A school-based intervention for a better future: study protocol of Sintra Grows Healthy

BMC Public Health

António Pereira¹  Raquel J. Ferreira²  Ana Raposo³  Rute Borrego⁴  Marcos Onofre⁵  António Rodrigues⁵  João Martins⁵  Ana Quitério⁵  Adilson Marques⁶  Paulo Jorge Nogueira⁷  Ana Margarida Pereira⁸  Mariana Liñan Pinto⁸  Vitória Dias da Silva⁸  Joana Sousa⁹  Telma Nogueira⁹ 

[1] Agrupamento de Centros de Saúde de Sintra, Estrada de Mem Martins 247 - 6° andar, 2725-391, Mem Martins, Portugal;Câmara Municipal de Sintra, Departamento de Educação, Juventude e Desporto, Largo Dr. Virgílio Horta, 2714-501, Sintra, Portugal;Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Avenida D. João II, Lote 4.69.01, 1990-096, Lisbon, Portugal;Escola Superior de Comunicação Social, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Campus de Benfica do IPL, 1549-014, Lisbon, Portugal;Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Avenida D. João II, Lote 4.69.01, 1990-096, Lisbon, Portugal;Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada da Costa, 1499-002, Cruz Quebrada, Dafundo, Portugal;Laboratório de Pedagogia, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana & UIDEF, Instituto de Educação, Universidade de Lisboa (FMH), Estrada da Costa, 1499-002, Cruz Quebrada, Dafundo, Portugal;Instituto Saúde Ambiental, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, Edifício Egas Moniz, ala C, piso 0, 1649-028, Lisbon, Portugal;CIPER, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada da Costa, 1499-002, Cruz Quebrada, Dafundo, Portugal;Instituto Saúde Ambiental, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, Edifício Egas Moniz, ala C, piso 0, 1649-028, Lisbon, Portugal;Laboratório de Biomatemática Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, Edifício Egas Moniz, ala C, piso 0, 1649-028, Lisbon, Portugal;Instituto de Medicina Preventiva e Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, Edifício Egas Moniz, ala C, piso 0, 1649-028, Lisbon, Portugal;Laboratório de Nutrição, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, Edifício Egas Moniz, ala C, piso 2, 1649-028, Lisbon, Portugal;Laboratório de Nutrição, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, Edifício Egas Moniz, ala C, piso 2, 1649-028, Lisbon, Portugal;Instituto Saúde Ambiental, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, Edifício Egas Moniz, ala C, piso 0, 1649-028, Lisbon, Portugal;

关键词: Childhood obesity;    Health promotion;    Participatory research;    Local government;    Physical activity;    Nutrition;    Lifestyle;    Behaviour;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-020-09715-0

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundPreventing childhood obesity is a public health challenge of the twenty-first century and it must be a priority. Governments play a major role in creating and supporting a healthy school environment and should prioritise actions to improve children’s health. Sintra Grows Healthy aims to promote healthy lifestyles to prevent childhood obesity and improve children’s health-related quality of life and social and emotional skills, through the development of a school evidence-based and sustainable model.MethodsThis protocol describes a quasi-experimental design and community-based participatory research. The participants included in the study are the school community of Portuguese public primary schools from the municipality of Sintra. Data will be collected on demographic and socio-economic characterization, nutritional status, eating habits and behaviours, physical activity, sedentary behaviours and sleep, health-related quality of life, and social and emotional skills.DiscussionThere is evidence to support interventions in school settings as strategies for obesity prevention. Up-to-date homogeneous and community-based interventions for preventing childhood obesity are lacking, therefore Sintra Grows Healthy intends to fill this gap. Furthermore, Sintra Grows Healthy aims to contribute with relevant scientific findings that will allow the development of better strategies for policymakers and society to manage this major public health problem.

【 授权许可】

CC BY