Study protocol of the Health4Life initiative: a cluster randomised controlled trial of an eHealth school-based program targeting multiple lifestyle risk behaviours among young Australians.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Lifestyle risk behaviours, including alcohol use, smoking, poor diet, physical inactivity, poor sleep (duration and/or quality) and sedentary recreational screen time ('the Big 6'), are strong determinants of chronic disease. These behaviours often emerge during adolescence and co-occur. School-based interventions have the potential to address risk factors prior to the onset of disease, yet few eHealth school-based interventions target multiple behaviours concurrently. This paper describes the protocol of the Health4Life Initiative, an eHealth school-based intervention that concurrently addresses the Big 6 risk behaviours among secondary school students.

Methods and analysis

A multisite cluster randomised controlled trial will be conducted among year 7 st

SUBMITTER: Teesson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7359380 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature