Effectiveness of the InCharge Prevention Program to Promote Healthier Lifestyles: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

InCharge is a newly developed school-based health intervention aimed at older adolescents. It aims to promote a healthier lifestyle by increasing self-regulation skills. After the InCharge program's effectiveness was previously investigated in a pilot study, the content of the program was adapted.

Objective

This study describes the protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial that aims to investigate the effectiveness of the InCharge program.

Methods

A cluster randomized controlled trial including 70 classes with older adolescents (aged 16 years or older) in the Netherlands will be conducted to test the effectiveness of the InCharge program. After schools are recruited, randomization occurs at the class level. The trial consists of the following two co

SUBMITTER: Mesman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7381060 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature