Empowering Adolescents to Lead Change Using Health Data
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interventional
12,612
5 countries
5
Brief Summary
This study is a cluster randomized trial carried out in schools of secondary cities of four low- and middle income countries. Baseline surveys in 30 randomly selected schools will assess the health behaviours of 13-17 year old students as well as school policies and practices. The intervention arm (15 schools) will use the baseline information to develop a package of actions in collaboration with students, teachers, and local authorities that will subsequently be implemented an monitored over two years. Follow-up surveys to evaluate the effectiveness of the implemented actions will be conducted after two years in all 30 previously selected schools.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable healthy
Started Jan 2022
Longer than P75 for not_applicable healthy
5 active sites
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
July 5, 2021
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
July 15, 2021
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
January 1, 2022
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
July 1, 2026
ExpectedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
January 1, 2027
August 7, 2024
August 1, 2024
4.5 years
July 5, 2021
August 6, 2024
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (10)
Alcohol use
Self-reported alcohol use measured with the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS)
Two years
Dietary behaviors
Self-reported dietary behaviors measured with the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS)
Two years
Drug use
Self-reported drug use measured with the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS)
Two years
Hygiene
Self-reported hygiene measured with the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS)
Two years
Mental health
Self-reported mental health measured with the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS)
Two years
Physical activity
Self-reported physical activity measured with the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS)
Two years
Protective factors
Self-reported protective factors measured with the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS)
Two years
Sexual behaviors
Self-reported sexual behaviors measured with the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS)
Two years
Tobacco use
Self-reported tobacco use measured with the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS)
Two years
Violence and unintentional injury
Self-reported violence and unintentional injury measured with the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS)
Two years
Other Outcomes (1)
School-level policies and practices
Two years
Study Arms (2)
Intervention arm
EXPERIMENTALThe intervention consists of interactive workshops that will be facilitated by WHO and trained local personnel and involve students, teachers and local authorities. In the workshops, the Global Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents (Global AA-HA!) approach will be used to: * identify adolescent health needs through exploring the collected baseline data; * assess policies and practices already in place; * identify gaps and needs for action to improve health. A menu of actions will be identified, prioritized, implemented and monitored.
Control arm
NO INTERVENTIONThe schools in the control arm will not participate in any intervention and continue 'as usual' after the baseline surveys.
Interventions
Depending on the baseline data and prioritization of actions, behavioral interventions related to the following topics will be implemented: alcohol use, dietary behaviors, drug use, hygiene, mental health, physical activity, protective factors, sexual behaviors, tobacco use, violence and unintentional injury.
Depending on the baseline data and prioritization of actions, and based on the Global Standards for Health Promoting Schools, school-level interventions related to the following will be implemented: school policies and resources, school governance and leadership, school and community partnerships, school curriculum, school social-emotional environment, school physical environment, school health services
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- School going
- Aged 13-17 years
You may not qualify if:
- Not going to school
- Outside the age range 13-17 years
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- World Health Organizationlead
- Fondation Botnarcollaborator
- University of Berncollaborator
- University of Wollongongcollaborator
Study Sites (5)
WHO
Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
WHO
Jaipur, India
WHO
Spanish Town, Jamaica
WHO
Fes, Morocco
WHO
Geneva, 1211, Switzerland
Related Publications (1)
Guthold R, Kann L, Bhatti L, Abduvahobov P, Ansong J, Atkinson U, Baltag V, Caffe S, Caixeta R, Diallo CB, Fouad H, Haddad S, Hachri H, Jaggi JA, Joshi P, Karna P, Louazani SA, Mbola Mbassi S, Mehta R, Mudgal Y, Nigg CR, Okely AD, Ondarsuhu D, Ouaourir T, Trhari FZ, Riley LM. Effectiveness of a participatory approach to develop school health interventions in four low resource cities: study protocol of the 'empowering adolescents to lead change using health data' cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2023 Jul 5;13(7):e071353. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-071353.
PMID: 37407059DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Interventions
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Regina Guthold, PhD
World Health Organization
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- OTHER
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Scientist
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
July 5, 2021
First Posted
July 15, 2021
Study Start
January 1, 2022
Primary Completion (Estimated)
July 1, 2026
Study Completion (Estimated)
January 1, 2027
Last Updated
August 7, 2024
Record last verified: 2024-08
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
- Shared Documents
- STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF
- Time Frame
- The documents above will become available after the study protocol has been published in a scientific journal.
After a two year window following completion of data collection, the GSHS and G-SHPPS data will be released as public access datasets, including in the WHO NCD microdata repository.