Effectiveness of Nutrition Education Intervention for Promoting Heath Status of Adolescent Girls in Rural Nepal: A Randomized Controlled Trail

JRCT ID: jRCT1052240007

Registered date:05/04/2024

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: N/A
• Date of first enrollment: 05/04/2024
• Target sample size: 108
• Countries of recruitment: Nepal,Japan
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): To determine the prevalence and predictors of underweight, overweight/obesity, and anemia among adolescent girls in rural Nepal, develop and implement a health education intervention package to prevent and evaluate its effectiveness.

Outcome(s)

Primary Outcome

Baseline study:
Identification of factors associated with nutrition problems (anemia, overweight, obesity, underweight) in school-going adolescent girls.
Intervention evaluation:
Change in the hemoglobin level and blood profile markers in both intervention and control groups.
Change anthropometric measures (height, weight and BMI) before and after intervention in both intervention and control groups.

• Secondary Outcome: Change in the level of behavioral intention toward healthy eating measured by awareness, subjective norms, perceived behaviour control and self-identity in intervention and control group.

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: >= 13age old
• Age maximum: < 15age 12month old
• Gender: Female
• Include criteria: All adolescent girls attending public schools in Annapurna, Kaski district, Nepal for one year will be included.
• Exclude criteria: Adolescent girls on medication or diagnosed with a serious illness will be excluded.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Ohashi Kazutomo
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers (No. 22KK0026)