Effectiveness of a skill development intervention to improve ability to obtain and understand nutrition information in a group of females aged 25-45 years,in the Colombo District

Effectiveness of a skill development intervention to improve nutrition literacy in a group of females aged 25-45 years.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

SLCTR

Registry ID

SLCTR/2013/022

Enrollment

216

Registered

2013-06-28

Start date

2013-06-28

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

Nutrition literacy

Interventions

This is a cluster randomized trial with two educational sessions for each cluster. Cluster size is 18, and here will be 12 clusters each in the intervention and the control group. This will be done i

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Females between 25-45 years Scoring between 25%-75% in a validated nutrition literacy test

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Non consenting females

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Change in the nutrition literacy score (using the validated nutrition literacy test) [4 months following the 1st intervention]	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Improvement in the food choices and ability to access and understand commonly available nutrition information (using a structured questionnaire) [At baseline and 4 months following the 1st intervention]	—

Countries

Sri Lanka

Contacts

Public ContactDr Yasoma Weerasekara

Registrar in Community Medicine

yasoma.kumari@yahoo.com

Outcome results

None listed

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