Background and evaluation design of a community-based health-promoting school intervention: Fit Lifestyle at School and at Home (FLASH).

ABSTRACT:

Background

A community-based approach can be a promising strategy for implementing school-based health promotion aimed at stimulating healthy physical activity and dietary behaviour. Such an approach builds on the community capacity of multiple stakeholders, empowering them to design and implement tailored activities, supported by the whole school community. This paper describes the background and evaluation design of the community-based school intervention 'Fit Lifestyle at School and at Home' (FLASH) in four prevocational schools. FLASH includes four strategies for building the community capacity of students, school personnel and parents: 1) identifying leaders in each stakeholder group, 2) stimulating a school culture of participation, 3) having stakeholders design and implement

SUBMITTER: van Dongen BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6585041 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature