NCT06639412

Enhancing Non-communicable Disease Prevention and Control Through Parent-Teachers-Development Agents Network in Ethiopia

Completed NA Last updated 18 September 2025

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Networking the indigenous parent-teacher association and agriculture development agents with the PHC unit to enhance NCD prevention & control services. in Network, Kinship in 408 participants. Completed in 20 November 2024.

Timeline

1 August 2023

Primary endpoint
20 September 2024

20 November 2024

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Bahir Dar University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	408
Start date	1 August 2023
Primary completion	20 September 2024
Estimated completion	20 November 2024
Sites	1 location across Ethiopia

Drugs / interventions tested

• Networking the indigenous parent-teacher association and agriculture development agents with the PHC unit to enhance NCD prevention & control services.
• Usual care

Conditions studied

• Network, Kinship — all drugs for Network, Kinship →

Sponsor

Bahir Dar University

Who can join

Adults 18 to 100, any sex, with Network, Kinship. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Background: Primary health care is an inclusive, equitable, cost-effective, and efficient approach to enhance the health of the community. Ethiopia has been implementing the primary healthcare approach for the last four decades. However, the performance of primary health care services in the country is not reaching the expected level, mainly in preventing non-communicable diseases.

Objective: The aim of this study is to improve the performance of the primary healthcare system with a focus on preventing non-communicable diseases through the integrated efforts of parent-teachers association and agricultural extension workers with the health extension workers in West Gojjam Zone.

Methods: A cluster randomized controlled community trial and a concurrent cross-sectional quantitative and qualitative approach will be used in this study. The study will be conducted in the West Gojjam Zone among 757 adults. A multistage sampling technique will be used. The intervention will be networking the indigenous parent-teacher association and agriculture development agents with the primary healthcare unit for enhancing non-communicable diseases prevention and control services. A structured interviewer-administered questionnaire will be used to collect quantitative data. Focus group discussions and key informant interviews will be conducted to collect qualitative data. Binary logistic regression analysis and Generalized Estimating Equation with a binary logit function will be computed. Thematic analysis will be used to analyze qualitative data.

Work plan and budget: The project will be conducted from February 2023 to May 2024 using a total 10,000 US dollar.

Benefits and beneficiaries: It will generate evidence on the contribution of networking institutions, community members, and the healthcare system to prevent and lower the burdens of major non-communicable diseases. Ministry of Health, Regional Health Bureaus, Zonal Health Departments, Woreda Health Offices, primary health care units, partners, and stockholders are potential beneficiaries of the project outputs.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. The effect of health education on hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and cervical cancer screening service utilization among eligible adults in a district around Bahir Dar city, Ethiopia: a cluster randomized controlled community trial.
   Demilew YM, Wassie GT, Guadie HA, Asemahagn MA, et al · · 2025 · PMID 40797194 · DOI 10.1186/s12889-025-23841-7