Evaluation of the Effectiveness of "School Health Nursing Program" Implemented Under the Leadership of Nurse

NCT04829942 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: easternmediterraneanuniversity
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

It is very important for children to take their own health responsibilities in giving them positive health behavior. The rapid advancement of technology, cultural differences, changing living conditions, and increasing chronic diseases show us that people should have the authority to make decisions about their own health, starting from primary school and childhood. All these bring the concept of health literacy to the fore. According to WHO, the concept of health literacy is the cognitive and social skills about individuals' ability to access, understand and use information and their desires in order to protect and improve well-being in health. Providing appropriate health education for age groups is very important for the development of health literacy in children. School-based health education is necessary for health promotion in the 21st century. Studies show that children's health literacy levels are low. There are very few scales that measure health literacy in children. Although there are no school health nursing practices in Northern Cyprus, there are no training programs to develop positive health behaviors. With this study we have planned, it is aimed to implement a training program within the scope of the "School Health Nursing Program" in primary schools selected as a pilot in Northern Cyprus and to form the foundations of School health nursing in our country in line with its results. In addition, measurement tools specific to age groups are needed to measure the level of health literacy, especially in school-age children. Therefore, another purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of this program on children by implementing an education program within the scope of the "School Health Nursing Program", which will be a first in our country, and to develop the "Child Health Literacy Scale" and to make it a significant contribution to science with this scale.

Conditions

School Health; Health Literacy

Keywords

school health; nursing; leadership; health literacy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• With the school health nursing program to be implemented within 6 months, a moderate increase in physical activity, nutrition and health perception and behavior scale scores of students is expected.

  power analyze

  6 month

• Nutrition Behavior Scale

  The scale was developed to determine the nutritional consumption of children. It consists of 14 items. High scores on the scale indicate that the children are healthy.

  6 mounth

• Health Perceptions and Health Behaviors Scale in Children

  This scale was developed by Walker Sechrst and Pender to evaluate children's health perceptions and health behaviors

  6 Mounth

• Physical Activity Self-Efficacy Scale for Children

  This scale was developed to evaluate the physical activity and self-efficacy levels of primary school students

  6 Mounth

Study Arms (2)

experimental

EXPERIMENTAL

A 12-week training program will be applied to the experimental group. Pre-tests will be applied before the trainings begin, and height and weight measurement, nutrition, health perception and behavior scale and physical activity scale will be applied to the experimental group and the control group within the 3rd and 6th month after the training program begins. Scale applications will be applied within 2 days, taking into account the attention span of the students.

Behavioral: positive health behavior

no intervention

NO INTERVENTION

Power point presentations will be given to the control group

Interventions

positive health behavior BEHAVIORAL

Training on nutrition, physical activity, first aid, individual hygiene, violence and bullying will be provided to the initiative group.

experimental

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 9 Years - 11 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• All male and female students in the 9-11 age group in the two primary schools where the study will be conducted.

You may not qualify if:

• All male and female students except 9-11 age group

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Eastern Mediterranean University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Eastern Mediterranean University

Famagusta, 99628, Cyprus

Location

Related Publications (5)

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  PMID: 10163302 BACKGROUND

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  PMID: 30662507 BACKGROUND

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  PMID: 33371224 BACKGROUND

• Walker SN, Sechrist KR, Pender NJ. The Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile: development and psychometric characteristics. Nurs Res. 1987 Mar-Apr;36(2):76-81.

  PMID: 3644262 RESULT

Central Study Contacts

RASİHA GÜLER, 1

CONTACT

05488429441; rasihaguler@gmail.com

HÜLYA FIRAT KILIÇ, 2

CONTACT

05488588821; hulyafirat@emu.edu.tr

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Masking Details: There will be 4th grade students of two primary schools in the Kyrenia region. In the study, it is expected that there will be a moderate increase in the scale scores of the experimental group children after the education.Similarly, 30 people will be taken for the control group, and the sample size is 60 people, 30 being experimental and 30 control groups.In the second stage, the development of the "Child Health-Literacy Scale" will be carried out with 6458 students in the 9-11 age group attending 4th and 5th grades of primary schools.
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD Candidate

Model Details: "School Health Nursing Application Program", which is included in the first stage of the research, will be applied. Similarly, 30 people will be taken for the control group, and the sample size is 60 people, 30 being experimental and 30 control groups. In the second stage, the development of the "Child Health-Literacy Scale" will be carried out with 6458 students in the 9-11 age group who attend 4th and 5th grades of primary schools. Students will be determined by simple random sampling method among 4th and 5th grade students of primary schools in Kyrenia, Nicosia, Güzelyurt, Famagusta and İskele districts.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 22, 2021
• First Posted: April 2, 2021
• Study Start: April 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2022
• Study Completion: October 15, 2022
• Last Updated: August 18, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: SAP, CSR

Locations

CY (1)