Non-communicable Disease Risk Factors

The goal of this sequential mixed method study is to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of a school-based eHealth-NCD prevention program intervention to improve adolescents' knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding NCDs and associated risk factors. It aims : 1. To identify barriers and facilitators associated with implementing a school-based eHealth intervention to improve the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of secondary and higher secondary school students in Pakistan regarding NCDs and their associated risk factors. 2. To explore the stakeholders' perceptions regarding the design and content of the School based eHealth NCD prevention Program to improve the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of secondary and higher secondary school students in Pakistan regarding NCDs and their associated risk factors. 3. To assess the feasibility and effectiveness of the School-based eHealth NCD prevention program in secondary and higher secondary school in Karachi. 4. To evaluate the effectiveness of the school-based eHealth NCD prevention program in significantly improving the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of secondary and higher secondary school students in Karachi, Pakistan, regarding NCDs and their associated risk factors, as compared to a control group not receiving the intervention. 5. To explore the perceptions of students regarding the usefulness acceptability and task technology fit of the School-based eHealth NCD prevention Program in improving the knowledge, attitude, and practices of Pakistani Higher Secondary School students regarding NCDs and their associated risk factors. Researcher aim to evaluate the effectiveness of the school-based eHealth NCD prevention program in significantly improving the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of secondary and higher secondary school students in Karachi, Pakistan, regarding NCDs and their associated risk factors, as compared to a control group not receiving the intervention. Participants of intervention group will attend health-promoting sessions delivered by trained facilitators, with each session lasting 30 to 40 minutes. There will be a total of six health-promoting sessions be focused on the leading risk factors associated with NCDs as reported by different studies such as physical inactivity, unhealthy diet and overweight, obesity, harmful alcohol consumption and tobacco use will be conducted in the classroom for the intervention group.