ArticleBMC pediatrics2021
Children's experiences of participating in a school-based health promotion parental support programme - a qualitative study.
Article in BMC pediatrics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03390725 (The Healthy School Start Plus Intervention for Prevention of Childhood Overweight and Obesity in Disadvantaged Areas Through Parental Support in the School Setting - a Parallel Group Cluster Randomised Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Healthy School Start Plus Intervention for Prevention of Childhood Overweight and Obesity in Disadvantaged Areas Through Parental Support in the School Setting - a Parallel Group Cluster Randomised Trial
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Parents' experiences of participating in the Healthy School Start Plus programme - a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2023Trial
- A coherent family support model (Co-Fam) for preventing and treating childhood overweight and obesity: protocol for a randomized hybrid type 2 effectiveness-implementation trial.BMC public health · 2026Article
- "The missing piece in the puzzle" - Success factors and barriers for scale-up and sustainment of the Healthy School Start program.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2026Article
- Experiences of children with obesity and their parents of participating in a physical activity on prescription intervention: a qualitative study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Gender differences in eating habits and lifestyles of young students: observational evaluation from MaestraNatura program.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Influencing factors for the implementation of school-based interventions promoting obesity prevention behaviors in children with low socioeconomic status: a systematic review.Implementation science communications · 2024Review
- Evaluation of Parental Acceptability and Use of Intervention Components to Reduce Pre-School Children's Intake of Sugar-Rich Food and Drinks.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundChildren's voices are seldom heard in process evaluations concerning health promotion programmes. A Healthy School Start Plus (HSSP) is a parental support programme, conducted in Sweden, with the aim of promoting healthy diet, physical activity and preventing obesity in preschool class children. The 6-month programme includes: (1) Health information to parents; (2) Motivational Interviewing with parents by school nurses; (3) Classroom activities and home assignments for children; (4) A self-test of type-2 diabetes risk for parents. We aimed to describe children's experiences of the third component regarding barriers and facilitators of participating in and learning from the classroom activities in the HSSP.
methodsIn total 36 children from 7 schools in Sweden, mean age 6 years, participated in 7 focus group discussions. Purposeful sampling with maximum variation was used to collect the data. The focus groups were audio-recorded, transcribed and analysed using qualitative content analysis.
resultsFour categories were identified; (1) Time available to work on intervention activities; (2) Others' interest; (3) Abilities and interests in intervention activities; and (4) Practicing the concept of health.
conclusionsThe findings may improve the HSSP and other similar interventions that include classroom-based learning regarding health by highlighting the following points to consider: aiming for homework to be an integrated part of the school-setting to enhance parental involvement; using flexible material, tailored to the children's abilities and giving children adequate time to finish the intervention activities; and making teachers and parents aware of the importance of verbal and body language regarding intervention activities.
trial registrationThe Healthy School Start Plus trial was retrospectively registered in the International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number Registry on January 4, 2018 and available online at ClinicalTrials.gov: No. NCT03390725 .
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