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Good practice characteristics of diet and physical activity interventions and policies: an umbrella review

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Title
Good practice characteristics of diet and physical activity interventions and policies: an umbrella review
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BMC Public Health, January 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12889-015-1354-9
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Karolina Horodyska, Aleksandra Luszczynska, Matthijs van den Berg, Marieke Hendriksen, Gun Roos, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Johannes Brug

Abstract

BackgroundThis umbrella review aimed at eliciting good practice characteristics of interventions and policies aiming at healthy diet, increasing physical activity, and lowering sedentary behaviors. Applying the World Health Organization¿s framework, we sought for 3 types of characteristics, reflecting: (1) main intervention/policy characteristics, referring to the design, targets, and participants, (2) monitoring and evaluation processes, and (3) implementation issues. This investigation was undertaken by the DEDPIAC Knowledge Hub (the Knowledge Hub on the DEterminants of DIet and Physical ACtivity), which is an action of the European Union¿s joint programming initiative.MethodsA systematic review of reviews and stakeholder documents was conducted. Data from 7 databases was analyzed (99 documents met inclusion criteria). Additionally, resources of 7 major stakeholders (e.g., World Health Organization) were systematically searched (10 documents met inclusion criteria). Overall, the review yielded 74 systematic reviews, 16 position review papers, and 19 stakeholders¿ documents. Across characteristics, 25% were supported by¿¿¿4 systematic reviews. Further, 25% characteristics were supported by¿¿¿3 stakeholders¿ documents. If identified characteristics were included in at least 4 systematic reviews or at least 3 stakeholders¿ documents, these good practice characteristics were classified as relevant.ResultsWe derived a list of 149 potential good practice characteristics, of which 53 were classified as relevant. The main characteristics of intervention/policy (n¿=¿18) fell into 6 categories: the use of theory, participants, target behavior, content development/management, multidimensionality, practitioners/settings. Monitoring and evaluation characteristics (n¿=¿18) were grouped into 6 categories: costs/funding, outcomes, evaluation of effects, time/effect size, reach, the evaluation of participation and generalizability, active components/underlying processes. Implementation characteristics (n¿=¿17) were grouped into eight categories: participation processes, training for practitioners, the use/integration of existing resources, feasibility, maintenance/sustainability, implementation partnerships, implementation consistency/adaptation processes, transferability.ConclusionsThe use of the proposed list of 53 good practice characteristics may foster further development of health promotion sciences, as it would allow for identification of success vectors in the domains of main characteristics of interventions/policies, their implementation, evaluation and monitoring processes.

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Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
New Zealand 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Unknown 197 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 34 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 32 16%
Researcher 29 14%
Student > Bachelor 21 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 4%
Other 34 17%
Unknown 42 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 35 17%
Medicine and Dentistry 29 14%
Social Sciences 25 12%
Sports and Recreations 19 9%
Psychology 10 5%
Other 28 14%
Unknown 55 27%
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