An evaluation of the implementation and health effects of the health promotion program "JolinchenKids - Fit and healthy in daycare" at 68 daycare facilities in Germany
Description
- In the ‚JOKITA’-study, implementation and effects of a program for health promotion (developed by the AOK health insurance) on weight development, diet, physical activity behavior, and mental well-being are examined in children aged 3-6 years. The following research questions are addressed in this study:
a.) Which health effects can be observed among children participating in JolinchenKids?
b.) Does the implementation of JolinchenKids influence conditions (i.e., structures, processes) at participating daycare facilities?
c.) Which factors facilitate/represent barriers to…
- reaching program goals,
- integrating the program into the daily routines at daycare facilities,
- program acceptance among children, parents, daycare staff?
These research questions are investigated using a mixed-methods approach of quantitative and qualitative methods:
I.) a controlled trial including anthropometric measurements and an objective assessment of physical activity behavior with accelerometers in children and parental questionnaires (baseline, 12-months follow-up) at 68 daycare facilities;
II.) a telephone-delivered survey with heads of daycare facilities (or kindergarten teachers responsible for the implementation of JolinchenKids) to assess structural changes during the assessment period;
III.) focus groups with heads of daycare facilities, kindergarten teachers, parents, and children to identify facilitating factors/barriers regarding the achievement of program goals, the integration of the program into daily routines, as well as program acceptance.
Funding period
- Begin: December 2015
End: March 2018
Sponsor
- AOK Federal Association
Contact
Selected project-related publications
- Breau B, Brandes B, Wright MN, Buck C, Vallis LA, Brandes M. Association of individual motor abilities and accelerometer-derived physical activity measures in preschool-aged children. Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour. 2021;4(3):227-235.
https://doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2020-0065 - Pischke CR, Sill J, Steenbock B, Siebels R, Kolpatzik K, Zeeb H. Gesundheitskompetenz und gesundheitliche Situation von Erzieher/innen. Ergebnisse einer cluster-kontrollierten Studie an 62 Kindertagesstätten. Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung. 2021;16(1):81-87.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11553-020-00779-9 - Brandes B, Buck C, Wright MN, Pischke CR, Brandes M. Impact of "JolinchenKids - fit and healthy in daycare" on children's objectively measured physical activity: A cluster-controlled study. Journal of Physical Activity & Health. 2020;17(10):1025-1033.
https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2019-0536 - Steenbock B, Buck C, Zeeb H, Rach S, Pischke CR. Impact of the intervention program "JolinchenKids - Fit and Healthy in Daycare" on energy balance related-behaviors: Results of a cluster controlled trial. BMC Pediatrics. 2019;19:432.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-019-1817-8 - Steenbock B, Zeeb H, Rach S, Pohlabeln H, Pischke CR. Design and methods for a cluster-controlled trial conducted at sixty-eight daycare facilities evaluating the impact of "JolinchenKids - Fit and Healthy in Daycare", a program for health promotion in 3- to 6-year-old children. BMC Public Health. 2017;18:6.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4551-x - Steenbock B, Zeeb H, Liedtke S, Pischke CR. Ergebnisse der Prozessevaluation eines Programms zur Gesundheitsförderung von 3- bis 6-jährigen Kita-Kindern: "JolinchenKids - Fit und gesund in der KiTa". Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung. 2016;11(1):12-19.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11553-015-0520-3