Process evaluation of a school based physical activity related injury prevention programme using the RE-AIM framework

BMC Pediatrics

Research Article

Dorine CM Collard¹  Mai JM Chinapaw¹  Willem van Mechelen¹  Evert ALM Verhagen¹ 

[1] EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research and Department of Public & Occupational Health, van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;

关键词: Injury Prevention;    Primary School Child;    Injury Incidence;    Physical Education Class;    Physical Education Lesson;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2431-10-86

 received in 2010-06-16, accepted in 2010-11-23,  发布年份 2010

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundIn general, only information regarding the effectiveness of an intervention programme is ever published. However, in recent years evaluating the translatability and feasibility of an intervention programme has become more important. Therefore, this paper presents the results of the evaluation of the iPlay programme aimed at preventing physical activity related injuries in primary school children.MethodsThe iPlay programme targeted injuries gained through physical activity, and consisted of a teacher's manual, informative newsletters and posters, a website, and set exercises to be carried out during physical education (PE) classes. In order to evaluate the iPlay programme for translatability and feasibility, teachers, children and parents who participated in the iPlay programme filled out a questionnaireThe objective of this study is to describe the results of the process-evaluation of the iPlay programme based on the five dimensions of the RE-AIM framework.ResultsThe results showed that the participation rate of the children was 100% (reach). Nine percent of the schools who were invited to take part were willing to participate in the study (adoption rate). Teachers stated that they implemented the different elements of the programme partly as intended (implementation). The percentage of children and parents who followed the programme was less than expected. In addition, 52% of the teachers indicated that the current iPlay programme could become standard practice in their teaching routine (maintenance).ConclusionThe iPlay programme is a first start in the prevention of physical activity related injuries in children, but further improvements need to be made to the programme on the basis of this process evaluation.Trial registrationISRCTN78846684; http://www.controlled-trials.com

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