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Effectiveness of an educational and technical skill development intervention on improving menstrual hygiene among adolescent school girls in the district of Kalutara
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SLCTR Registration Number
SLCTR/2013/018
Date of Registration
The date of last modification
Mar 03, 2019
Trial Status
Scientific Title of Trial
Effectiveness of an educational and technical skill development intervention on improving menstrual hygiene among adolescent school girls in the district of Kalutara
Public Title of Trial
Study of a method to improve menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls in the Kalutara district
Disease or Health Condition(s) Studied
Menstruation and menstrual hygiene
Scientific Acronym
None
Public Acronym
None
Brief title
None
Universal Trial Number
None
Any other number(s) assigned to the trial and issuing authority
ERC/12-019 (Ethics Review Committee of the Sri Lanka Medical Association)
What is the research question being addressed?
How effective is an educational and technical skill development intervention on improving menstrual hygiene among adolescent school girls in the district of Kalutara?
Type of study
Interventional
Study design
Allocation
Single arm study
Masking
Masking not used
Control
Uncontrolled
Assignment
Single
Purpose
Prevention
Study Phase
Not Available
Intervention(s) planned
Target group 1: 1. Educational and hands on training on improving menstrual hygiene – by conducting two days in-service teacher training program 2.Providing ‘Teacher’s Guide’
Target group 2: 1. Educational and hands on training on improving menstrual hygiene by conducting 5 educational sessions by target group 1 2. Providing hand book on ‘Promotion of menstrual hygiene’
Inclusion criteria
Target group 1: • Female teachers • Teaching grade 10 classes • Involved in health promotion activities and counseling
Target group 2: • All female students in grade 10 • Attainment of menarche
Exclusion criteria
Target group 1: • No active involvement in health promotion activities and counseling
Target group 2: • Non attainment of menarche
Primary outcome(s)
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Target group 1: By a developed and validated questionnaire with the experts in the relevant field • Improvement of knowledge and attitudes of menstruation and menstrual hygiene • Improvement of reported practices regarding promotion of menstrual hygiene in the adolescent school girls Target group 2: By a developed questionnaire with the experts in the relevant field Improvement of knowledge, attitudes and practices of menstruation and menstrual hygiene |
[ At baseline, 3 months and six months after the commencement of the study ] |
Secondary outcome(s)
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Target number/sample size
Target group 1: 20 female teachers from each control and intervention area Target group 2 - 300 grade 10 girl students from each control and intervention area
Countries of recruitment
Sri Lanka
Anticipated start date
2013-05-29
Anticipated end date
2013-11-27
Date of first enrollment
Date of study completion
Recruitment status
Recruiting
Funding source
None
Regulatory approvals
Status
Approved
Date of Approval
2012-08-17
Approval number
ERC/12-019
Details of Ethics Review Committee
| Name: | Ethics Review Committee, Sri Lanka Medical Association, |
| Institutional Address: | No 6, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 00700 Sri Lanka |
| Telephone: | +94-11-2693324 |
| Email: | erc.slma@gmail.com |
Contact person for Scientific Queries/Principal Investigator
Dr. W.M.P.A. Fernando
Registrar in Community Medicine
National Institute of Health Sciences Nagoda Kalutara
+94112805541
+94718181293
asanthib68@yahoo.com
Primary study sponsor/organization
National Institute of Health Sciences Nagoda, Kalutara
034 - 222226 034 - 2226319
http://nihs.gov.lk/
Do the investigators plan to share identified individual clinical trial participant-level data (IPD)?
IPD sharing plan description
Study protocol available
Protocol version and date
Not Available
Protocol URL
Not Available
Results summary available
No
Date of posting results
Date of study completion
Final sample size
Date of first publication
Link to results
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