Tokyo, May 13 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000061520) titled 'Health education program study to improve health numeracy among high school students' on May 11.

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Basic Design - Parallel Randomization - Non-randomized Blinding - Open -no one is blinded Control - No treatment

Primary Sponsor: Institute - Nihon University

Condition: Condition - Infectious disease prevention and health numeracy among high school students Classification by malignancy - Others Genomic information - NO

Objective: Narrative objectives1 - The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of a 40-minute educational intervention on infectious disease prevention and health numeracy among first-year high school students. Outcomes include health numeracy, risk perception related to infectious diseases, self-efficacy, and preventive behavioral intention. Basic objectives2 - Efficacy

Intervention: Interventions/Control_1 - Participants in the intervention group receive a 40-minute health education program on infectious disease prevention and health numeracy. The program covers information on infectious disease prevention, understanding risk, interpreting numerical health information, and decision-making regarding preventive behaviors. Interventions/Control_2 - Participants in the control group do not receive the additional health education program developed for this study during the study period and receive usual school education.

Eligibility: Age-lower limit - 15 years-old

Gender - Male and Female Key inclusion criteria - First-year students enrolled in participating high schools Students who provide consent to participate in the study Students who are able to complete both pre- and post-intervention questionnaires Key exclusion criteria - Students who do not provide consent to participate in the study Target Size - 600

Recruitment Status: Recruitment status - Completed Date of protocol fixation - 2025 Year 06 Month 13 Day Date of IRB - 2025 Year 06 Month 13 Day Anticipated trial start date - 2025 Year 06 Month 30 Day Last follow-up date - 2026 Year 03 Month 31 Day

To know more, visit https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000070294

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