Barriers and facilitators to successful implementation of sustainable school meals: a qualitative study of the OPTIMAT™-intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is an urgent need to align human diets with goals for environmental sustainability and population health. The OPTIMAT™-intervention study was developed to implement and evaluate a nutritionally adequate and climate-friendly 4-week lunch menu in Swedish primary schools. This study aimed to explore pupils' and kitchen staff's experiences of the intervention and to identify barriers and facilitators to successful implementation of sustainable school meals.

Methods

An inductive manifest qualitative method was used. Nine focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted, six with pupils in grades 5 (ages 10-11) and 8 (ages 14-15) (n = 29) and three with kitchen staff (n = 13). Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis.

Results

Five main categories

SUBMITTER: Eustachio Colombo P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8254978 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature