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Cameroon – Yaounde
   
 

Institutionalising school-based programmes for chronic-disease prevention in Cameroon.

Principal investigator

Prof. Jean Claude Mbanya and Dr. Richard Edwards

Intervention type

School-based intervention

Targeted population

Secondary-school children

Target factors

Risk factors    Diseases 
  • Smoking
  • Diet
  • Physical inactivity
 
  • Chronic diseases
  • Diabetes

Purpose/Goals

To assess if a school-based health promotion program can reduce chronic disease risk factors among secondary-school children in Cameroon.