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

ABSTRACT:

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 lifestyle behaviours and body weight development and therefore there is a great need to investigate how to involve parents effectively in health promotion and prevention programmes. The aim of the study was to describe parents' experiences of barriers and facilitators of participating in the Healthy School Start Plus (HSSP) intervention study.

Methods

HSSP is a parental support programme, conducted in Sweden, with the aim to promote a healthy diet, physical activity and preventing obesity in 5-7-year-old children starting school. In total 20 parents from 7 schools participated in semi-struc

SUBMITTER: Malek ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10074815 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature