Enhancing core components for a digital "healthy eating" resource in early childhood and care settings: staff's perceptions and needs.
Digital
Early education and care
Healthy eating
Nutrition
Program
Journal
BMC public health
ISSN: 1471-2458
Titre abrégé: BMC Public Health
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100968562
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
30 Oct 2024
30 Oct 2024
Historique:
received:
07
11
2023
accepted:
18
10
2024
medline:
31
10
2024
pubmed:
31
10
2024
entrez:
31
10
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
In response to the growing need for effective programmes to promote healthy eating habits among children in real-world settings, we conducted a qualitative study. Our aim was to explore the content-related needs of early childhood education and care (ECEC) staff regarding the core components of an upcoming digital "healthy eating" resource. This resource, designed for real-world implementation through the Nutrition Now project, seeks to enhance children's nutrition and health within ECEC settings. Twelve individual semi-structured interviews with ECEC staff in a Norwegian municipality were conducted. Subsequently, we conducted two focus group discussions, involving five participants, to encourage reflection on the preliminary findings from the individual interviews. Qualitative thematic analysis was conducted using Nvivo software. Data from the interviews and focus groups were transcribed verbatim and analysed thematically to identify and summarise staff's subjective experiences and reasoning. Six themes were identified for the development of the upcoming digital "healthy eating" resource: (1) A comprehensive recipe bank, and menu suggestions, (2) Tips for easy and quick cooking, simple hygiene and allergy management, (3) Age-appropriate food learning ideas, (4) Strategies for mealtime learning and engagement, (5) Alignment with the national ECEC curriculum, and (6) Parent-friendly access and content. This research provides valuable guidance and informs the adaptation of an expert-led digital "healthy eating" intervention to better suit ECEC staff and the ECEC context, consequently enhancing its feasibility and effectiveness. This study was not registered in a trial registry as it is not a clinical trial or intervention study but serves as a pilot for the Nutrition Now study, trial identifier ISRCTN10694967 (https//doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN10694967), registration date 19/06/2022.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
In response to the growing need for effective programmes to promote healthy eating habits among children in real-world settings, we conducted a qualitative study. Our aim was to explore the content-related needs of early childhood education and care (ECEC) staff regarding the core components of an upcoming digital "healthy eating" resource. This resource, designed for real-world implementation through the Nutrition Now project, seeks to enhance children's nutrition and health within ECEC settings.
METHODS
METHODS
Twelve individual semi-structured interviews with ECEC staff in a Norwegian municipality were conducted. Subsequently, we conducted two focus group discussions, involving five participants, to encourage reflection on the preliminary findings from the individual interviews. Qualitative thematic analysis was conducted using Nvivo software. Data from the interviews and focus groups were transcribed verbatim and analysed thematically to identify and summarise staff's subjective experiences and reasoning.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Six themes were identified for the development of the upcoming digital "healthy eating" resource: (1) A comprehensive recipe bank, and menu suggestions, (2) Tips for easy and quick cooking, simple hygiene and allergy management, (3) Age-appropriate food learning ideas, (4) Strategies for mealtime learning and engagement, (5) Alignment with the national ECEC curriculum, and (6) Parent-friendly access and content.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
This research provides valuable guidance and informs the adaptation of an expert-led digital "healthy eating" intervention to better suit ECEC staff and the ECEC context, consequently enhancing its feasibility and effectiveness.
TRIAL REGISTRATION
BACKGROUND
This study was not registered in a trial registry as it is not a clinical trial or intervention study but serves as a pilot for the Nutrition Now study, trial identifier ISRCTN10694967 (https//doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN10694967), registration date 19/06/2022.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39478518
doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-20456-2
pii: 10.1186/s12889-024-20456-2
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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© 2024. The Author(s).
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