Factors influencing the implementation of a school-based parental support programme to promote health-related behaviours—interviews with teachers and parents

H Bergström, U Haggård, Å Norman, E Sundblom… - BMC public health, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background The 'Healthy School Start'programme was developed to promote
healthy dietary habits and physical activity, targeting parents of 6-year-old children in pre …

A feasibility study with process evaluation of a preschool intervention to improve child and family lifestyle behaviours

L McSweeney, V Araújo-Soares, T Rapley… - BMC Public Health, 2017 - Springer
Background Around a fifth of children starting school in England are now overweight/obese.
There is a paucity of interventions with the aim of obesity prevention in preschool-age …

A healthy school start-Parental support to promote healthy dietary habits and physical activity in children: Design and evaluation of a cluster-randomised intervention

G Nyberg, E Sundblom, Å Norman, LS Elinder - BMC public health, 2011 - Springer
Background Childhood obesity is multi-factorial and determined to a large extent by dietary
habits, physical activity and sedentary behaviours. Previous research has shown that school …

Effectiveness of a universal parental support programme to promote healthy dietary habits and physical activity and to prevent overweight and obesity in 6-year-old …

G Nyberg, E Sundblom, Å Norman, B Bohman… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Objective To develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a parental support programme to
promote healthy dietary and physical activity habits and to prevent overweight and obesity in …

Parents' experiences of participating in the Healthy School Start Plus programme–a qualitative study

ME Malek, S Andermo, G Nyberg, LS Elinder… - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background The rise in overweight and obesity among children is a global problem and
effective prevention interventions are urgently required. Parents play an important role in …

Children's experiences of participating in a school-based health promotion parental support programme–a qualitative study

ME Malek, G Nyberg, LS Elinder, E Patterson… - BMC pediatrics, 2021 - Springer
Background Children's voices are seldom heard in process evaluations concerning health
promotion programmes. A Healthy School Start Plus (HSSP) is a parental support …

What do children, parents and staff think about a healthy lifestyles intervention delivered in primary schools? a qualitative study

J Goldthorpe, T Epton, C Keyworth, R Calam… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Primary schools are crucial settings for early weight management interventions but
effects on children's weight are small and evidence shows that deficiencies in intervention …

One size does not fit all–qualitative process evaluation of the Healthy School Start parental support programme to prevent overweight and obesity among children in …

Å Norman, G Nyberg, LS Elinder, A Berlin - BMC Public Health, 2015 - Springer
Background Parental support interventions have shown some effectiveness in improving
children's dietary and physical activity habits and preventing overweight and obesity. To …

Managing implementation of a parental support Programme for Obesity prevention in the school context: the importance of creating commitment in an overburdened …

H Bergström, E Sundblom, LS Elinder… - The journal of primary …, 2020 - Springer
Health-related behaviours in children can be influenced by parental support programmes.
The aim of this study was to explore barriers to and facilitators for the implementation of a …

Effectiveness of a universal parental support programme to promote health behaviours and prevent overweight and obesity in 6-year-old children in disadvantaged …

G Nyberg, Å Norman, E Sundblom, Z Zeebari… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Background There is increasing evidence for the effectiveness of parental support
programmes to promote healthy behaviours and prevent obesity in children, but only few …