Jones 2014

Trial name or title	A randomised controlled trial of an intervention to facilitate the implementation of healthy eating and physical activity policies and practices in childcare services
Methods	Study design: randomised controlled trial
Participants	Service type: childcare services (preschools and long daycare services) Region: Hunter region, New South Wales, Australia Number of services participating: 128
Interventions	Number of experimental conditions: 2 (intervention, control) Policies, practices or programmes targeted by the intervention: ‐ Written nutrition and physical activity policies ‐ Staff monitoring of children’s lunch boxes against written nutritional guidelines and provision of feedback to parents when a non‐compliant food is packed ‐ Provision of water or reduced fat milk only to children ‐ Staff role modelling of physically active play and healthy eating ‐ Staff provision of prompts and positive comments to children to encourage physical activity and healthy eating ‐ Provision of adult‐guided fundamental movement skill development activities ‐ Restriction of sedentary screen time Implementation strategies: ‐ Implementation support staff ‐ Executive support ‐ Consensus processes ‐ Staff training ‐ Academic detailing visits ‐ Performance monitoring and feedback ‐ Tools and resources ‐ Communications strategy
Outcomes	Outcome relating to the implementation of childcare service policies, practices or programmes: change in prevalence of services implementing all healthy eating and physical activity policies and practices
Starting date	2012
Contact information	Jannah Jones, jannah.jones@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au
Notes	Australian Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12612000927820