Finch 2015

Trial name or title	A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of an implementation intervention to increase healthy eating and physical activity‐promoting policies, and practices in centre‐based childcare services
Methods	Study design: randomised controlled trial
Participants	Service type: childcare services (preschools and long daycare services) Region: Hunter New England region, New South Wales, Australia Number of services participating: 165
Interventions	Number of experimental conditions: 2 (intervention, control) Policies, practices or programmes targeted by the intervention: ‐ Having a service policy (nutrition, physical activity and small screen recreation) ‐ Service providing information to families (healthy eating, physical activity, small screen time and breast feeding, where relevant) ‐ Service providing structured and specific learning experiences about healthy eating at least 2 times per week ‐ Service supplying age‐appropriate drinks to children (only water and age‐appropriate milk) ‐ Service conducting fundamental movement skills activities for children aged 3 to 5 years every day to at least 90% of children ‐ Service limiting use of small screen recreation by children aged 3 to 5 years to only educational purposes and for learning experiences Implementation strategies: performance review intervention with other resources
Outcomes	Outcome relating to the implementation of childcare service policies, practices or programmes: proportion of services implementing all of the recommended healthy eating and physical activity‐promoting practices
Starting date	2013
Contact information	Meghan Finch, meghan.finch@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au
Notes	Australian Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12614000972628