Abstract
BackgroundIn general, only information regarding the effectiveness of an intervention programme is ever published. However, in recent years evaluating the translatability and feasibility of an intervention programme has become more important. Therefore, this paper presents the results of the evaluation of the iPlay programme aimed at preventing physical activity related injuries in primary school children.MethodsThe iPlay programme targeted injuries gained through physical activity, and consisted of a teacher's manual, informative newsletters and posters, a website, and set exercises to be carried out during physical education (PE) classes. In order to evaluate the iPlay programme for translatability and feasibility, teachers, children and parents who participated in the iPlay programme filled out a questionnaireThe objective of this study is to describe the results of the process-evaluation of the iPlay programme based on the five dimensions of the RE-AIM framework.ResultsThe results showed that the participation rate of the children was 100% (reach). Nine percent of the schools who were invited to take part were willing to participate in the study (adoption rate). Teachers stated that they implemented the different elements of the programme partly as intended (implementation). The percentage of children and parents who followed the programme was less than expected. In addition, 52% of the teachers indicated that the current iPlay programme could become standard practice in their teaching routine (maintenance).ConclusionThe iPlay programme is a first start in the prevention of physical activity related injuries in children, but further improvements need to be made to the programme on the basis of this process evaluation.Trial registrationISRCTN78846684; http://www.controlled-trials.com
Highlights
Only information regarding the effectiveness of an intervention programme is ever published
This paper describes the process evaluation of a school based physical activity related injury prevention programme for Dutch primary school children based on the five dimensions of the RE-AIM framework
Children participating in this study did not differ from the general population of Dutch 10-12 year old children in terms of gender, body mass index (BMI) class and ethnicity
Summary
Only information regarding the effectiveness of an intervention programme is ever published. In recent years evaluating the translatability and feasibility of an intervention programme has become more important. This paper presents the results of the evaluation of the iPlay programme aimed at preventing physical activity related injuries in primary school children. In recent years, the importance of evaluating the context in which interventions are implemented has been identified as critical. Evaluating factors such as translatability and feasibility are important, because if intervention programmes are not adopted to an adequate extent and sustained, it is unlikely that these programmes will have any impact on public health. These factors have received relatively little attention in the evaluation of interventions
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