Evaluation of the effectiveness and implementation of the integrated Healthy Childcare approach
- Conditions
- Overweight, Obesity, Prevention, skin cancer, safety, substance abuse, sleeping problems, psychological problems, emotional wellbeing, sexual development.
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON27787
- Lead Sponsor
- TNO, department of Child Health, The Netherlands, Hogeschool van Amsterdam
- Brief Summary
Toussaint, N., Streppel, M. T., Mul, S., Schreurs, A., Balledux, M., van Drongelen, K., ... & Weijs, P. J. (2019). A preschool-based intervention for Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) teachers in promoting healthy eating and physical activity in toddlers: study protocol of the cluster randomized controlled trial PreSchool@ HealthyWeight. BMC public health, 19(1), 278.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 180
In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a childcare organizations must meet all of the following criteria:
-The childcare organisations is on the waiting list for the train-the-trainer Een Gezonde Start”.
-Childcare organizations takes care of children aged 2-12.
-The aspiring Healthy Childcare coach must meet the criteria set by Een Gezonde Start”, which are:
Educational requirements, experience and competencies:
a.At least MBO4-level diploma
b.Demonstrable experience with teaching/training daycare providers
c.Ability to train groups using interactive methods
d.Being able to supervise processes (having an eye for the process of change in practice, the process in the group and the process of the individual, and being able to respond to this).
e.Being able to give feedback from a positive approach
f.Demonstrable experience with coaching and supervision (of daycare providers)
And have the following competencies:
g.Quality oriented
h.Customer-focused
i.Being able to enthuse
j.Communicative skills
k.Environmentally conscious, broadly interested in developments within and outside their own field and use this knowledge in their work.
A childcare organizations who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:
-Childcare organizations that already have a Healthy Childcare coach
-Childcare organizations working with in-home daycare providers (gastouders”)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The main study parameter is the change in knowledge score as measured in the questionnaires for daycare providers. This will be measured during the pre-test and post-test. <br>The questionnaire for daycare providers will consist of background characteristics and questions on knowledge (primary outcome), skills, attitude and (modeling) behavior of daycare providers (secondary outcomes) on each health theme.<br>The questionnaire is based on the CFAPQ questionnaire (Gubbels et al., 2016) which was adapted and used in the PreSchool@HealthyWeight project (Toussaint, 2019). Because this questionnaire mainly focusses on food/activity-related practices, we adapted and extended the questionnaire to include items on all 11 health themes. The adaptations are based on (inter)national questionnaires, e.g. of the Early Learning Healthy Teacher Program and the Toybox teacher questionnaire (Sharma et al., 2019; Manios et al., 2014; Mouratidou et al., 2014). <br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method