Cascading an Intervention to Promote Healthy Sleep Among Adolescents Following Vocational Education Via a Participatory Approach
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
- Enrollment
- 160
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- process evaluation of the implementation of a healthy sleep intervention
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Sleep is crucial for the mental, cognitive and physical health of adolescents. However, teenagers in 2024 sleep less and less and their sleep is of poorer quality. It is striking that adolescents who follow vocational education sleep even worse compared to peers who follow a technical or general education. It is therefore important to focus on this risk group of adolescents to reduce health differences. However, there are no previous intervention studies that focused on them.
In previous research, a healthy sleep intervention was already developed, implemented and evaluated in a participatory manner. Within this research, the investigators want to focus on evaluating the process of implementation of this intervention among first and second year secondary school students (12 to 14 year olds) and teachers from vocational education. Based on the results of this process evaluation, the investigators want to deliver this intervention as a ready-made package to Flemish secondary schools.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 12 Years to — (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •student in 1st or 2nd year of secondary vocational education
- •teacher who helped implement the intervention
Exclusion Criteria
- •No students who participated in the co-creation process may participate in the group interview about receiving the intervention.
Arms & Interventions
Healthy Sleep Intervention
This single-arm study involves three interventions: (A) a co-creation process with 6-8 purposefully selected students and teachers to adapt an existing healthy sleep intervention to local needs; (B) a one-time training for teachers on the importance of sleep and implementation of the intervention, supported by thematic manuals and follow-up consultations; and (C) school-wide implementation of the adapted healthy sleep intervention for all first- and second-year secondary students.
Intervention: Healthy Sleep Intervention (Other)
Healthy Sleep Intervention
This single-arm study involves three interventions: (A) a co-creation process with 6-8 purposefully selected students and teachers to adapt an existing healthy sleep intervention to local needs; (B) a one-time training for teachers on the importance of sleep and implementation of the intervention, supported by thematic manuals and follow-up consultations; and (C) school-wide implementation of the adapted healthy sleep intervention for all first- and second-year secondary students.
Intervention: Co-creation process (Other)
Healthy Sleep Intervention
This single-arm study involves three interventions: (A) a co-creation process with 6-8 purposefully selected students and teachers to adapt an existing healthy sleep intervention to local needs; (B) a one-time training for teachers on the importance of sleep and implementation of the intervention, supported by thematic manuals and follow-up consultations; and (C) school-wide implementation of the adapted healthy sleep intervention for all first- and second-year secondary students.
Intervention: Training for teachers (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
process evaluation of the implementation of a healthy sleep intervention
Time Frame: From enrollment to the end of intervention implementation at 3 months
experiences of students with the received intervention; experiences of students and teachers regarding the participatory adaptation of the intervention; experiences of teachers with the implementation of the intervention. this will be analysed through interviews and focus groups
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported