Major Risk Factors for Noncommunicable Diseases
Conditions
Keywords
universal prevention, primary prevention, health promotion, wellbeing, smoking, alcohol, diet, physical activity, emotional and social skills
Brief summary
This is a field study aiming to evaluate a school-based prevention intervention, Diario della Salute (DDS).
Detailed description
Diario della Salute (DDS) is a school-based prevention intervention based on the following theories: 1. social-cognitive theory (Bandura, 1977; 1986) 2. theory of multiple intelligences (Gardner, 1987) 3. emotional intelligence theory (Goleman, 1997) 4. theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 1991) 5. transtheoretical model of change (Prochaska, Diclemente, 1982; 1992). DDS is composed by: 1. tools for children and their parents on health and social and emotional well-being issues: 1. a diary for teens telling the story of four same-age students (e.g. experimenting with risky behaviors, conflicting feelings and thoughts, need for independence and control), 2. a diary for parents telling the experience of a mum and a dad with teenage children (e.g. problems in the relationship with teenage children, family conflict, parental disappointment, etc.); 2. five highly-standardized interactive lessons (2-4 hours each) on health issues administered by previously trained teachers. Assignment of schools to study arms (DDS intervention vs. no intervention) will be cluster-randomized. Schools will be matched by number of students and average socioeconomic status. In some study areas schools will not be allocated by chance, but they will be analyzed separately from other schools. Two anonymous surveys focusing on main outcomes (wellbeing, tobacco smoking, alcohol, physical activity and diet) will be before and after the intervention. Pre and post surveys will be linked through an anonymous code (Galanti, 2006).
Interventions
OTHERDiario della Salute (DDS)
DDS is composed by 1. tools for children and their parents on health and social and emotional well-being issues: 1. a diary for teens telling the story of four same-age students (e.g. experimenting with risky behaviors, conflicting feelings and thoughts, need for independence and control), 2. a diary for parents telling the experience of a mum and a dad with teenage children (e.g. problems in the relationship with teenage children, family conflict, parental disappointment, etc.); 2. five highly-standardized interactive lessons (2-4 hours each) on health issues administered by previously trained teachers.
Sponsors
University of Eastern Piedmont
Eclectica Sas di Beccaria Franca, Ermacora Antonella e C.
Azienda Sanitaria Locale CN2 Alba-Bra
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
11 Years to 15 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* schools providing consensus to study participation
Exclusion criteria
* schools involved in structured prevention programs with similar objectives
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Self-reported Social And Emotional Well-Being | Past 30 Days | Subjective well-being is defined as 'a person's cognitive and affective evaluations of his or her life' (Diener, Lucas, & Oshi, 2002, p. 63). |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Self-reported Drunkenness Episode(s) | Past 30 Days | Frequency of drunkenness episodes |
| Self-reported Cigarette Use | Past 30 Days | Frequency of cigarette smoking |
| Self-reported Dietary Habits | Past 30 Days | Consumption of beverages and foods such as pop drinks, chips, vegetables, fruits and others |
| Self-reported Frequency of Physical Exercise | Past 30 Days | Frequency of moderate and heavy physical exercise |
| Self-reported Physical and Verbal Aggression | Past 30 Days | Aggression is generally defined as behaviors that are intended to hurt or harm others by damaging their physical and psychological well-being and includes physically and verbally aggressive behaviors such as hitting, pushing, kicking, and threatening, etc (Dodge et al. 2007). |
Countries
Italy
Outcome results
None listed