Feasibility of a Youth-led NCD Risk Reduction Initiative in Selected Schools of Slums in Karachi, Pakistan: a Mixed-methods, pre-and Post-intervention Study

NANot yet recruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

40

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

August 31, 2024

Primary Completion Date

August 31, 2025

Study Completion Date

August 31, 2025

Conditions
Diabetes MellitusCardiovascular DiseasesCancerLung Diseases
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Youth-led NCD risk reduction intervention

With the help of Youth (students of grades 9 and 10), their parents and other stakeholders, including teachers, headteachers, and canteen staff through qualitative interviews, we will develop an intervention focuses on NCD risk reduction among younger peers (students of grades 5 and 6). A nutritionist will train the youth on how to deliver the intervention among their younger peers.

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

OTHER

lead

Aga Khan University

OTHER