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The CONNECTS-Food Study: the development of an implementation intervention to support whole-school approaches to food

Co-design of a sustainable and acceptable implementation intervention to maximise the impact of whole school approaches to food within primary schools

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN85297523
Enrollment
64
Registered
2021-05-10
Start date
2021-02-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-06-26

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Childhood obesity in primary school-aged children Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Obesity

Interventions

Systems mapping workshops will be held with stakeholders across eight school sites to develop a rich picture of the school food system, followed by the development of an intervention to support whole-

Sponsors

University of York
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Stakeholders from public and academy schools (including headteachers, teaching staff, catering staff, school governors, and parents) 2. Primary school children from any age group 3. External catering stakeholders (including representatives from catering and/or procurement services, and food supply chain agents (producers, distributors) 4. External local businesses (as appropriate)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Stakeholders from private and specialist schools 2. Children whose families do not consent to take part

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
'Systems map' of the school food system derived from eight systems mapping workshops held in May-July 2021

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Key themes describing the factors influencing a whole school approach to food informed by qualitative inductive thematic analysis of workshop transcripts finalised by December 2021 2. Acceptability rating of the intervention design obtained from stakeholder engagement events held February to April 2022

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactWendy Burton
wendy.burton@york.ac.uk-

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026