Critical thinking about health. All the treatments for all conditions/illnesses we experience
Conditions
Interventions
Be smart about your health
Teaching the national standard curriculum
Sponsors
Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: We will include secondary schools that have a lower (ordinary) level section that teaches the national curriculum. Only schools for which the head teacher and teachers provide written consent to participate and own a smart phone will be included in the trial.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: We will exclude special needs schools for students with auditory and visual impairments, schools that participated in user-testing and piloting of the IHC learning resources, and adult only education schools (Schools where individual usually over the age of 18 years go for secondary education).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome measure is the proportion of children with a passing score on the Critical Thinking about Health Test. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| • mean score (percentage of correct answers) on the evaluation tool used to measure the students’ ability to apply the key concepts addressed by the intervention • proportion of students with a score indicating mastery of the concepts • proportion of students who answer both questions correctly for each of the nine concepts • students’ intended behaviours and self-efficacy measured using questions added on the Critical Thinking about Health Test. • self-reported behaviours • overall academic performance in O-level compulsory subjects: biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, english, history & political education, and geography. This will be collected for the term prior to the when the intervention is delivered, at the end of the term after the intervention de-livery and at one year after the intervention delivery. • proportion of teachers with a passing score, their mean score, and the proportion with a score indicating mastery of the concepts using the same evaluation tool used to measure the students’ ability to apply the key concepts addressed by the intervention | — |
Countries
Uganda
Contacts
Public ContactNelson Sewankambo
Supervisor Professor of Medicine
Outcome results
None listed