Promoting Healthy Lifestyle Behaviours in Pre-Schoolers with the SuperFIT Take-Home Kit.
Interventions targeting nutrition and physical activity levels of pre-schoolers through early childhood education and care (ECEC) increasingly aim to involve families and the home setting. How to optimise the reach and adoption of interventions by parents remains an important question. This study ai...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Child & Family Studies Vol. 33; no. 11; pp. 3627 - 3640 |
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Springer Nature
Nov2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=181201470&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 181201470 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10621024 JFM jtl: Journal of Child & Family Studies issn: 10621024 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Nov2024 vid: 33 iid: 11 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 181201470 10.1007/s10826-024-02936-6 ppf: 3627 ppct: 13 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.4MB tig: atl: Promoting Healthy Lifestyle Behaviours in Pre-Schoolers with the SuperFIT Take-Home Kit. aug: au: Harms, Lisa S. E. Gubbels, Jessica S. Bessems, Kathelijne M. H. H. Penders, Sid Pluim, Daan Gerards, Sanne M. P. L. affil: https://ror.org/02jz4aj89 Department of Health Promotion, Institute of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (NUTRIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands Ecsplore, Geleen, The Netherlands su: Netherlands Lifestyles Children's health Parents Human services programs Interviewing Health promotion Social support Child care Nutrition Pilot projects Health behavior in children Physical activity sug: subj: Lifestyles Children's health Parents Human services programs Interviewing Health promotion Social support Child care Nutrition Netherlands Other Individual and Family Services Pilot projects Health behavior in children Physical activity keyword: Children Early childhood education and care (ECEC) Implementation Participatory research Children Early childhood education and care (ECEC) Implementation Participatory research ab: Interventions targeting nutrition and physical activity levels of pre-schoolers through early childhood education and care (ECEC) increasingly aim to involve families and the home setting. How to optimise the reach and adoption of interventions by parents remains an important question. This study aimed to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a take-home kit to promote nutrition and physical activity (PA) of pre-schoolers at home, while exploring the participatory approach of its development, implementation and evaluation. Three successive versions of the take-home kit were developed and distributed among 21 ECEC centres and 199 families in South-Limburg, the Netherlands. Acceptability and feasibility of the kit were monitored and acted upon throughout the research period. The take-home kit included a stuffed toy, PA and nutrition cards with simple activities, a journal in which parents were asked to record their activities, and written instructions. One kit per ECEC centre rotated between families. Thirty-seven parents participated in open-ended questionnaires, and ECEC teachers from six centres and five implementers participated in interviews. Both questionnaires and interviews included questions about the acceptability (i.e. content, design), feasibility and self-reported impact of the take-home kit. Parents appreciated the tangible and practical aspects of the materials. Using children's play experience and clear instructions from ECEC teachers facilitated implementation at home. Both implementers and ECEC teachers needed room for contextualised solutions to barriers to implementing the take-home kit in practice. Based on the present study, we conclude that take-home kits can be a valuable tool for ECEC to reach and support parents in adopting healthy energy balance-related behaviours at home. Highlights: The present study presents a participatory approach to develop, implement and evaluate a take-home kit to promote healthy eating and physical activity in preschool children. Successful implementation of the SuperFIT take-home kit was a joint effort of implementers, ECEC teachers and parents. Take-home kits are a feasible intervention to reach a large and diverse group of families. Take-home kits can encourage families to engage in healthy eating and physical activity. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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