Action Schools! BC - Provincial Dissemination Evaluation

Action Schools! BC Provincial Dissemination Evaluation

Description:

Pilot research showed that Action Schools! BC was an effective and feasible model. The provincial dissemination of Action Schools! BC has been launched and partners from across many sectors are involved to enhance the sharing of knowledge and increase the implementation of the Action Schools! BC model across British Columbia. The primary goals of the research are: 1) to determine if the Action Schools! BC model is an effective approach to positively changing school environments and health related behaviours of children from diverse geographical regions and cultural groups and 2) to determine if the support provided to schools or the community influence the uptake and use of the Action Schools! BC model. The research will contribute to the science of obesity prevention and knowledge use as well as public health practice.

Timeline:

April, 2005 to October, 2005:
• Grade 4 and 5 students from 4 Regional Health Authorities will be recruited to participate in the Action Schools! BC Provincial Dissemination Evaluation.

November, 2005 to December, 2005:
• Baseline testing for all Grade 4 and 5 participants will be conducted in the Intervention and Usual Practice Schools.

January, 2006 to June, 2007:
• Intervention Schools will implement the Action Schools! BC model within their classrooms.

June 2006, September 2006, and June, 2007:
• Follow-up Testing will be conducted in the Intervention and Usual Practice Schools.

Evaluation Team:

The evaluation team involves a number of research partners from across universities, disciplines and from multiple sectors. Research partners are listed below:

Principal Investigators: Dr. Heather McKay (UBC), Dr. Patti-Jean Naylor (UVic)

Co-Investigators: Dr. Ryan Rhodes (UVic), Dr. Joan Wharf Higgins (UVic), Dr. Stephen Manske (University of Waterloo), Dr. Darren Warburton (UBC), and Dr. Larry Frank (UBC)

Research Coordinators: Sharon Storoschuk, MS, MPH, Janelle Zebedee, MA

Program Developers: Bryna Kopelow and Jennifer Fenton, JW Sporta

Funding Partners:

Action Schools! BC Provincial Dissemination Evaluation is funded through a partnership between the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.


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