Siobhan O'Dean, Matthew Sunderland, Nicola Newton, Lauren Gardner, Maree Teesson, Cath Chapman, Louise Thornton, Tim Slade, Leanne Hides, Nyanda McBride, Frances J Kay-Lambkin, Steve J Allsop, David Lubans, Belinda Parmenter, Katherine Mills, Bonnie Spring, Bridie Osman, Rhiannon Ellem, Scarlett Smout, Karrah McCann, Emily Hunter, Amra Catakovic, Katrina Champion
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effectiveness of a school-based multiple health behaviour change e-health intervention for modifying risk factors for chronic disease (secondary outcomes). STUDY DESIGN: Cluster randomised controlled trial. SETTING, PARTICIPANTS: Students (at baseline [2019]: year 7, 11-14 years old) at 71 Australian public, independent, and Catholic schools. INTERVENTION: Health4Life: an e-health school-based multiple health behaviour change intervention for reducing increases in the six major behavioural risk factors for chronic disease: physical inactivity, poor diet, excessive recreational screen time, poor sleep, and use of alcohol and tobacco...
April 12, 2024: Medical Journal of Australia