Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in School Settings

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2019/09/021452
Enrollment
813
Registered
2019-09-30
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: School based health promotion intervention: 6 clusters will be randomly (lottery method) allocated to the arm from 12 randomly selected clusters (using random number tables). The interv

Sponsors

University Grants Commission
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Adolescents: Age: 11-16 years Adults (parents and teachers): Age below 65 years Participants willing to give consent Participants residing in UT Chandigarh for at least next one more year For teachers, all teachers having interaction with the randomly selected class of a school will be included, as, all subject teachers, class teacher, mid-day meal in-charges, physical activity teachers, counsellors and medical in-charges.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Adolescents not falling in age group of 11-16 years Adults (parents and teachers)- Age not below 65 years Participants not willing to give consent Participants not residing in UT Chandigarh for at least next one more year Teachers not having direct contact with randomly selected class of school

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Prevention of behavioral risk factors (unbalanced diet, physical inactivity, use of tobacco and alcohol) of Diabetes and Hypertension among school going adolescents, their parents & teachers in a school setting through a school based health promotion interventionTimepoint: Baseline assessment: 10-12 months Development and implemention of intervention- 12 months End-line assessment: 10 months—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Impact of health promotion intervention on knowledge and practices, anthropometric measurements (BMI, WHR, TSFT, SSFT, MUAC and maximum hand grip strength), physiological measurement (BP) and on objective measurements (sodium excretion from 24-hour urine samples and lipids and FPG levels from blood samples) related to risk factors of diabetes & hypertension among adolescents, their parents & teachers.Timepoint: Assessment of impact on knowledge and practices: 2 months Assessment of impact on anthropometric Measurements and physiological measurement: 2 months Assessment of impact on objective measurements: 6-8 months—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Manmeet Kaur

Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh

mini.manmeet@gmail.com9815071863

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026