Effect of nutrition education on knowledge, attitude, practice and nutritional status of school adolescent girls in rural areas of Dale district, Sidama Region, Ethiopia

Effect of school-based Nutrition Education in improving Nutrition knowledge, attitude, dietary practice and Nutrional status of school adolescent girls in rural area of Dalle District, sidama region, Ethiopia.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202311633215529

Enrollment

136

Registered

2023-11-09

Start date

2023-07-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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

Conditions

Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Malnutrition

Interventions

education intervention school

Control school intervention

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Elementary school adolescent girl students (grade 7th and 8th) from selected government school aged 10 to 19 years who willingly agreed to be part in the study were included. -And those who did not intend to transfer schools during the intervention period were included.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: -Those adolescent girls with obvious physical deformities for anthropometric measurements . - Absences in the pre-test, post-test and drop out during intervention time. -And also who are pregnant and lactating adolescent girl (if exists) were excluded. -Any adolescents who attended less than 25% of the nutrition education session.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
- Nutrition knowledge, nutrition attitude, dietary practice	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
nutritional status	—

Countries

Ethiopia

Contacts

Public ContactDesalegn Gaga

civil servant

desalegngaga2013@gmail.com+251916137533

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026