Multi-component interventions to reducing unhealthy diets and physical inactivity among adolescents and youth in sub-Saharan Africa (Generation H)

采取多方干预措施减少撒哈拉以南非洲青少年的不健康饮食和缺乏身体活动（H 代）

• 批准号: 10106976
• 金额: $ 33.93万
• 依托单位: LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: EU-Funded
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10106976
• 关键词: Multi; component; interventions; reducing; unhealthy

The fragile health systems in urban sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are already overwhelmed with NCDs. Despite this, the implementationof the evidence-based WHO Best Buys policies for NCDs prevention in the African region has been found to be off-track. Additionally,less attention has been given to adolescents and yet this is a period in life where behavioural patterns of NCDs risk factors are establishedand track into adulthood. There is also a gap in our understanding on how to implement and scale up effective diet and physical activityinterventions in real world settings in SSA. Our project therefore aims to reduce two important modifiable risk factors for NCDs:unhealthy diets and physical inactivity and their underlying social determinants among adolescents (aged 10-19 years) living in mixedsocio-economic urban communities in two SSA countries (Ghana & Kenya) by designing, deploying, and evaluating strategies forimplementation of evidenced and theory based interventions mapped on to the WHO Best Buys. We selected the two countries becausethey represent different cultural contexts of nutrition transition (East and West Africa), and both countries are undergoing rapid economicdevelopment, urbanisation and increases in NCD prevalence. The intervention delivery will take a multi-sectoral approach to increasingthe capability, opportunity and motivation of adolescents to eat healthier and be more physically active. We will focus on three settingsto enhance the reach: secondary schools and, family/community/faith-based settings and the digital environment using social media.Together, this project will increase opportunities, awareness, knowledge and health literacy, motivate adolescentsto increase self-efficacy,guide self-regulatory actions and adopt positive health behaviour (such as dissuasion from physical inactivity and sedentary behaviours,or unhealthy food choices) to prevent NCDs.

NCD已经不知所措。尽管如此，发现最能在非洲地区购买NCDS预防政策的循证实施是偏外的。此外，对青少年的关注较少，但这是生活中NCDS风险因素的行为模式并在成年期建立痕迹的时期。我们对如何在SSA现实世界中实施和扩大有效的饮食和体育锻炼的有效饮食和体育锻炼的理解也存在差距。因此，我们的项目旨在减少NCD的两个重要的可修改风险因素：不健康的饮食和身体上的不健康及其在两个SSA国家（Ghana＆Kenya）在混合社会社区中生活在混合社区中的青少年（10-19岁）中的基本社会决定因素（加纳和肯尼亚州），通过设计，对策略进行设计，并评估策略，以实现策略的努力和理论，以实现策略的范围。我们选择了这两个国家，因为西非是营养过渡的不同文化背景（东非和西非），两国正在经济发展迅速，城市化和NCD流行率的增长。干预措施将采用多部门的方法来提高青少年饮食更健康并更加身体活跃的能力，机会和动力。我们将专注于三个设置，以增强覆盖范围：使用社交媒体使用社交媒体的家庭/社区/信仰环境以及数字环境。