Implementation and effectiveness of a school-based intervention to increase adherence to national school meal guidelines: a non-randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Implementation of school meal guidelines is often inadequate, and evidence for effective implementation strategies for school-based nutrition interventions is limited. The aim of the present study was to examine the implementation and effectiveness of a multi-strategy implementation intervention to increase adherence to the Norwegian national school meal guideline.

Design

The study was a school-based hybrid implementation effectiveness trial with a pre-post non-equivalent control group design, testing three implementation strategies: internal facilitation, training and an educational meeting.

Setting

Primary schools and after-school services in two counties in south-east Norway.

Participants

School principals, after-school leaders and class teachers f

SUBMITTER: Randby JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10830359 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature