The co-design of support strategies for sustainable, healthy and affordable food provision in Early Childhood Education settings.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To co-design support strategies to enable sustainable, healthy, affordable food provision, including waste mitigation practices, in Australian Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) settings.

Design

Based on the co-design IDEAS framework (Ideate, DEsign, Assess & Share), this co-design process involved iterative interviews and focus groups with ECEC centre staff and workshops with Nutrition Australia. Interview and workshop themes were coded to the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) to develop initial prototypes for support strategies that were further developed and refined in focus groups.

Setting

ECEC with onsite food provision, in Victoria, Australia.

Participants

ECEC staff and a Victorian Government-funded programme delivered through Nutritio

SUBMITTER: Elford A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11822598 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature