HealthKick: a nutrition and physical activity intervention for primary schools in low-income settings
BACKGROUND: The burden of non-communicable diseases, including type 2 diabetes, is growing in South Africa. This country has a complex mix of over- and under-nutrition, especially in low-income communities, and concerning levels of physical inactivity in children and youth. This paper describes Heal...
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ftunivcapetownir:oai:localhost:11427/14854 2023-05-15T17:37:59+02:00 HealthKick: a nutrition and physical activity intervention for primary schools in low-income settings Draper, Catherine de Villiers, Anniza Lambert, Estelle Fourie, Jean Hill, Jillian Dalais, Lucinda Abrahams, Zulfa Steyn, Nelia 2010 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14854 https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-398 https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/11427/14854/1/Draper_HealthKick_a_nutrition_and_physical_activity_2010.pdf eng eng BioMed Central Ltd University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences MRC/UCT RU for Exercise and Sport Medicine http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14854 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-398 https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/11427/14854/1/Draper_HealthKick_a_nutrition_and_physical_activity_2010.pdf This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 2010 Draper et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. CC-BY BMC Public Health http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcpublichealth/ Type 2 diabetes Nutrition Physical Exercise Journal Article 2010 ftunivcapetownir https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-398 2022-09-13T05:55:05Z BACKGROUND: The burden of non-communicable diseases, including type 2 diabetes, is growing in South Africa. This country has a complex mix of over- and under-nutrition, especially in low-income communities, and concerning levels of physical inactivity in children and youth. This paper describes HealthKick, a school-based nutrition and physical activity intervention in primary schools in these settings aimed at reducing diabetes risk factors.METHODS/DESIGN:This study includes schools within historically disadvantaged, low-income communities from an urban area close to the city of Cape Town and from two rural areas outside of Cape Town, South Africa. The three Educational Districts involved are Metropole North, Cape Winelands and the Overberg. The study has three phases: intervention mapping and formative assessment, intervention development, and outcome and process evaluation. Sixteen schools were purposively selected to participate in the study and randomly allocated as intervention (eight schools) and control (eight schools).The primary aims of HealthKick are to promote healthful eating habits and increase regular participation in health-enhancing physical activity in children, parents and teachers, to prevent overweight, and reduce risk of chronic diseases (particularly type 2 diabetes); as well as to promote the development of an environment within the school and community that facilitates the adoption of healthy lifestyles.The components of HealthKick are: action planning, toolkit (resource guide, a resource box and physical activity resource bin), and an Educators' Manual, which includes a curriculum component.DISCUSSION:This study continues to highlight the key role that educators play in implementing a school-based intervention, but that developing capacity within school staff and stakeholders is not a simple or easy task. In spite of the challenges experienced thus far, valuable findings are being produced from this study, especially from Phase 1. Materials developed could be disseminated to other ... Article in Journal/Newspaper North Cape University of Cape Town: OpenUCT North Cape ENVELOPE(165.700,165.700,-70.650,-70.650) BMC Public Health 10 1 |
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BACKGROUND: The burden of non-communicable diseases, including type 2 diabetes, is growing in South Africa. This country has a complex mix of over- and under-nutrition, especially in low-income communities, and concerning levels of physical inactivity in children and youth. This paper describes HealthKick, a school-based nutrition and physical activity intervention in primary schools in these settings aimed at reducing diabetes risk factors.METHODS/DESIGN:This study includes schools within historically disadvantaged, low-income communities from an urban area close to the city of Cape Town and from two rural areas outside of Cape Town, South Africa. The three Educational Districts involved are Metropole North, Cape Winelands and the Overberg. The study has three phases: intervention mapping and formative assessment, intervention development, and outcome and process evaluation. Sixteen schools were purposively selected to participate in the study and randomly allocated as intervention (eight schools) and control (eight schools).The primary aims of HealthKick are to promote healthful eating habits and increase regular participation in health-enhancing physical activity in children, parents and teachers, to prevent overweight, and reduce risk of chronic diseases (particularly type 2 diabetes); as well as to promote the development of an environment within the school and community that facilitates the adoption of healthy lifestyles.The components of HealthKick are: action planning, toolkit (resource guide, a resource box and physical activity resource bin), and an Educators' Manual, which includes a curriculum component.DISCUSSION:This study continues to highlight the key role that educators play in implementing a school-based intervention, but that developing capacity within school staff and stakeholders is not a simple or easy task. In spite of the challenges experienced thus far, valuable findings are being produced from this study, especially from Phase 1. Materials developed could be disseminated to other ... |
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