Online PhD conferral Tina Rawal
Supervisors: Prof. dr. Onno C.P. van Schayck, Prof dr. Jean W.M. Muris
Co-supervisors: Prof. dr. Monika Arora (Publice Health Foundation of India), Prof. dr. Nikhil Tandon (All institute of Medical Sciences)
Keywords: Adolescents; Overweight and Obesity, Dietary and physical activity knowledge and behaviours, School
"Impact of a comprehensive multi-component health literacy module on dietary and physical activity patterns of adolescents studying in schools of Delhi, India"
The school environment has the potential to impact Non-Communicable Disease-related behavioural change in children and adolescents. Interventions to advance health literacy in children can encourage healthy eating and have long-term implications later in adulthood. Positive feedback from the participants in the formative study suggests that interactive modules including a short film and follow-up interactive activities can be effective in promoting a healthy lifestyle among children and adolescents in schools. Further evaluation of the intervention using a cluster RCT was useful to assess its effectiveness on knowledge and behaviours related to diet and physical activity of school-going adolescents. The findings indicated a positive effect of the intervention on diet and physical activity-related changes in the expected direction.
