Daniela Rodrigues, Augusta Gama, Aristides M Machado-Rodrigues, Helena Nogueira, Maria-Raquel G Silva, Vítor Rosado-Marques, Cristina Padez
Social inequalities in traditional and emerging screen devices among Portuguese children: a cross-sectional study
BMC public health
researchers established benefits school gardens students academic achievement dietary outcomes physical activity psychosocial skills yet limited research conducted school gardens become institutionalized sustained aim develop tool captures gardens effectively established integrated sustained schools conducted sequential exploratory mixedmethods study participants identified help grow learn organization coordinating new york city school garden initiative recruited via email stratified purposeful sample 21 new york city elementary middle schools participated study throughout 20132014 school year sample stratified garden budgets purposeful schools gardens determined well integrated sustained processes strategies used school gardeners establish wellintegrated school gardens assessed via data collected surveys interviews observations concept mapping descriptive statistics well multidimensional scaling hierarchical cluster analysis used examine survey concept mapping data qualitative data analysis consisted thematic coding pattern matching explanation building crosscase synthesis nineteen components within four domains school garden integration found mixedmethods concept mapping analysis analyses data combined relationships domains components emerged data resulted development green garden resources education environment nexus tool schools integrated sustained gardens studied patterns emerged gardeners achieve institutionalization different combinations critical components patterns best described green tool first framework identify operationalize school gardening components describe evidencebased strategy successful school garden integration