Evaluating the Sustaining Play, Sustaining Health programme in Australian early childhood education and care services: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: Early childhood education and care (ECEC) services are a recommended setting to deliver interventions improving children's physical activity (PA). Indoor-outdoor free play, where children move freely between indoor-outdoor environments, can increase child PA. However, these programmes in ECECs are often not sustained. This study aims to assess the acceptability, feasibility, impact, adoption and cost of the Sustaining Play, Sustaining Health (SPSH) programme on sustainment of indoor-outdoor free play programmes in ECECs. A 6-month parallel-group pilot randomized controlled trial was conducted with 16 ECEC services across New South Wales, Australia, following removal of COronaVIrus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) recommendations. Services implementing indoor-outdoor programmes were randomized to

SUBMITTER: Imad N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12681264 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature