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. 2022 Aug 29;2022(8):CD011677. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011677.pub3

Zoellner 2019.

Study name Kids SIPsmartER
Methods Study design: cluster‐RCT
Participants School type: 12 middle schools; seventh grade students
Region: medically underserved Appalachia counties in southwest Virginia
Interventions Number of experimental conditions: 2 (intervention and control) schools randomised into Control School conditions transition into the Delayed Intervention School in the following academic year, while the Intervention Schools transition into Support Schools).
Policies, practices or programmes targeted by the intervention: implementation of intervention to address sugar sweetened beverage consumption.
Implementation strategies
EPOC: educational materials
‐ Detailed lesson plans and training videos on secure programme website.
‐ Teachers receive binder with all printed materials and resources.
EPOC: educational meetings
‐ An initial overview training, lasting approximately 3 hours, will orient teachers to the Kids SIPsmartER programme structure, available training resources, co‐delivery plan with researchers, informed consent and assent processes, and evaluation components.
EPOC: tailored interventions
‐ Teacher training and TA, via in‐person and telephone‐based options, customised to the implementation phase and experience of the teacher.
EPOC: other
‐ Financial support
Outcomes Outcome relating to the implementation of childcare service policies, practices or programmes
Implementation process data are captured via lesson debrief forms, fidelity observations, and surveys and interviews with delivery agents.
Starting date 15 August 2018
Contact information Jamie Zoellner, PhD RD, Associate Professor, University of Virginia
Notes Trial registration: NCT03740113

NSW: New South Wales; PA: physical activity; PACE: Physically Active Children in Education; PE: physical education; RCT: randomised controlled trial; SCORES: Supporting Children's Outcomes using Rewards, Exercise and Skills.