'The Health-Secure Partnership': Study protocol for the development of a school- & community-based intervention for promoting healthy nutrition among rural adolescents in The Gambia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Interventions addressing malnutrition (under- and overnutrition) among adolescents have not been developed in The Gambia. We aim to coproduce the first phase of 'The Health-Secure Partnership' (HSP) - an innovative multicomponent intervention for adolescents in rural areas of The Gambia. Inference drawn from existing evidence and public contribution suggest that the future intervention would ideally involve nutrition-specific components coupled with changes to wider school and community contexts, delivered in partnerships between schools and local communities.

Methods

The design of HSP is underpinned by health promoting school and community centred approaches, informed by a systems-thinking lens. The project activities will be conducted in three linked stages. S

SUBMITTER: Jallow-Badjan H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12270090 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature