Alberta Project Promoting Active Living and Healthy Eating in Schools (APPLE Schools)
23 maart 2020 bijgewerkt door: University of Alberta
The Effectiveness of a Comprehensive School Health Intervention in Improving Healthy Eating and Physical Activity and Preventing Childhood Obesity
The objectives were to 1) make students eat healthier and be more active; and 2) prevent overweight and obesity.
Children will therefore be less likely overweight or obese.
Beginning in January 2008, the Alberta Project Promoting active Living and healthy Eating in Schools (APPLE Schools) was implemented in 10 schools throughout the Canadian Province, Alberta.
Full-time School Health Facilitators were placed in each of the schools to implement what is know in Canada as Comprehensive School Health (CSH).
In the United States, CSH is more commonly referred to as "Coordinated School Health", while the synonymous term "Health Promoting Schools" is often used in Australia and Europe.
The project was evaluated annually in the spring from 2008 to 2011 and as of 2009 evaluations included the use of time-stamped pedometers.
The comparison group included approximately 150 schools that were randomly selected to reflect the population of Alberta, Canada.
Twenty of these randomly selected schools also participated in data collection which involved the use of time-stamped pedometers.
Studie Overzicht
Toestand
Voltooid
Conditie
Interventie / Behandeling
Gedetailleerde beschrijving
The Alberta Project Promoting active Living and healthy Eating in Schools (APPLE Schools) is a quasi-experimental pre-post trial with a non-equivalent parallel control group.
The intervention began in January 2008 and lasted through June 2011 and was implemented school-wide.
As out primary interest is to reduce the prevalence of overweight and obesity in schools, the essential comparisons were across grade five students in differing calendar years.
At each survey all grade five students were invited to participate.
The current design allowed intervention effects to be assessed over time at the school-level.
Surveys were administered in the spring of 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 in intervention schools.
And in the spring of 2008 and 2011 in control schools.
Studietype
Ingrijpend
Inschrijving (Werkelijk)
8663
Fase
- Niet toepasbaar
Contacten en locaties
In dit gedeelte vindt u de contactgegevens van degenen die het onderzoek uitvoeren en informatie over waar dit onderzoek wordt uitgevoerd.
Studie Locaties
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Alberta
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G2T4
- Population Health Intervention Research Unit
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Deelname Criteria
Onderzoekers zoeken naar mensen die aan een bepaalde beschrijving voldoen, de zogenaamde geschiktheidscriteria. Enkele voorbeelden van deze criteria zijn iemands algemene gezondheidstoestand of eerdere behandelingen.
Geschiktheidscriteria
Leeftijden die in aanmerking komen voor studie
5 jaar tot 14 jaar (Kind)
Accepteert gezonde vrijwilligers
Ja
Geslachten die in aanmerking komen voor studie
Allemaal
Beschrijving
Inclusion Criteria:
Intervention Schools:
- school located in a socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhood and a demonstrated need for health promotion
- Grade five students with parent consent, who also assented to participate were included in annual evaluations
Control Schools:
- Grade five students with parent consent, who also assented to participate were included in annual evaluations
Exclusion Criteria:
Intervention & Control Schools:
- Schools that did not receive jurisdictional approval to participate
- Grade five students who did not receive parent consent or did not provide their assent were not included in annual evaluations
Studie plan
Dit gedeelte bevat details van het studieplan, inclusief hoe de studie is opgezet en wat de studie meet.
Hoe is de studie opgezet?
Ontwerpdetails
- Primair doel: Preventie
- Toewijzing: Niet-gerandomiseerd
- Interventioneel model: Parallelle opdracht
- Masker: Geen (open label)
Wapens en interventies
Deelnemersgroep / Arm |
Interventie / Behandeling |
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Geen tussenkomst: Comparison Schools
Regular health promotion activities
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Experimenteel: Comprehensive School Health (CSH)
Full time School Health Facilitator present in each school on a day-to-day basis for 3.5 years responsible for facilitating implementation of Comprehensive School Health
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APPLE Schools uses a CSH approach to health promotion which addresses health through four inter-related pillars 1) positive social and physical environments 2) teaching and learning 3) healthy school policy 4) partnerships and services.
A key component of the APPLE Schools intervention was the placement of a full-time School Health Facilitator in each school.
Their role was to facilitate the development and implementation of the project, to ensure that it met the schools' unique needs for health promotion, and that it aligned with the core principles of CSH.
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Wat meet het onderzoek?
Primaire uitkomstmaten
Uitkomstmaat |
Maatregel Beschrijving |
Tijdsspanne |
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Overweight and obesity
Tijdsspanne: 24 months
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Students' body weight was measured to the nearest 0.1kg using calibrated digital scales and height was measured to the nearest 0.1cm.
BMI was calculated as weight divided by height^2 (kg/m^2).
Overweight and obesity were defined using the International Obesity Task Force age and sex specific body mass index (BMI) cut-off points.
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24 months
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Secundaire uitkomstmaten
Uitkomstmaat |
Maatregel Beschrijving |
Tijdsspanne |
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physical activity
Tijdsspanne: 24 months
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Children's physical activity was measured using time-stamped pedometers which were worn for 9 consecutive days. The Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children (PAQ-C) was also used to assess children's physical activity levels |
24 months
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Diet Quality
Tijdsspanne: 24 months
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Students' diet quality was assessed through the use of the Harvard Youth/Adolescent Food Frequency Questionnaire.
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24 months
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Medewerkers en onderzoekers
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Sponsor
Onderzoekers
- Hoofdonderzoeker: Paul J Veugelers, PhD, University of Alberta
Publicaties en nuttige links
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Algemene publicaties
- Fung C, Kuhle S, Lu C, Purcell M, Schwartz M, Storey K, Veugelers PJ. From "best practice" to "next practice": the effectiveness of school-based health promotion in improving healthy eating and physical activity and preventing childhood obesity. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2012 Mar 13;9:27. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-9-27.
- Bastian KA, Maximova K, McGavock J, Veugelers P. Does School-Based Health Promotion Affect Physical Activity on Weekends? And, Does It Reach Those Students Most in Need of Health Promotion? PLoS One. 2015 Oct 21;10(10):e0137987. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137987. eCollection 2015.
- Vander Ploeg KA, McGavock J, Maximova K, Veugelers PJ. School-based health promotion and physical activity during and after school hours. Pediatrics. 2014 Feb;133(2):e371-8. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-2383. Epub 2014 Jan 13.
- Vander Ploeg KA, Maximova K, McGavock J, Davis W, Veugelers P. Do school-based physical activity interventions increase or reduce inequalities in health? Soc Sci Med. 2014 Jul;112:80-7. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.04.032. Epub 2014 Apr 29.
- Dube N, Khan K, Loehr S, Chu Y, Veugelers P. The use of entertainment and communication technologies before sleep could affect sleep and weight status: a population-based study among children. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2017 Jul 19;14(1):97. doi: 10.1186/s12966-017-0547-2.
Nuttige links
Studie record data
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Bestudeer belangrijke data
Studie start
1 januari 2008
Primaire voltooiing (Werkelijk)
1 juni 2011
Studie voltooiing (Werkelijk)
1 juni 2011
Studieregistratiedata
Eerst ingediend
31 juli 2013
Eerst ingediend dat voldeed aan de QC-criteria
31 juli 2013
Eerst geplaatst (Schatting)
2 augustus 2013
Updates van studierecords
Laatste update geplaatst (Werkelijk)
25 maart 2020
Laatste update ingediend die voldeed aan QC-criteria
23 maart 2020
Laatst geverifieerd
1 juli 2013
Meer informatie
Termen gerelateerd aan deze studie
Trefwoorden
Aanvullende relevante MeSH-voorwaarden
Andere studie-ID-nummers
- Pro00003800
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