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Improving the food provided and food safety practices in out‐of‐school‐hours services
Author(s) -
Cooke Lara,
Sangster Janice,
Eccleston Philippa
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
health promotion journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2201-1617
pISSN - 1036-1073
DOI - 10.1071/he07033
Subject(s) - food safety , general partnership , business , food service , medicine , public health , environmental health , promotion (chess) , health promotion , food safety risk analysis , marketing , nursing , finance , political science , pathology , politics , law
Issue addressed Food provided and food safety and serving practices in out‐of‐school‐hours (OOSH) services. Methods Health promotion strategies, developed in partnership with an advisory committee, were directed at three main areas: supporting local services; developing statewide training and resources; and advocacy. Results Significant improvements were seen in the food provided, food safety and serving practices and the number of services with planned menus and nutrition and food safety policies. Conclusions This project is one of the first implemented and evaluated in the OOSH setting. Statistically significant improvements were achieved in the food provided, food safety and serving practices, and menu and policy development. The project also increased the capacity of the OOSH sector to improve children's health by making suitable nutrition and food safety resources and training available to OOSH services across New South Wales. So what? To further address childhood obesity, lessons learnt from the successful promotion of nutrition could be used to encourage physical activity within the OOSH sector.