A School-based Education Programme to Reduce Salt Intake in Children and Their Families

Conditions

Healthy Volunteer

Keywords

dietary salt, 24 hour urinary sodium, blood pressure

Brief summary

The study is to test whether an education programme targeted at school children can lower salt intake in children and their families. In this study, the investigators will educate children on how to reduce salt intake, and the investigators will empower children by asking them to deliver the salt reduction message home to their families, particularly children need to persuade the person who does the cooking for the whole family to cut down on the amount of salt used during food preparations. The study will involve children aged about 11 years, and their parents and grandparents in Northern China.

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10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003388

Interventions

BEHAVIORALSalt reduction

Salt reduction

OTHERControl

No salt awareness education

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

9 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Children Inclusion Criteria: * All children in Grade 5 of primary schools (age about 11 years) are eligible for the study.

Exclusion criteria

* Children who do not have lunch or dinner at their own home will be excluded. Adult family members: Inclusion Criteria: * For each participating child, we will recruit two adult family members. All adult family members who share the same meals with the child are eligible for the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
24-h urinary sodium	4.5 month	Difference between the intervention and control group in the change in 24-h urinary sodium from baseline to the end of follow-up for children and for adults

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Blood pressure	4.5 month	Difference between the intervention and control group in the change in blood pressure from baseline to the end of follow-up for children and for adults.

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed