Life styles
Conditions
Interventions
Trained health promotion facilitators will conduct group activities among the school children selected to be in the intervention group. Intervention activities will include building capacity of school
Sponsors
The Grant of National Center for Global Health and Medicine Japan
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Grade 8 students of the selected intervention and control school clusters will comprise the participants. Outcome measures will be done on mothers of the students
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria for students • if the mother of the student is pregnant •if the mother of the student is under special diet plans of a dietician/ medical professional If the mother becomes pregnant following recruitment, she will be advised accordingly and considered "lost to follow-up"
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Level of physical activity among mothers, using - self- reported level of physical activity –using Sinhalese version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire- long form validated to the local setting (Karunapema, 2007) -readings of pedometer for three days prior to assessments (Tryon, 1991) [Measurements will be done at the baseline prior to intervention in both intervention and control group of women and the endline assessment will be one year after initiation of the intervention] Dietary assessment among mothers using -Food Frequency Questionnaire –Sinhalese version validated to the local setting to assess the (Arambepola, 2004) -A self-administered questionnaire to assess food habits - 24 hour dietary recall for the day prior to the assessment [Measurements will be done at the baseline prior to intervention in both intervention and control group of women and the endline assessment will be one year after initiation of the intervention ] Body Mass Index [Measurements will be done at the baseline prior to intervention in both intervention and control group of women and the endline assessment will be one year after initiation of the intervention ] | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| None [None] | — |
Countries
Sri Lanka
Contacts
Public ContactNalika Gunawardena
Senior Lecturer in Community Medicine
Outcome results
None listed