'Saga Stories in health talks' for health promotion in Swedish child healthcare: results from a cluster-randomised hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early-life interventions are essential for improving public health since lifestyle behaviours are established already in childhood. Child healthcare (CHC) plays a crucial role in this context. The 'Saga Stories in health talk' (SSiHT) material includes a flipchart with colourful illustrations to facilitate CHC nurses' routine health talks with parents and their children, and a hand-out material kit to support healthy lifestyle behaviours in the families. Our aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of the SSiHT intervention at the 5-year routine visit at CHC on parental self-efficacy (primary outcome) and children's health-related behaviours (secondary outcomes). Implementation aspects for using the SSiHT material in routine practice for health talks at the 5-year visit wer

SUBMITTER: Henstrom M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12046779 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature