Scaling up a school-based intervention to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour in children: protocol for the TransformUs hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Efficacious programmes require implementation at scale to maximise their public health impact. TransformUs is an efficacious behavioural and environmental intervention for increasing primary (elementary) school children's (5-12 years) physical activity and reducing their sedentary behaviour within school and home settings. This paper describes the study protocol of a 5-year effectiveness-implementation trial to assess the scalability and effectiveness of the TransformUs programme.

Methods and analysis

A type II hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial, TransformUs is being disseminated to all primary schools in the state of Victoria, Australia (n=1786). Data are being collected using mixed methods at the system (state government, partner or

SUBMITTER: Koorts H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10618986 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature