The Moderating Role of the School Context on the Effects of the Healthy Primary School of the Future.

ABSTRACT: Background: The current study investigated the moderating role of the school context on the effects of a Dutch health promoting school initiative on children's health and health behaviors. Methods: The study used a mixed-methods design. The school context (n = 4) was assessed by the characteristics of the school population, teacher's health-promoting (HP) practices, implementers' perceived barriers, school's HP elements, and dominating organizational issues. Outcomes included objectively assessed BMI z-scores and physical activity (PA), and parent and child-reported dietary intake. Analyses included linear mixed models (four intervention schools versus four control schools), and qualitative comparisons between intervention schools with similar HP changes. Results: Effects on outcomes varie

SUBMITTER: Bartelink N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6651395 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature