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Describing the evidence-base for research engagement by health care providers and health care organisations: a scoping review Open

Sze Lin Yoong, Katarzyna Bolsewicz, Kathryn Reilly, Christopher Williams, Luke Wolfenden , et al. · 2023

An mHealth Intervention to Reduce the Packing of Discretionary Foods in Children’s Lunch Boxes in Early Childhood Education and Care Services: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Open

Nicole Pearson, Meghan Finch, Rachel Sutherland, Melanie Kingsland, Luke Wolfenden , et al. · 2021

Background Interventions in early childhood education and care (ECEC) services have the potential to improve children’s diet at the population level. Objective This study aims to test the efficacy of a mobile health intervention in ECEC se…

Identifying topics for future Cochrane Public Health reviews Open

Melanie Kingsland, Courtney Barnes, Emma Doherty, Sam McCrabb, Meghan Finch , et al. · 2021

Interventions that address institutional child maltreatment: An evidence and gap map Open

Meghan Finch, Rebecca Featherston, Sangita Chakraborty, Ludvig Daae Bjørndal, Robyn Mildon , et al. · 2021

Background Child maltreatment has serious short and long‐term negative impacts for those experiencing it. Child maltreatment occurring in institutional settings has recently received substantial attention. However, evidence about the effec…

An mHealth Intervention to Reduce the Packing of Discretionary Foods in Children’s Lunch Boxes in Early Childhood Education and Care Services: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint) Open

Nicole Pearson, Meghan Finch, Rachel Sutherland, Melanie Kingsland, Luke Wolfenden , et al. · 2021

BACKGROUND Interventions in early childhood education and care (ECEC) services have the potential to improve children’s diet at the population level. OBJECTIVE This study aims to test the efficacy of a mobile health intervention in ECEC…

Economic evaluation of a web-based menu planning intervention to improve childcare service adherence with dietary guidelines Open

Penny Reeves, Kim Edmunds, Zoë Szewczyk, Alice Grady, Sze Lin Yoong , et al. · 2021

A Three-Arm Randomised Controlled Trial of High- and Low-Intensity Implementation Strategies to Support Centre-Based Childcare Service Implementation of Nutrition Guidelines: 12-Month Follow-Up Open

Alice Grady, Kirsty Seward, Meghan Finch, Luke Wolfenden, Rebecca Wyse , et al. · 2020

The study aimed to compare the effectiveness of a suite of implementation strategies of varying intensities on centre-based childcare service implementation of nutrition guideline recommendations at 12-month follow-up. A six-month three-ar…

Adaptation, acceptability and feasibility of a Short Food Survey to assess the dietary intake of children during attendance at childcare Open

Alice Grady, Alison Fielding, Rebecca K. Golley, Meghan Finch, Gilly A. Hendrie , et al. · 2020

Objective: To (i) describe the adaptation of the Short Food Survey (SFS) for assessing the dietary intake of children (2–5 years) during attendance at Early Childhood Education and Care (SFS-ECEC); (ii) determine the acceptability and feas…

Strategies to improve the implementation of healthy eating, physical activity and obesity prevention policies, practices or programmes within childcare services Open

Luke Wolfenden, Courtney Barnes, Jannah Jones, Meghan Finch, Rebecca Wyse , et al. · 2020

Background: Despite the existence of effective interventions and best-practice guideline recommendations for childcare services to implement evidence-based policies, practices and programmes to promote child healthy eating, physical activi…

Effectiveness of a Web-Based Menu-Planning Intervention to Improve Childcare Service Compliance With Dietary Guidelines: Randomized Controlled Trial Open

Alice Grady, Luke Wolfenden, John Wiggers, Chris Rissel, Meghan Finch , et al. · 2019

Background Foods provided in childcare services are not consistent with dietary guideline recommendations. Web-based systems offer unique opportunities to support the implementation of such guidelines. Objective This study aimed to assess …

PROTOCOL: Evidence and gap map protocol: Institutional responses to child maltreatment Open

Bianca Albers, Caroline Fiennes, Aron Shlonsky, Meghan Finch, Ludvig Daae Bjørndal , et al. · 2019

A randomized controlled trial to assess the potential efficacy, feasibility and acceptability of an m-health intervention targeting parents of school aged children to improve the nutritional quality of foods packed in the lunchbox ‘SWAP IT’ Open

Rachel Sutherland, Nicole Nathan, Alison Brown, Serene Yoong, Meghan Finch , et al. · 2019

Australian Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN: ACTRN12616001228471 .

Cluster randomised controlled trial of an m-health intervention in centre-based childcare services to reduce the packing of discretionary foods in children’s lunchboxes: study protocol for the ’SWAP IT Childcare' trial Open

Nicole Pond, Meghan Finch, Rachel Sutherland, Luke Wolfenden, Nicole Nathan , et al. · 2019

Introduction In many developed nations, including Australia, a substantial number of children aged under 5 years attend centre-based childcare services that require parents to pack food in lunchboxes. These lunchboxes often contain excessi…

The Impact of a Childcare Food Service Intervention on Child Dietary Intake in Care: An Exploratory Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Open

Sze Lin Yoong, Alice Grady, Kirsty Seward, Meghan Finch, John Wiggers , et al. · 2019

Purpose: To assess the efficacy of a food service implementation intervention designed to increase provision of foods consistent with nutrition guidelines on child consumption of fruit, vegetables, breads/cereals, meat/alternatives, dairy,…

A randomised controlled trial of performance review and facilitated feedback to increase implementation of healthy eating and physical activity-promoting policies and practices in centre-based childcare Open

Meghan Finch, Fiona Stacey, Jannah Jones, Sze Lin Yoong, Alice Grady , et al. · 2019

The trial was registered retrospectively on 10 September 2014 with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12614000972628 .

Efficacy of a free-play intervention to increase physical activity during childcare: a randomized controlled trial Open

Luke Wolfenden, Jannah Jones, Benjamin H. Parmenter, Lubna Abdul Razak, John Wiggers , et al. · 2018

The primary aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of a childcare-based intervention in increasing child physical activity by allowing children unrestricted access to outdoor areas for free-play when structured activity is not taking…

Challenges of Increasing Childcare Center Compliance With Nutrition Guidelines: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Intervention Providing Training, Written Menu Feedback, and Printed Resources Open

Meghan Finch, Kirsty Seward, Taya Wedesweiler, Fiona Stacey, Alice Grady , et al. · 2018

Purpose: To assess the effectiveness of an intervention including training, provision of written menu feedback, and printed resources on increasing childcare compliance with nutrition guidelines. Design: Parallel group randomized controlle…

Impact of scheduling multiple outdoor free-play periods in childcare on child moderate-to-vigorous physical activity: a cluster randomised trial Open

Lubna Abdul Razak, Sze Lin Yoong, John Wiggers, Philip J. Morgan, Jannah Jones , et al. · 2018

This trial was prospectively registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR) ( ACTRN1261000347460 ). Prospectively registered 17th March 2016.

Improving the implementation of nutrition guidelines in childcare centres improves child dietary intake: findings of a randomised trial of an implementation intervention Open

Kirsty Seward, Luke Wolfenden, Meghan Finch, John Wiggers, Rebecca Wyse , et al. · 2017

Objective Evidence suggests that improvements to the childcare nutrition environment can have a positive impact on child dietary intake. The primary aim of the present study was to assess, relative to usual care, the effectiveness of a mul…

Factors that influence the implementation of dietary guidelines regarding food provision in centre based childcare services: A systematic review Open

Kirsty Seward, Meghan Finch, Sze Lin Yoong, Rebecca Wyse, Jannah Jones , et al. · 2017

Children attending centre based childcare services consume as much as two thirds of their daily dietary requirements while in care. However, such services often fail to provide foods that are consistent with guideline recommendations. Deve…

A randomised controlled trial of an online menu planning intervention to improve childcare service adherence to dietary guidelines: a study protocol Open

Sze Lin Yoong, Alice Grady, John Wiggers, Victoria Flood, Chris Rissel , et al. · 2017

Introduction The implementation of dietary guidelines in childcare settings is recommended to improve child public health nutrition. However, foods provided in childcare services are not consistent with guidelines. The primary aim of the t…

Measuring implementation behaviour of menu guidelines in the childcare setting: confirmatory factor analysis of a theoretical domains framework questionnaire (TDFQ) Open

Kirsty Seward, Luke Wolfenden, John Wiggers, Meghan Finch, Rebecca Wyse , et al. · 2017

Strategies to improve the implementation of healthy eating, physical activity and obesity prevention policies, practices or programmes within childcare services Open

Luke Wolfenden, Jannah Jones, Christopher Williams, Meghan Finch, Rebecca Wyse , et al. · 2016

Current research provides weak and inconsistent evidence of the effectiveness of such strategies in improving the implementation of policies and practices, childcare service staff knowledge or attitudes, or child diet, physical activity or…

A randomised controlled trial of multiple periods of outdoor free-play to increase moderate-to-vigorous physical activity among 3 to 6 year old children attending childcare: study protocol Open

Luke Wolfenden, John Wiggers, Philip J. Morgan, Lubna Abdul Razak, Jannah Jones , et al. · 2016

Multistrategy childcare-based intervention to improve compliance with nutrition guidelines versus usual care in long day care services: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial Open

Kirsty Seward, Luke Wolfenden, Meghan Finch, John Wiggers, Rebecca Wyse , et al. · 2016

Introduction Interventions to improve child diet are recommended as dietary patterns developed in childhood track into adulthood and influence the risk of chronic disease. For child health, childcare services are required to provide foods …

Time to focus on implementation: the need to re‐orient research on physical activity in childcare services Open

Luke Wolfenden, Meghan Finch, Rebecca Wyse, Tara Clinton‐McHarg, Sze Lin Yoong · 2016

A theory-based evaluation of a dissemination intervention to improve childcare cooks’ intentions to implement nutritional guidelines on their menus Open

Sze Lin Yoong, Jannah Jones, Josephine Marshall, John Wiggers, Kirsty Seward , et al. · 2015

Effectiveness of an intervention to facilitate the implementation of healthy eating and physical activity policies and practices in childcare services: a randomised controlled trial Open

Jannah Jones, Rebecca Wyse, Meghan Finch, Christophe Lecathelinais, John Wiggers , et al. · 2015

A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of an implementation intervention to increase healthy eating and physical activity-promoting policies, and practices in centre-based childcare services: study protocol Open

Meghan Finch, Sze Lin Yoong, Rebecca J Thomson, Kirsty Seward, Mairéad Cooney , et al. · 2015

Background Promotion of healthy eating and physical activity in early childhood is recommended as a global chronic disease prevention strategy. Centre-based childcare services represent a promising setting to provide children with opportun…

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