ArticleTranslational behavioral medicine2015
Factors associated with early childhood education and care service implementation of healthy eating and physical activity policies and practices in Australia: a cross-sectional study.
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- Strategies to improve the implementation of healthy eating, physical activity and obesity prevention policies, practices or programmes within childcare services.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Strategies to improve the implementation of healthy eating, physical activity and obesity prevention policies, practices or programmes within childcare services.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Play Active physical activity policy intervention and implementation support in early childhood education and care: results from a pragmatic cluster randomised trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023Trial
- Feasibility of a Web-Based Implementation Intervention to Improve Child Dietary Intake in Early Childhood Education and Care: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Trial
- Effectiveness of an intervention to facilitate the implementation of healthy eating and physical activity policies and practices in childcare services: a randomised controlled trial.Implementation science : IS · 2015Trial
- Enhancing healthy eating and active play in the Australian early childhood education and care system.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- Food policy, practice and provision in UK early childhood education and care: a scoping review.Public health nutrition · 2025Article
- Beyond Local Champions: Contextual Factors Shaping the Implementation of Healthy Eating Interventions in Centre-Based Care - A Qualitative Study With Educators and Cooks.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2025Article
- Scalability and scaling-up strategy of a physical activity policy intervention in Australian childcare centres.Health promotion international · 2025Article
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- Physical Activity-Related Practices and Psychosocial Factors of Childcare Educators: A Latent Profile Analysis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Implementation of healthy eating and physical activity practices in Australian early childhood education and care services: A cross-sectional study.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial to Increase the Sustainment of an Indoor-Outdoor-Free-Play Program in Early Childhood Education and Care Services: A Study Protocol for the Sustaining Play, Sustaining Health (SPSH) Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Healthy Food Environments in Early Learning Services: An Analysis of Manager Survey Responses, Menus and Policies in Regional New Zealand Early Childhood Education and Care Centres.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Evaluating the effectiveness of the Play Active policy intervention and implementation support in early childhood education and care: a pragmatic cluster randomised trial protocol.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Effectiveness in adapting the implementation of the Early Care and Education Learning Collaboratives Project (ECELC) using real-world conditions.Translational behavioral medicine · 2021Article
- A pilot randomised controlled trial of a web-based implementation intervention to increase child intake of fruit and vegetables within childcare centres.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2020Article
- Development of physical activity policy and implementation strategies for early childhood education and care settings using the Delphi process.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Article
- Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Australian Trainee Childcare Educators Regarding Their Role in the Feeding Behaviours of Young Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Many early childhood education and care (ECEC) services fail to implement recommended policies and practices supportive of healthy eating and physical activity. The purpose of this study was to assess whether certain theoretically-based factors are associated with implementation of healthy eating and physical activity policies and practices in a sample of ECEC services. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with Service Managers of ECEC services. The survey assessed the operational characteristics, policy, and practice implementation, and 13 factors were suggested by Damschroder's Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to impede or promote implementation. Logistic regression analyses found a significant association between implementation factor score and full implementation (OR 1.38; 95% CI 1.18-1.61; p = <0.01), indicating that for every one point increase in implementation score, ECEC services were 38 % more likely to be fully implementing the policies and practices. The findings highlight the opportunities for improving implementation of obesity prevention interventions in this setting by developing interventions that address such factors.
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