Feasibility of a Youth-led NCD Risk Reduction Initiative in Selected Schools of Slums in Karachi, Pakistan: a Mixed-methods, pre-and Post-intervention Study

Inclusion Criteria

• •1. Both government and private schools
• •2. Schools that have classes 1 to 10 in one boundary
• •3. Schools who agree to take part in the qualitative interviews
• •4. Schools that permit to engage youth, their parents, and younger peers in the study for ten months
• •5. For youth: Students of classes 9 and 10 (aged 14 to 16 years)
• •6. For younger peers: Students of classes 5 and 6 (9 to 12 years)
• •7. Students who provide written informed assent followed by parental consent
• •8. Parents of youth and other stakeholders, including head teachers, schoolteachers, and canteen staff who provide written informed consent