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BMC Public Health
“HealthKick”: Formative assessment of the health environment in low-resource primary schools in the Western Cape Province of South Africa
Research Article
Carl J Lombard1  Lucinda Dalais2  Nelia P Steyn2  Zulfa Abrahams3  Anniza de Villiers4  Jean M Fourie4  Catherine E Draper5  Estelle V Lambert5  Gerhard Barkhuizen6 
[1] Biostatistics Unit, MRC, Tygerberg, South Africa;Centre for the Study of Social and Environmental Determinants of Nutrition, Population Health, Health Systems and Innovation, Human Sciences Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa;Centre for the Study of Social and Environmental Determinants of Nutrition, Population Health, Health Systems and Innovation, Human Sciences Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa;Previously from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Southern Africa, Cape Town, South Africa;Chronic Diseases of Lifestyle Unit, Medical Research Council (MRC), Tygerberg, South Africa;University of Cape Town/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine Sports Science Institute of South Africa Boundary Road Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa;Western Cape Department of Education, Cape Town, South Africa;
关键词: Non-communicable diseases;    School health environment;    Nutrition;    Physical activity;   
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-12-794
 received in 2012-05-24, accepted in 2012-09-03,  发布年份 2012
来源: Springer
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【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThis study evaluated the primary school environment in terms of being conducive to good nutrition practices, sufficient physical activity and prevention of nicotine use, with the view of planning a school-based health intervention.MethodsA sample of 100 urban and rural disadvantaged schools was randomly selected from two education districts of the Western Cape Education Department, South Africa. A situation analysis, which comprised an interview with the school principal and completion of an observation schedule of the school environment, was done at all schools.ResultsSchools, on average, had 560 learners and 16 educators. Principals perceived the top health priorities for learners to be an unhealthy diet (50%) and to far lesser degree, lack of physical activity (24%) and underweight (16%). They cited lack of physical activity (33%) and non-communicable diseases (NCDs; 24%) as the main health priorities for educators, while substance abuse (66%) and tobacco use (31%) were prioritised for parents. Main barriers to health promotion programmes included lack of financial resources and too little time in the time table. The most common items sold at the school tuck shops were crisps (100%), and then sweets (96%), while vendors mainly sold sweets (92%), crisps (89%), and ice lollies (38%). Very few schools (8%) had policies governing the type of food items sold at school. Twenty-six of the 100 schools that were visited had vegetable gardens. All schools reported having physical activity and physical education in their time tables, however, not all of them offered this activity outside the class room. Extramural sport offered at schools mainly included athletics, netball, and rugby, with cricket and soccer being offered less frequently.ConclusionThe formative findings of this study contribute to the knowledge of key environmental and policy determinants that may play a role in the health behaviour of learners, their parents and their educators. Evidently, these show that school environments are not always conducive to healthy lifestyles. To address the identified determinants relating to learners it is necessary to intervene on the various levels of influence, i.e. parents, educators, and the support systems for the school environment including the curriculum, food available at school, resources for physical activity as well as appropriate policies in this regard.

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CC BY   
© de Villiers et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2012

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