The Effect of Health Education on Children's Healthy Lifestyle Skills

NCT07544069 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 2026 - 575
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 526
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Childhood is a critical period for the development of lifelong health behaviors, and early interventions play an essential role in promoting long-term health and preventing future health problems. This study is planned to evaluate the effect of health education on children's healthy lifestyle skills.

Conditions

Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors

Keywords

Health Education, Child, Primary School, Health Behavior, Nursing

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Healthy lifestyle skills level

  The Healthy Lifestyle Skills Scale for Children Aged 8-10 is a validated instrument developed to assess healthy lifestyle skills among primary school children aged 8-10 years. The scale consists of 22 items and four subdimensions: health protection (7 items), cleaning and hygiene (8 items), sports and physical activity (4 items), and proper nutrition (3 items). All items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 ("never") to 5 ("always"). The total score ranges from 22 to 110, with higher scores indicating better healthy lifestyle skills. Based on score ranges, scores between 22-69 indicate low, 70-89 moderate, and 90-110 high levels of healthy lifestyle skills. The scale can be administered individually or in groups and takes approximately 15-20 minutes to complete. It is self-reported and will be completed by the students under researcher supervision.

  Pre-intervention, immediately after the intervention, and 1-month after the intervention.

Study Arms (2)

Experimental Group

EXPERIMENTAL

The healthy lifestyle education program prepared by the researcher will be given to the students in the initiative group in two sessions. Each session is planned to be 40 minutes in total. In each session, 30 minutes will be education and 15 minutes will be spent on classroom activities to encourage active student participation. The education sessions will cover health protection, personal hygiene, regular physical activity, and healthy eating. To reinforce the educational content and support students in applying what they have learned to their daily lives, brochures will be distributed at the end of the training program.

Behavioral: Healthy Lifestyle Education

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention will be applied to the control group during the study period. After the post-test, the same education program will be provided to the control group.

Interventions

Healthy Lifestyle Education BEHAVIORAL

A healthy lifestyle education program consisting of two sessions over a two-week period will be implemented for children. The program includes topics such as hygiene, nutrition, physical activity, and health protection.

Experimental Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 10 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Enrolled at Şehit Yavuz Başayar Primary School
• Currently attending 2nd, 3rd, or 4th grade
• Willing to participate in the study
• Having parental consent

You may not qualify if:

• Refusal to participate in the study
• Lack of parental consent
• Inability to complete the data collection tools

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Gazi University: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Health Education; Health Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Adherence Interventions; Medication Adherence; Patient Compliance; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Behavior

Central Study Contacts

Sultan Ayaz Alkaya, Professor, PhD

CONTACT

+903122162649; sultan@gazi.edu.tr

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Prof. Dr., Faculty of nursing

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 13, 2026
• First Posted: April 22, 2026
• Study Start: April 15, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): May 31, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2026
• Last Updated: April 22, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-04