Major Risk Factors for Noncommunicable Diseases Clinical Trial
Official title:
Diario Della Salute (DDS), a School-based Prevention Intervention to Promote Well-being for Grade 7 Students (12-13 Years)
This is a field study aiming to evaluate a school-based prevention intervention, Diario della Salute (DDS).
Diario della Salute (DDS) is a school-based prevention intervention based on the following
theories:
1. social-cognitive theory (Bandura, 1977; 1986)
2. theory of multiple intelligences (Gardner, 1987)
3. emotional intelligence theory (Goleman, 1997)
4. theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 1991)
5. transtheoretical model of change (Prochaska, Diclemente, 1982; 1992).
DDS is composed by:
1. tools for children and their parents on health and social and emotional well-being
issues:
1. a diary for teens telling the story of four same-age students (e.g. experimenting
with risky behaviors, conflicting feelings and thoughts, need for independence and
control),
2. a diary for parents telling the experience of a mum and a dad with teenage
children (e.g. problems in the relationship with teenage children, family
conflict, parental disappointment, etc.);
2. five highly-standardized interactive lessons (2-4 hours each) on health issues
administered by previously trained teachers.
Assignment of schools to study arms (DDS intervention vs. no intervention) will be
cluster-randomized. Schools will be matched by number of students and average socioeconomic
status. In some study areas schools will not be allocated by chance, but they will be
analyzed separately from other schools.
Two anonymous surveys focusing on main outcomes (wellbeing, tobacco smoking, alcohol,
physical activity and diet) will be before and after the intervention. Pre and post surveys
will be linked through an anonymous code (Galanti, 2006).
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Allocation: Non-Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention