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- Title
The challenges of quantitative evaluation of a multi-setting, multi-strategy community-based childhood obesity prevention programme: lessons learnt from the eat well be active Community Programs in South Australia.
- Authors
Wilson, Annabelle M.; Magarey, Anthea M.; Dollman, James; Jones, Michelle; Mastersson, Nadia
- Abstract
Objective: To describe the rationale, development and implementation of the quantitative component of evaluation of a multi-setting, multi-strategy, community- based childhood obesity prevention project (the eat well be active (ewba) Community Programs) and the challenges associated with this process and some potential solutions. Design: ewba has a quasi-experimental design with intervention and comparison communities. Baseline data were collected in 2006 and post-intervention measures will be taken from a non-matched cohort in 2009. Schoolchildren aged 10-12 years were chosen as one litmus group for evaluation purposes. Setting: Thirty-nine primary schools in two metropolitan and two rural communities in South Australia. Subjects: A total of 1732 10-12-year-old school students completed a nutrition and/ or a physical activity questionnaire and 1637 had anthropometric measures taken; 983 parents, 286 teachers, thirty-six principals, twenty-six canteen and thirteen outof-school-hours care (OSHC) workers completed Program-specific questionnaires developed for each of these target groups. Results: The overall child response rate for the study was 49%. Sixty-five per cent, 43%, 90 %, 90% and 68% of parent, teachers, principals, canteen and OSHC workers respectively, completed and returned questionnaires. A number of practical, logistical and methodological challenges were experienced when undertaking this data collection. Conclusions: Learnings from the process of quantitative baseline data collection for the ewba Community Programs can provide insights for other researchers planning similar studies with similar methods, particularly those evaluating multi-strategy programmes across multiple settings.
- Subjects
SOUTH Australia; CHILDHOOD obesity; SCHOOL food; CHILD nutrition; NUTRITION surveys; COHORT analysis
- Publication
Public Health Nutrition, 2010, Vol 13, Issue 8, p1262
- ISSN
1368-9800
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1368980009991807