NCT05746130

Effect of Preventive Education on Reducing Urinary Bisphenol-A Levels in Adolescents

A Comparison of the Effects of a Plastic-Free Nutrition Program, Interactive Education, and Exposure Feedback on Bisphenol-A Levels in Adolescents With Packaged Product High Usage

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 108 (actual)
• Sponsor: Akdeniz University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 14 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

It is known that Bisphenol-A (BPA) is the endocrine disrupting chemical that is most exposed by oral intake in daily life. Critical life periods when the sensitivity to these substances is known to be maximum; prenatal, postnatal and adolescence periods. The aim of this study is to compare the effects of plastic-free nutrition program, interactive education and BPA exposure feedback on urinary Bisphenol-A levels in adolescents with high use of packaged products.

Detailed description

By simple random sampling, female adolescents (n=36) staying in a high school hostel will be the intervention group, female adolescents not staying in hostels (n=36) will be the first comparison group, and female adolescents from another high school (n=36) will be the second comparison group. Plastic-free nutrition program (plastic-free diet, peer mentoring, interactive education and BPA exposure feedback) will be applied to the intervention group. Interactive training and BPA exposure feedback will be given to comparison group one, while only BPA exposure feedback will be given to comparison group two. Before and after the interventions, urinary BPA levels, use of plastic packaged products and bad nutrition attitudes of the adolescents will be monitored.

Conditions

• Adolescent Behavior
• Bisphenol A
• Urine

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Plastic-free diet program	Applying the plastic-free diet as four meals (three main meals, one snack) in pension kitchen. Promoting of glass water bottle giving and daily use. Interactive education program: Slogan competition, school board preparation, short film shooting, school canteen visits and plastic-free nutrition day event with the adolescents for four weeks by the researcher. Peer education will doing by Adolescents with Packaged Product Low Usage Feedback about BPA levels in theirs urinary sample.
BEHAVIORAL	Plastic-free diet education program	Interactive education program: Slogan competition, school board preparation, short film shooting, school canteen visits and plastic-free nutrition day event with the adolescents for four weeks by the researcher. Peer education will doing by Adolescents with Packaged Product Low Usage Feedback about BPA levels in theirs urinary sample
BEHAVIORAL	BPA exposure feedback	Feedback about BPA levels in theirs urinary sample

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-03-16
• Primary completion: 2023-06-09
• Completion: 2024-02-21
• First posted: 2023-02-27
• Last updated: 2024-03-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)