School-based nutrition education : features and challenges for success

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dc.contributor.author Kupolati, Mojisola D.
dc.contributor.author MacIntyre, Una Elizabeth
dc.contributor.author Gericke, Gerda J.
dc.date.accessioned 2015-01-22T13:14:08Z
dc.date.available 2015-01-22T13:14:08Z
dc.date.issued 2014
dc.description.abstract PURPOSE – The aim of this review is to critically assess published articles on school-based nutrition education (NE) intervention to identify factors hindering or contributing to the success of interventions. School-based NE possesses the capacity to influence learners’ nutrition behaviours. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH – An electronic search of articles was conducted in Medline, PubMed, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature databases, Google and snowballing. Included in the review were school-based studies with classroom NE with or without nutrition services and studies published between 2000 and 2013. School-based non-intervention studies and interventions that did not include a nutrition teaching component were excluded in the review. FINDINGS – Thirty-nine studies met the inclusion criteria. Features of successful NE interventions included the use of behavioural theories, especially the social cognitive theory and the involvement of trained teachers in the implementation of interventions. Capacity development for teachers, time constraints, school policies and implementation problems of multicomponent interventions were some of the identified challenges encountered in the studies reviewed. ORIGINALITY/VALUE – Trained teachers are invaluable assets in interventions to improve nutrition behaviours of learners. Challenges associated with teacher-oriented school-based NE intervention can be overcome by properly designed and implemented interventions based on behavioural theory. en_ZA
dc.description.librarian hb2015 en_ZA
dc.description.uri http://www.emeraldinsight.com/0034-6659.htm en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Mojisola D. Kupolati Una E. MacIntyre Gerda J. Gericke , (2014),"School-based nutrition education: featuresand challenges for success", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 44 Iss 6 pp. 520 - 535 Permanent link to this document:http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/NFS-01-2014-0001. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 0034-6659 (print)
dc.identifier.other 10.1108/NFS-01-2014-0001
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/43390
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Emerald en_ZA
dc.rights © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. en_ZA
dc.subject School-based en_ZA
dc.subject Nutrition education (NE) en_ZA
dc.subject Nutrition behaviours en_ZA
dc.subject Leaners en_ZA
dc.subject Teachers en_ZA
dc.title School-based nutrition education : features and challenges for success en_ZA
dc.type Postprint Article en_ZA


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