Effectiveness of a behavior change intervention package on health literacy of behavioural risk factors of non-communicable diseases among health care assistants of government hospitals in Colombo district: Cluster randomized controlled trial.
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Health Literacy
- Registration Number
- SLCTR/2023/023
- Lead Sponsor
- Directorate of Non Communicable diseases, Ministry of Health Sri Lanka.
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Permanent staff who have been working as HCA more than six months
-Age of HCAs would be in between 18 years to 45 years.
- Both male and female
Exclusion Criteria
-Staff who plan to retire or transfer within a year
-HCAs who are on long leave e.g. : maternity leave or medical leave
-HCAs who are already diagnosed with a NCD, verified by diagnosis card or clinic book
-HCAs in PMCUs of Colombo district
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method HL.NCD: Health Literacy tool to assess NCD behavioral risk factors. <br>It was developed and validated in the first component of this research. [12 weeks from initial assessment <br>]<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary outcomes are behaviour change of<br>pattern/frequency of Diet, frequency of physical<br>activity, status/frequency of tobacco use and<br>status/frequency of alcohol intake. It will be<br>measured using STEP-wise-approach-toSurveillance (STEPS) of NCD risk factor<br>questionnaire. [12 weeks from initial assessment ]<br>