Healthy Summer Learners: An explanatory mixed methods study and process evaluation.

ABSTRACT: Healthy Summer Learners (HSL), a novel, 6-week summer program for 2-4th grade children from low-income families in the Southeastern United States, aimed to prevent accelerated summer BMI gain and academic learning loss by providing healthy meals and snacks, 15 min of nutrition education, 3 h of physical activity opportunities and 3.5 h of reading instruction daily. This three-armed pilot quasi-experimental study used a repeated measure within- and between-participant design to compare HSL, to an active comparator-21st Century Summer Learning Program (21 C), and no-treatment control. A mixed-methods process evaluation was employed to evaluate program implementation and provide insight for future program development. Though the program was well received, student attendance was lower than ant

SUBMITTER: von Klinggraeff L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9851796 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature