ePlatform for Promoting Health in Schools

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Conditions studied: Health Promotion, Health Education, Physical Activity, Nutrition, Behaviour Change

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT06792461
Run by: Fundació Sant Joan de Déu
People needed: 1000
Starts: 2025-09-08
Expected to finish: 2027-03-01
Last updated by the study team: 2026-04-29

Who can join

Age: 11 and older, up to 16. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

Adolescents:
Students enrolled in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year of ESO (ages approximately 11-16) at participating secondary schools located in the Central Catalonia region, particularly those in socially disadvantaged settings.
All genders will be eligible.
Written informed consent must be provided by both the adolescent and their parent(s)/legal guardian(s).
Physical Education Teachers:
Physical education teachers currently working at the participating secondary schools.
Must be 18 years of age or older.
Must provide written informed consent to participate.

You may not qualify if…

Individuals (adolescents or teachers) who do not provide written informed consent will be excluded.
No other exclusion criteria will be applied.

Where it is running

Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu — Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain (enrolling)

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