Canadian after-school care providers' perceived role promoting healthy lifestyles: a focused ethnography.

ABSTRACT:

Background

After-school care programs have garnered interest in recent years as the hours of 3:00-6:00 p.m. are an opportune time for children to engage in healthy behaviours, specifically healthy eating and physical activity. Care providers are major influencers within the after-school care setting, impacting health promoting opportunities for children. However, little is known regarding the role care providers play in health promotion interventions in the after-school care setting, specifically those using comprehensive approaches. The purpose of this research was to explore care providers' role and experience promoting healthy eating and physical activity through the after-school care health promotion intervention School's Out … Let's Move (SOLMo). SOLMo was guided by the eviden

SUBMITTER: Elias PH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7445905 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature