Effectiveness of School-based Health and Nutrition Education to Improve Health and Dietary Practices of Primary School Children From Jimma Zone

Behaviour Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02202343
• Other study ID #: SHNP/2013
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 26, 2014
• Last updated: April 9, 2015
• Start date: October 2013
• Est. completion date: February 2015

Study information

• Verified date: April 2015
• Source: Jimma University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Ethiopia: Jimma University
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

School based Health and Nutrition Education (SHNE) is a key component of school health and nutrition programs that can address several health and nutrition issues in Ethiopia.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1000
• Est. completion date: February 2015
• Est. primary completion date: February 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 12 Years to 19 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Grade 5 to 8

Exclusion Criteria:

• Mental Problem

• Has no Family

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Behaviour

Intervention

Behavioral:
• school based health and nutrition education

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Ethiopia	Jimma University	Jimma	Oromia

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Jimma University	Ethiopian Public Health Institute, World Bank

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Ethiopia, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Effectiveness of school based health and nutrition education on on health, diet related behavior and food security		1 year	No
Secondary	impacts of health and nutritional education on food hygiene and reproductive health		1 year	No