Amanda Froehlich Chow|Anne Leis|M. Louise Humbert|Nazeem Muhajarine|Rachel Engler?Stringer
Healthy Start—Départ Santé: A pilot study of a multilevel intervention to increase physical activity, fundamental movement skills and healthy eating in rural childcare centres
University of Saskatchewan|University of Saskatchewan|University of Saskatchewan|University of Saskatchewan|University of Saskatchewan
order improve healthy behaviours among rural children early years physical activity healthy eating intervention healthy startdpart sant implemented rural childcare centres throughout saskatchewan objective current study evaluate impact multimodal physical activity healthy eating intervention educators provision opportunities children improve physical activity levels fundamental movement skills healthy eating behaviourssix childcare centres three francophone three anglophone located five different rural semirural communities saskatchewan participated interventiona total 69 children mean age 4 years 9 months 19 female early childhood educatorsguided ecological framework implemented population health controlled intervention using wait list control design 48 weeks delayed intervention evaluated impact rural childcare centres mixed methods employed determine effectiveness interventionoverall educators felt intervention supported provision physical activity healthy eating opportunities children increases childrens physical activity levels reported following interventionthe lessons learned study used improve healthy startdpart sant intervention implementation effectively expanded childcare centres within outside saskatchewan turn supporting healthy development early years 05 children province beyond