Improving adolescents' dietary behavior through teacher-delivered cancer prevention education: a school-based cluster randomized intervention trial in urban Rajasthan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dietary practices are one of the most common modifiable risk factors for cancers. Foods rich in dietary fibers are considered protective, meanwhile fast & junk foods are risk for common cancers. Adolescence period is marked by habit formation and is thus suited for delivering behavioral intervention. Schools offer an optimal setting for planning and executing these interventions to a large number of adolescents.

Objective

To assess the effectiveness of a teacher-delivered cancer-prevention education in changing dietary behaviors of school going adolescents.

Methods

A cluster randomized trial was conducted in government secondary and senior secondary schools with schools as clusters. A minimum required sample of 1032 students was estimated from 16 schools wi

SUBMITTER: Mittal A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10900637 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature