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Table 3 SHEPP for teachers and parents

From: School health education program in Pakistan (SHEPP)—a threefold health education feasibility trial in schoolchildren from a lower-middle-income country

Topics

Subtopics

Time duration

1. The heart attack!

What does the heart do and how?

Understand how blockage occurs in coronary arteries and why you should care.

What is heart attack or disease?

Risk factors for CAD

30 min

2.What is healthy diet

What is meant by a healthy diet?

My food plates

Daily calorie requirement

Hints for healthy eating

30 min

3.Keep moving and stay active

Why moving and staying active is important?

Sitting and using mobile phones/computer/watching TV is bad

What are the recommendations and how to move?

30 min

4. Why smoking, “gutka, shisha and chaalia” is bad

Why smoking is harmful?

Shisha, gutka, and chalia

Ways to quit smoking

30 min

5. Wash your hands always!

Proper hand hygiene

Dental hygiene

30 min

6. Stay calm, stay away from anger and stress

Anger and stress

How to be less stressed and less angry

30 min