Data Health VET - Data-driven Health Promotion at Vocational Education and Training Schools

NCT05308459 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: Data Health VET
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,370
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a data driven and dynamic systems approach at Danish Vocational schools to promote student health behavior and wellbeing and school organizational readiness.

Conditions

Food Habits; Physical Inactivity; Smoking Behaviors; Drug Use; Alcohol Consumption; Wellbeing

Keywords

Vocational school; Health behavior; Organizational Readiness; Health promotion

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (7)

• Wellbeing during schooltime (student outcome)

  Changes will be measured by asking participants how they feel about school at present

  Baseline, T1 (12 months), T2 (18 months) and T3 (24 months)

• Physical activity level during schooltime (student outcome)

  Changes will be measured using the Saltin-Grimby Physical Activity Level Scale (SGPALS) adapted to the school setting

  Baseline, T1 (12 months), T2 (18 months) and T3 (24 months)

• Food intake during schooltime (student outcome)

  Changes will be measured using an adapted version of dietary behavior used in the large national and international Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey. Participants will be asked about their frequency in which they consumed various food during school time on a normal school week

  Baseline, T1 (12 months), T2 (18 months) and T3 (24 months)

• Tobacco use during schooltime (student outcome)

  Changes will be measured by asking the participants if they smoke cigarettes, e-cigarettes or uses snuff or other tobacco products during schooltime

  Baseline, T1 (12 months), T2 (18 months) and T3 (24 months)

• Alcohol consumption during schooltime (student outcome)

  Changes will be measured by asking the participants if they consume alcohol during schooltime

  Baseline, T1 (12 months), T2 (18 months) and T3 (24 months)

• Marihuana and drug use during schooltime (student outcome)

  Changes will be measured by asking the participants if they use the products during schooltime

  Baseline, T1 (12 months), T2 (18 months) and T3 (24 months)

• Organizational Readiness (organizational outcome)

  Changes in the schools Organizational Readiness (OR) is measured using a questionnaire instrument measuring 1) Organizational motivation, 2) General capacity and 3) Health Promotion Capacity as proposed in Scaccia et al. 2015's organizational readiness theory. The three domains are predominantly measured using validated scales with some adjustments and additions to comply with the study and setting.

  The questionnaire will be distributed among the school staff at baseline, T1 (6 months), T2 (12 months) and T3 (24 months).

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Wellbeing (student outcome)

  Baseline, T1 (12 months), T2 (18 months) and T3 (24 months)

• Physical activity (student outcome)

  Baseline, T1 (12 months), T2 (18 months) and T3 (24 months)

• Food intake (student outcome)

  Baseline, T1 (12 months), T2 (18 months) and T3 (24 months)

• Tobacco use (student outcome)

  Baseline, T1 (12 months), T2 (18 months) and T3 (24 months)

• Alcohol consumption (student outcome)

  Baseline, T1 (12 months), T2 (18 months) and T3 (24 months)

Other Outcomes (9)

• Health Literacy (student outcome)

  Baseline, T1 (12 months), T2 (18 months) and T3 (24 months)

• Knowledge relevant to the problem of interest (student outcome)

  Baseline, T1 (12 months), T2 (18 months) and T3 (24 months)

• Behavioral intentions (student outcome)

  Baseline, T1 (12 months), T2 (18 months) and T3 (24 months)

Study Arms (2)

Step 1: Allocated to start the Data Health VET intervention phase January 2022

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants receive the Data Health VET intervention in all its steps starting in January 2022

Behavioral: Data-driven health promotion at Vocational Education and Training schools (Data Health VET)

Step 2: Allocated to start the Data Health VET intervention phase August, 2022

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants receive the Data Health VET intervention in all its steps starting in August 2022

Behavioral: Data-driven health promotion at Vocational Education and Training schools (Data Health VET)

Interventions

Data-driven health promotion at Vocational Education and Training schools (Data Health VET) BEHAVIORAL

The intervention consists of the following steps: 1. A local health profile is conducted among all students 2. Results are shortly hereafter presented and discussed with all student and staff, and the school decide what health problem they will work with during the next year 3. A participatory group model process based on a dynamic systems approach is conducted to develop sustainable and system changing activities to address the chosen health problem 4. The activities are implemented 5. A new health profile is conducted to a) evaluate the effects of the implemented activities and to b) determine if a new health problem warrant focus and new activities are needed (the process repeats itself).

Step 1: Allocated to start the Data Health VET intervention phase January 2022; Step 2: Allocated to start the Data Health VET intervention phase August, 2022

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 15 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• All employees at the participating schools
• All students who are at the school at the time for data collection
• Participants who have provided written informed consent.

You may not qualify if:

• Schools which do not develop and implement any activities that aim to promote health among the students will be excluded from the analysis on student level but will be included in the analysis on organizational level.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen: lead
• Steno Diabetes Center Sjaelland: collaborator
• University of Southern Denmark: collaborator

Study Sites (2)

Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen

Herlev, 2730, Denmark

Location

Steno Diabetes Center Zealand

Holbæk, 4300, Denmark

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Heinze C, Hartmeyer RD, Sidenius A, Ringgaard LW, Bjerregaard AL, Krolner RF, Allender S, Bauman A, Klinker CD. Developing and Evaluating a Data-Driven and Systems Approach to Health Promotion Among Vocational Students: Protocol for the Data Health Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Feb 6;13:e52571. doi: 10.2196/52571.

  PMID: 38319698 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Feeding Behavior; Sedentary Behavior; Smoking; Alcohol Drinking; Health Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior, Animal; Behavior; Drinking Behavior

Study Officials

• Charlotte D Klinker, PhD

  Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SEQUENTIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Senior researcher

Model Details: A non-randomized clustered stepped-wedge design with two steps will be applied. Four VET schools (one from each of the four main educations tracks) are selected to early start (January 2022) and four to late start - also one from each of the four main educational tracks (6 months later). This design allows the intervention to be rolled out sequential, allowing us to control for differences between study sites (vertical control) and secular trends (horizontal control) during the study period.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 8, 2022
• First Posted: April 4, 2022
• Study Start: January 19, 2022
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2024
• Study Completion: June 30, 2025
• Last Updated: April 16, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

DK (2)