Development and piloting of a primary school-based salt reduction programme: Formative work and a process evaluation in rural and urban Malawi.

ABSTRACT: Excess salt intake is a major modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Promoting salt reduction as part of routine school-health programming may be a pragmatic way to address this risk factor early in the life course but has not been tested in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Here we describe the formative work with stakeholders and process evaluation of pilot work to develop a school-based salt reduction programme for children aged 11-14 years, in preparation for a cluster-randomised trial in rural/urban Malawi. Collection of observational data and documentary evidence (meeting minutes/field notes) from the earliest key stakeholder engagement with Malawi Ministries of Health, Education, Local Government and Rural Development and Malawi Institute of Education, and non-governmental stake

SUBMITTER: Phiri N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10468067 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature