Trial reportPloS one2021
Effects of health education on adolescents' non-cognitive skills, life satisfaction and aspirations, and health-related quality of life: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in Vietnam.
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- Leading public health innovation in high schools across local and global settings.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Life skills, self-efficacy, life satisfaction and health literacy evolution from primary school to middle school: a 3-year longitudinal interventional study of the Explo'Santé cohort.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Identifying the causes of adolescent malnutrition in Nuwara-Eliya District, Sri Lanka.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Teaching methods for critical thinking in health education of children up to high school: A scoping review.PloS one · 2024Article
- Explaining the lived experiences of school principals regarding the promotion of psychological capital of high school girls through promoting their health.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- Comics as a Physical Education Tool for Health Promotion in Brazilian Primary Education, Based on Paulo Freire's Principles of Empowerment.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Development and Evaluation of an e-Book for Bone Health and Osteoporosis Education in Adolescents.Nutrients · 2023Article
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveThe effectiveness of health education on adolescents has been questioned, along with a growing body of empirical studies documenting the absence of behavioral changes after the intervention. However, evidence on its impact on other crucial health domains, besides health practices, is lacking. We evaluated the causal effects of a school-based health education program on adolescents' multidimensional psychological health factors.
designA cluster-randomized controlled trial.
methodsWe conducted a cluster-randomized controlled trial involving 140 lower secondary schools in Vietnam. After stratifying by district, schools were randomized 1:1 to either treatment or control groups. Students enrolled in the treatment schools received monthly stand-alone health education in five topics by school teachers at the class level, but control group students did not receive any intervention. The primary outcomes of the study were students' non-cognitive skills, life satisfaction, aspirations gap, and the Health-Related Quality of Life at five-month follow-up. We estimated the intention-to-treat effects with the panel fixed effects model using student panel data.
resultsOf the 6,477 students enrolled at baseline, 2,958 (92%) treated and 2,967 (91%) control students completed the follow-up survey five months after baseline data collection from October to December 2018. Compared with controls, health education led to improved treatment school students' self-efficacy (p-value = 0.013), presumed life satisfaction five years from the present (p-value = 0.001), aspirations gap for a socially and mentally healthy future (p-value = 0.036), and the Health-Related Quality of Life (p-value = 0.036).
conclusionA school-based health education program enhanced students' non-cognitive skills, life satisfaction and aspirations gap, and the Health-Related Quality of Life significantly. This study proposes essential psychological factors that should be taken into account when evaluating the effectiveness of a health education program in resource-limited settings.
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