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Table 2 Content of and fidelity to action plans at year 2 §

From: A participatory and capacity-building approach to healthy eating and physical activity – SCIP-school: a 2-year controlled trial

Measures

Schools with measure in action plan

Schools with measure fully implemented year 2

Example of measures

General health practices

   

Knowledge, attitudes and collaboration among staff

B, D, H, I

H, I

Discussions among staff to create a common view on health

Parental involvement

A, B, D, I

A, D, I

Motivate parents to improve healthy breakfast routines

Practice development in school health services

H

 

Dialogue between school health care and school management on students’ health data

General health skills among students

A

 

Health education in classroom with homework

Physical activity

   

Outdoor environment

A, B, D, E, F, I

B, D, E

Improve schoolyard by playground modification

Physical activities and play

A, B, D, E, I

A, B

Structured outdoor physical activities during school time

Outdoor education

B, D, G, I

 

At least one outdoor education lesson a week/month

Recess activity

E, G, D

 

Formulate objectives and guidelines for recess activities

Active transport to school

E

E

Walking school bus lead by parents

Appointed staff responsible for physical activity

B

 

Appointed staff responsible for increasing PA among students during school and leisure time

Health skills regarding PA among students

E

 

Health week

Collaboration with local sports clubs

A

A

Invite local sport clubs to school

Mental health

   

Student self-esteem in curriculum activities

B, D, G, I

G, I

Classroom discussions on body ideal and body image

Media and gender issues in curriculum activities

B, D, H

 

Classroom discussions on media influence, social norms and gender roles

Empathy training for students

D, E

D, E

Revise “emotional intelligence” work plan

Knowledge, attitudes and collaboration among staff

E, H, I

E, I

Empathy training for school staff (ICDP)

Foods and meals in school

   

Health skills regarding food habits among students

A, B, D, E, I

A, D, E, I

Activate students in preparing healthy snacks

Food and meal quality

E, F, H, I

E, H, I

No sweets when celebrating

Meal schedule and dining facilities

D, G

D, G

Clarify adults’ role during meal times

Knowledge, attitudes and collaboration among staff

A

 

Improve routines for further work with meals

Total number of measures

56

27

 
  1. § The health teams formulated measures to be included in action plans and the researchers categorized all measures into 20 different categories shown in the table.