- Title
- Pilot intervention in an economically disadvantaged community: the back-to-basics after-school healthy lifestyle program
- Creator
- Burrows, Tracy; Bray, James; Morgan, Philip J.; Collins, Clare
- Relation
- Nutrition and Dietetics Vol. 70, Issue 4, p. 270-277
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1747-0080.12023
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- Aim: The objective of the present study was to assess the feasibility and acceptability of an after-school obesity prevention strategy for families. Methods: Ten children aged 5-12 years and their parents/guardians from an economically disadvantaged area participated in an after-school healthy lifestyle program, which was run over a school term. It consisted of five face-to-face sessions that were run fortnightly with an additional social barbeque session at program completion. Results: Feasibility was demonstrated by successful recruitment, retention (80%) and collection of a high percentage of usable data (96% at baseline, 80% at follow up). Acceptability was demonstrated by a session attendance of 83%, 100% positive enjoyment response. There was no significant change in anthropometrics, child or adult fruit and vegetable intake with no or little effect on all other dietary variables. Conclusions: The present study illustrated an approach to the translation of a program used in an evidence-based efficacious clinical trial into a sustainable community setting. © 2013 Dietitians Association of Australia.
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1043165
- Identifier
- uon:14174
- Identifier
- ISSN:1446-6368
- Language
- eng
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