Tomomi Tanaka, Kenta Matsumura, Akiko Tsuchida, Kei Hamazaki, Haruka Kasamatsu, Hiroko Hirai, Shohei Kusabiraki, Akiko Hiraiwa, Kazushi Miya, Yuichi Adachi, Hidekuni Inadera
Maternal fermented food intake and infant neurodevelopment: The Japan Environment and Children's Study
Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition
need investigate methods increase childrens health knowledge therefore aim study systematically evaluate literature playful educational interventions health literacy aimed children aged 612 years purpose cochrane library embase lilacs pubmed scopus web science grey literature searched relevant studies randomized quasirandomized nonrandomized clinical trials primary outcome health literacy children included due heterogeneity studies data qualitatively evaluated eleven studies included analysis studies randomized n 10 among health issues addressed studies obesity prevention studied n 5 participants low methodological quality commonly used interventions games dramas theatre plays although studies pointed increase health knowledge interventions possible determine whether knowledge retained time whether effectively changed health behaviours led effective adoption healthier lifestyle health literacy playful methods potentially effective increasing health knowledge changing health behaviours however literature impact adoption healthy lifestyles inconclusive future research fewer limitations better methodological designs may help selecting best intervention strategy promote health literacy