An mHealth-based school health education system designed to scale up salt reduction in China (EduSaltS): A development and preliminary implementation study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High-salt diet is an important risk factor for several non-communicable diseases. School-based health education has been found effective in reducing salt intake among children and their families in China. However, no such interventions have been scaled up in the real world. For this purpose, a study was launched to support the development and scale-up of an mHealth-based system (EduSaltS) that integrated routine health education and salt reduction and was delivered through primary schools. This study aims to elaborate the framework, development process, features, and preliminary scaling-up of the EduSaltS system.

Methods

The EduSaltS system evolved from previously successfully tested interventions to reduce family salt intake by empowering schoolchildren through s

SUBMITTER: Zhang P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10149706 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature