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Aims: Parents are important stakeholders in school-based health promotion programmes.This study aimed to understand the perceptions of parents of a primary school-basedhealthy and sustainable food programme. It specifically sought to examine the perceivedeffects of the programme on the home environment and on parental engagement withschools.Study Design: A cross-sectional parent survey and a before-and-after school activitysurvey.Place and Duration of Study: Primary schools in England taking part in the Food for LifePartnership programme, between January 2008 and January 2011.Methodology: In 35 schools a pre-programme enrolment survey on parental involvementwas completed and repeated at 18-24 months. In the same schools 740 parents respondedto a cross-sectional survey on perceptions and effects of sustainable food education.Results: Parental involvement increased across a number of areas of food-related school activities. Parental respondents were active in school harvest celebrations (42%), cookingevents (37%) and homemade food events (33%). Parents reported raised interest of theirchild in food origins, fair trade foods, organic foods, animal welfare, food packaging andfood miles. 40% reported their children talked more about new fruit and vegetables infamily discussions. 43% reported changes in buying patterns and 45% reported they wereeating more vegetables. Reported changes in home food consumption included: moreseasonal food (33%), more locally sourced food (26%), more fair trade food (25%), morefree range eggs (25%), and more organic food (11%). Under 5% of parents raisedreservations connected to the affordability of sustainable foods and the relevance of theprogramme to educational goals.Conclusion: Parents perceived programme-related effects on their family includingdiscussion and purchases of healthier sustainably sourced foods. Health promotionprogrammes can enhance their impact and sustainability through reinforcing the processesby which parents become engaged and can adopt programme messages in the homeenvironment

Take Home Messages on Sustainable Food: Surveying Parent Perceptions of the Effects of a Primary School Programme