The feasibility, acceptability and potential efficacy of a parental text message and social media program on children's vegetable consumption and movement behaviours: A pilot randomised controlled trial

IF 1.4 4区医学 Q3 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Health Promotion Journal of Australia Pub Date : 2024-01-10 DOI:10.1002/hpja.839

Jennifer Norman, Susan Furber, Adrian Bauman, Anthony D. Okely

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Abstract

Issue Addressed

Australian children fall short of meeting the dietary, physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines. This study aimed to test the feasibility, acceptability and potential efficacy of a parental text message and social media program on, primarily, their school-aged children's vegetable consumption and movement behaviours, and, secondarily, their own.

Methods

Between August and November 2022, we conducted a two-armed randomised controlled trial with 242 parents/caregivers of primary school-aged children in New South Wales. The ‘Adventure & Veg’ intervention ran for 8 weeks, promoting vegetable eating behaviours, local outdoor physical activity opportunities and ideas for reducing screen time. Feasibility and acceptability were assessed via recruitment and retention data, intervention metrics and self-reported participant data. Vegetable intake and movement behaviour data were collected via online-surveys and effect sizes were examined.

Results

Most participants reported that they enjoyed receiving the text messages (88%) and the delivery frequency was acceptable (94%). Limitations to Facebook as a delivery platform were reported. The majority of participants used the text messages to influence the vegetable eating (65%) and movement (77%) behaviours of their child. Significant effects were observed among intervention child participants compared with control for mean daily vegetable consumption (0.45 serves, CI: .19; .71, p = .001, d = .5); weekly vegetable variety (1.85, CI: .25; 3.45, p < .001, d = .6); and weekly physical activity variety (.64 CI: .09; 1.19, p = .022, d = .3). Parents in the intervention group increased their daily vegetable intake by .44 serves (CI: .11; .78, p = .01, d = .4).

Conclusions

A parental text message and social media program has potential to support children's vegetable intake and movement behaviours. Further research is required to explore different online delivery methods to promote local outdoor activity options.

So What?

The Adventure & Veg program holds promise as a stand-alone health promotion intervention or as a useful adjunct to current family or school-based healthy lifestyle programs.

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家长短信和社交媒体计划对儿童蔬菜消费和运动行为的可行性、可接受性和潜在效果：随机对照试验

解决的问题：澳大利亚儿童在饮食、体育锻炼和久坐行为方面均未达到指导标准。本研究旨在测试家长短信和社交媒体计划的可行性、可接受性和潜在效果，主要是针对学龄儿童的蔬菜消费和运动行为，其次是针对家长自身：2022 年 8 月至 11 月期间，我们在新南威尔士州对 242 名小学学龄儿童的家长/监护人进行了一项双臂随机对照试验。冒险与蔬菜 "干预活动为期 8 周，旨在推广蔬菜饮食行为、当地户外体育活动机会以及减少屏幕时间的想法。通过招募和保留数据、干预指标和参与者自我报告数据对可行性和可接受性进行了评估。通过在线调查收集了蔬菜摄入量和运动行为数据，并研究了效果大小：大多数参与者表示他们喜欢接收短信（88%），发送频率也可以接受（94%）。据报告，Facebook 作为发送平台存在局限性。大多数参与者利用短信影响孩子的蔬菜饮食（65%）和运动行为（77%）。与对照组相比，干预组儿童的平均每日蔬菜摄入量（0.45 份，CI：.19；.71，p = .001，d = .5）、每周蔬菜种类（1.85，CI：.25；3.45，p 结论家长短信和社交媒体计划具有支持儿童蔬菜摄入量和运动行为的潜力。需要进一步开展研究，探索不同的在线交付方法，以推广当地的户外活动选择。因此，"冒险与蔬菜 "计划有望成为一项独立的健康促进干预措施，或成为当前家庭或学校健康生活方式计划的有益补充。

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Health Promotion Journal of Australia PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

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期刊介绍： The purpose of the Health Promotion Journal of Australia is to facilitate communication between researchers, practitioners, and policymakers involved in health promotion activities. Preference for publication is given to practical examples of policies, theories, strategies and programs which utilise educational, organisational, economic and/or environmental approaches to health promotion. The journal also publishes brief reports discussing programs, professional viewpoints, and guidelines for practice or evaluation methodology. The journal features articles, brief reports, editorials, perspectives, "of interest", viewpoints, book reviews and letters.