Published on in Vol 10, No 7 (2021): July

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/26739, first published .
Adolescent Levers for a Diet and Physical Activity Intervention Across Socioecological Levels in Kenya, South Africa, Cameroon, and Jamaica: Mixed Methods Study Protocol

Adolescent Levers for a Diet and Physical Activity Intervention Across Socioecological Levels in Kenya, South Africa, Cameroon, and Jamaica: Mixed Methods Study Protocol

Adolescent Levers for a Diet and Physical Activity Intervention Across Socioecological Levels in Kenya, South Africa, Cameroon, and Jamaica: Mixed Methods Study Protocol

Feyisayo A Odunitan-Wayas   1 * , PhD ;   Pamela Wadende   2 * , PhD ;   Ebele R I Mogo   3 , DrPH ;   Anna Brugulat-Panés   3 , MSc ;   Lisa K Micklesfield   1, 4 , PhD ;   Ishtar Govia   5 , PhD ;   Clarisse Mapa-Tassou   6 , PhD ;   Gudani Mukoma   4 , MSC MED ;   Joanne A Smith   5 , PhD ;   Molebogeng Motlhalhedi   4 , BSc ;   Yves Wasnyo   6 , MPH, MD ;   Vincent Were   7 , PhD ;   Felix Assah   6 , PhD ;   Kufre J Okop   1 , PhD ;   Shane A Norris   4 , PhD ;   Charles Obonyo   7 , PhD ;   Jean Claude Mbanya   6 , MD, PhD, FRCP ;   Marshall K Tulloch-Reid   5 , MD, DSC ;   Abby C King   8, 9 , PhD ;   Estelle V Lambert   1 , PhD ;   Tolu Oni   3, 10 , PhD

1 Health Through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport Research Centre, Division of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

2 School of Education and Human Resource Development, Kisii University, Kisii, Kenya

3 MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

4 South African Medical Research Council/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit (DPHRU), School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

5 Caribbean Institute for Health Research, The University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica

6 Health of Populations in Transition (HoPiT) Research Group, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

7 Centre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya

8 Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States

9 Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States

10 Research Initiative for Cities Health and Equity, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Feyisayo A Odunitan-Wayas, PhD
  • Health Through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport Research Centre, Division of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine
  • Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences
  • University of Cape Town
  • 3rd Floor, Sports Science Institute of South Africa
  • Boundary Road, Newlands, South Africa
  • Cape Town, 7725
  • South Africa
  • Phone: 27 843686276
  • Email: feyi.odunitan-wayas@uct.ac.za