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ePlatform for Promoting Health in Schools
Sponsor: Fundació Sant Joan de Déu
Summary
There are few public health and educational policies specifically aimed at promoting physical activity, healthy dietary habits, and reducing sedentary behaviour among adolescents from socially disadvantaged backgrounds. ePro-Schools will co-design, pilot and evaluate an evidence-based program, delivered via a modular eHealth platform, to promote physical activity and healthy eating, and reduce time in sedentary behaviours. A profound co-creation process involving adolescents, school staff, and policymakers-alongside the adaptation of previous interventions by consortium members-will support the program's development. The ePro-Schools platform will contain modules for adolescents and their parents, teachers and school administration. Although the platform will be implemented through schools, it will include content to be implemented outside the school setting. The intervention program will be evaluated through a randomised controlled trial conducted in six secondary schools in Central Catalonia that aims to include 1000 adolescents. Schools have been randomised (1:1) into an intervention and a waiting-list control group. The evaluation of the program includes effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and process evaluation. Physical activity, sedentary behaviour and eating habits are the primary effectiveness outcomes of the trial. Secondary outcomes include fitness, water consumption, quality of life, depressive symptoms, social isolation and sleep quality. Using implementation science methodology, ePro-Schools will co-design transferable evidence-based practices and methodologies and guidance for scaling up the platform with policymakers and stakeholders, as well as informing specialists, policymakers and the general public.
Official title: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Implementation of an eHealth Platform for Promoting Healthy Habits Among Adolescents From Socially Disadvantaged Settings: the ePro-Schools Project
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
11 Years - 16 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
1000
Start Date
2025-09
Completion Date
2027-03
Last Updated
2025-08-03
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
Physical activity and nutritional behavioural intervention
The ePro-Schools intervention includes two digital platforms designed to promote physical activity and healthy nutrition among adolescents: 1. The Intervention Platform, which provides interactive content for both students and PE teachers. 2. The Information Platform, which offers educational resources for students, teachers, and families. The intervention content-currently being refined through a co-creation process-will feature engaging modules focused on physical activity and healthy eating. Adolescents will have access to more than 15 interactive modules, while PE teachers will benefit from 8 targeted pedagogical modules aimed at enhancing their lessons and encouraging greater student participation in physical activity. Control group will have access to the information platform
Locations (1)
Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu
Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain