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Improving adolescent girls consumption of pulses by nutrition education

Evaluation of the effectiveness of pulses-based Nutrition Education in Improving the Dietary Practices of Adolescent Girls in Northwest Ethiopia

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
PACTR
Registry ID
PACTR202111813445259
Enrollment
424
Registered
2021-11-02
Start date
2021-10-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

Interventions

Nutrition education
Usual practice or no intervention

Sponsors

University of Gondar
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Clusters (schools): - Schools located in districts with comparable food security - pulses production states will be included. Participants (adolescent girls): - All adolescent girls in the selected schools

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Clusters (schools): - whose principal is unwilling for including the school in the study, - schools which has been or is in a nutrition program Participants (adolescent girls): who are; - Not willing to participate - Likely to leave the study area before the study completed, - Unable to communicate, - On dieting or diet restriction due to medical advice - Missing even a single session of the trainings

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Pulses consumption

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Dietary diversity score, Change in Health Promotion Model constructs, Weight change

Countries

Ethiopia

Contacts

Public ContactNetsanet Work Mengistu

Instructor at the University of Gondar

netsanet32000@yahoo.com+251966351966

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026