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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
HealthKick: A nutrition and physical activity intervention for primary schools in low-income settings
BMC Public Health, Volume 10, Article 398, Year 2010
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Background. The burden of non-communicable diseases, including type 2 diabetes, is growing in South Africa. This country has a complex mix of over- and under-nutrition, especially in low-income communities, and concerning levels of physical inactivity in children and youth. This paper describes HealthKick, a school-based nutrition and physical activity intervention in primary schools in these settings aimed at reducing diabetes risk factors. Methods/Design. This study includes schools within historically disadvantaged, low-income communities from an urban area close to the city of Cape Town and from two rural areas outside of Cape Town, South Africa. The three Educational Districts involved are Metropole North, Cape Winelands and the Overberg. The study has three phases: intervention mapping and formative assessment, intervention development, and outcome and process evaluation. Sixteen schools were purposively selected to participate in the study and randomly allocated as intervention (eight schools) and control (eight schools). The primary aims of HealthKick are to promote healthful eating habits and increase regular participation in health-enhancing physical activity in children, parents and teachers, to prevent overweight, and reduce risk of chronic diseases (particularly type 2 diabetes); as well as to promote the development of an environment within the school and community that facilitates the adoption of healthy lifestyles. The components of HealthKick are: action planning, toolkit (resource guide, a resource box and physical activity resource bin), and an Educators' Manual, which includes a curriculum component. Discussion. This study continues to highlight the key role that educators play in implementing a school-based intervention, but that developing capacity within school staff and stakeholders is not a simple or easy task. In spite of the challenges experienced thus far, valuable findings are being produced from this study, especially from Phase 1. Materials developed could be disseminated to other schools in low-income settings both within and outside of South Africa. Owing to the novelty of the HealthKick intervention in low-income South African primary schools, the findings of the evaluation phase have the potential to impact on policy and practice within these settings. © 2010 Draper et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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Authors & Co-Authors
Elizabeth Draper, Catherine Elizabeth
South Africa, Newlands
Sports Science Institute of South Africa
de Villiers, Anniza
South Africa, Tygerberg
South African Medical Research Council
Lambert, E. Victoria
South Africa, Newlands
Sports Science Institute of South Africa
Fourie, Jean Marie
South Africa, Tygerberg
South African Medical Research Council
Hill, Jillian
South Africa, Tygerberg
South African Medical Research Council
Dalais, Lucinda
South Africa, Pretoria
Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa
Abrahams, Zulfa
South Africa, Pretoria
Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa
Steyn, Nelia Patricia
South Africa, Pretoria
Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa
Statistics
Citations: 70
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/1471-2458-10-398
e-ISSN:
14712458
Research Areas
Food Security
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Noncommunicable Diseases
Study Design
Randomised Control Trial
Exploratory Study
Study Locations
South Africa