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dc.contributor.authorLloyd, J
dc.contributor.authorDean, S
dc.contributor.authorCreanor, S
dc.contributor.authorAbraham, C
dc.contributor.authorHillsdon, M
dc.contributor.authorRyan, E
dc.contributor.authorWyatt, KM
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-12T09:57:34Z
dc.date.issued2017-11-28
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: The Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP) was a novel school-located intervention for 9-10 year olds, designed to prevent obesity by changing patterns of child behaviour through the creation of supportive school and home environments using dynamic and creative delivery methods. This paper reports on both the quantitative and qualitative data regarding the implementation of the HeLP intervention in the definitive cluster randomised controlled trial, which was part of the wider process evaluation. METHODS: Mixed methods were used to collect data on intervention uptake, fidelity of delivery in terms of content and quality of delivery of the intervention, as well as school and child engagement with the programme. Data were collected using registers of attendance, observations and checklists, field notes, focus groups with children and semi-structured interviews with teachers. Qualitative data were analysed thematically and quantitative data were summarized using descriptive statistics. RESULTS: All 16 intervention schools received a complete or near complete programme (94-100%), which was delivered in the spirit in which it had been designed. Of the 676 children in the intervention schools, over 90% of children participated in each phase of HeLP; 92% of children across the socio-economic spectrum were deemed to be engaged with HeLP and qualitative data revealed a high level of enjoyment by all children, particularly to the interactive drama workshops. Further evidence of child engagment with the programme was demonstrated by children's clear understanding of programme messages around marketing, moderation and food labelling. Thirteen of the intervention schools were deemed to be fully engaged with HeLP and qualitative data revealed a high level of teacher 'buy in', due to the programme's compatability with the National Curriculum, level of teacher support and use of innovative and creative delivery methods by external drama practitioners. CONCLUSION: Our trial shows that it is possible to successfully scale up complex school-based interventions, engage schools and children across the socio-economic spectrum and deliver an intervention as designed. As programme integrity was maintained throughout the HeLP trial, across all intervention schools, we can be confident that the trial findings are a true reflection of the effectiveness of the intervention, enabling policy recommendations to be made. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN15811706.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipThe definitive trial of HeLP is funded by the UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Public Health Research Programme (10/3010/01) and a full report will be published on the NIHR website. Intervention materials and delivery was funded by PenCLAHRC, the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) CLAHRC for the Southwest Peninsula. KW and JL are partially supported by PenCLAHRC. None of the funders had involvement in the TSC, the data analysis, data interpretation, data collection or writing of the paper. This report presents independent research commissioned by the NIHR. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health.en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 14, article 163en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12966-017-0616-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/30924
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherBioMed Central for International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activityen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29179724en_GB
dc.rightsAuthor(s). 2017. Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.en_GB
dc.subjectCluster RCTen_GB
dc.subjectEngagementen_GB
dc.subjectFidelityen_GB
dc.subjectMixed methodsen_GB
dc.subjectObesityen_GB
dc.subjectProcess evaluationen_GB
dc.subjectProgramme integrityen_GB
dc.subjectResearch wasteen_GB
dc.subjectSchool-based interventionen_GB
dc.titleIntervention fidelity in the definitive cluster randomised controlled trial of the Healthy Lifestyles Programme (HeLP) trial: findings from the process evaluationen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2018-01-12T09:57:34Z
exeter.place-of-publicationEnglanden_GB
dc.descriptionThis is the final version of the article. Available from BioMed Central via the DOI in this record.en_GB
dc.identifier.journalInternational Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activityen_GB


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