Clinical trial · Interventional
The Effect of Double Duty Interventions on Double Burden of Malnutrition Among School Adolescents in Ethiopia
Effect of Double Duty Interventions on Double Burden of Malnutrition, Dietary Diversity Score, and Frequency of Morbidity Among Secondary School Adolescents in Central Ethiopia: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
NCT05574842CI-TRIAL-00067958DBMcompletedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The goal of this cluster randomized controlled trial is to determine the effect of double duty interventions on double burden of malnutrition, dietary diversity score, and frequency of morbidity among secondary school adolescents in Debre Berhan City, Ethiopia. The main aim is to answer the following questions. 1. What is the effect of double duty interventions on double burden of malnutrition among secondary school adolescents? 2. What is the effect of double duty interventions on dietary diversity score among secondary school adolescents? 3. What is the effect of double duty interventions on among secondary school adolescents?
Conditions
Conditions (6)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diet Habit | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Malnutrition; Degree, Moderate | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Overnutrition | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Overweight | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Undernutrition | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Underweight | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double duty interventions using nutrition behavior change communication approach | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention
- description
- The intervention arm will be received the double duty intervention through nutrition behavior change communication approach using a Health Belief Model.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Double duty interventions using nutrition behavior change communication approach
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control
- description
- The control arm will not be received the double duty intervention, rather they receive the standard intervention given by the government.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Proportions of Double Burden of Malnutrition
- timeFrame
- six months [25 weeks]
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 10 Years
- Maximum age
- 19 Years
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Inclusion Criteria: * The study will be targeted secondary school adolescents in the study area. * Secondary school adolescents who have followed their teaching learning process in the selected secondary schools for at least six months and above in the city during the study period will be included. * Moreover, adolescents who had no intention of leaving the secondary schools until the end of the study will be included in this study. Exclusion Criteria: * Secondary school adolescents who will not be able to respond to an interview and who have physical disability including deformity such as kyphosis, scoliosis, and limb deformity which prevents standing erect will be excluded. Because it is not appropriate for anthropometric measurement. * Moreover, participants who had confirmed diseases such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension etc., will be excluded from this study to improve the precision of anthropometric measurements and dietary practice.
References
Publications (13)
- BACKGROUNDKulkarni VS, Kulkarni VS, Gaiha R. "Double Burden of Malnutrition": Reexamining the Coexistence of Undernutrition and Overweight Among Women in India. Int J Health Serv. 2017 Jan;47(1):108-133. doi: 10.1177/0020731416664666. Epub 2016 Sep 15. PMID 27638762
- BACKGROUNDAzzopardi PS, Hearps SJC, Francis KL, Kennedy EC, Mokdad AH, Kassebaum NJ, Lim S, Irvine CMS, Vos T, Brown AD, Dogra S, Kinner SA, Kaoma NS, Naguib M, Reavley NJ, Requejo J, Santelli JS, Sawyer SM, Skirbekk V, Temmerman M, Tewhaiti-Smith J, Ward JL, Viner RM, Patton GC. Progress in adolescent health and wellbeing: tracking 12 headline indicators for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016. Lancet. 2019 Mar 16;393(10176):1101-1118. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32427-9. Epub 2019 Mar 12. PMID 30876706
- BACKGROUNDWHO. Guideline: Implementing Effective Actions for Improving Adolescent Nutrition [Internet]. 2018. Available from: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/260297/9789241513708-eng.pdf%0Ajsessionid=19D1CBFA434795BA1645CC009FFE99A4?sequence=1
- BACKGROUNDDas JK, Salam RA, Thornburg KL, Prentice AM, Campisi S, Lassi ZS, Koletzko B, Bhutta ZA. Nutrition in adolescents: physiology, metabolism, and nutritional needs. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2017 Apr;1393(1):21-33. doi: 10.1111/nyas.13330. PMID 28436102
- BACKGROUNDNicholson A, Fawzi W, Canavan C, Keshavjee S. Advancing Global Nutrition for Adolescent and Family Health : Innovations in Research and Training. Proceedings of the Harvard Medical School Center for Global Health Delivery-Dubai. 2018, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 2018. p. 1-75.
- BACKGROUNDPatton GC, Sawyer SM, Santelli JS, Ross DA, Afifi R, Allen NB, Arora M, Azzopardi P, Baldwin W, Bonell C, Kakuma R, Kennedy E, Mahon J, McGovern T, Mokdad AH, Patel V, Petroni S, Reavley N, Taiwo K, Waldfogel J, Wickremarathne D, Barroso C, Bhutta Z, Fatusi AO, Mattoo A, Diers J, Fang J, Ferguson J, Ssewamala F, Viner RM. Our future: a Lancet commission on adolescent health and wellbeing. Lancet. 2016 Jun 11;387(10036):2423-78. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00579-1. Epub 2016 May 9. No abstract available.