Scoping Review of Family and Community Engagement Strategies Used in School-Based Interventions to Promote Healthy Behaviors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

School efforts to promote health among students are more successful when families and community members are involved.

Methods

We conducted a scoping review to summarize and categorize family and community engagement strategies used in US school and out-of-school time (OST) interventions to address physical activity (PA) and nutrition in kindergarten through 12th grade students.

Results

The National Network of Partnership Schools' Six Keys to Success framework was useful in organizing the types of family and community engagement strategies used in included interventions. Many interventions used multiple family and community engagement strategies, with the most common being communicating with families and community members; providing support or education to f

SUBMITTER: Michael SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11181466 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature