Food and nutrition education opportunities within Australian primary schools.
Health Promot Int
; 35(6): 1291-1301, 2020 Dec 01.
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ABSTRACT
Schools are regarded as a key setting for obesity prevention, providing an opportunity to reach a large number of children, frequently and over a prolonged period, through formal and informal opportunities to learn about health behaviours. However, the low value placed on health versus academic achievement is a barrier to effective implementation of food and nutrition (F&N) education. This study used a qualitative exploratory approach to explore the views of teachers and key health and education sector stakeholders regarding opportunities for F&N education within the Australian primary school setting. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to explore this topic from the perspectives of state-level coordination and development through to local-level implementation and support within the Australian primary school context. Only 2.6% of the Victorian Curriculum related to F&N education, taught through two (of seven) learning outcomes:
Health and Physical Education, and Technologies. While stakeholders considered child health a priority, and schools an ideal setting for F&N education, barriers included a lack of strategic policy alignment, limited leadership and coordination, a 'crowded curriculum' and poor availability of shelf-ready resources with explicit curriculum links. A cross-curriculum approach was considered essential for F&N education to become embedded as a core component of the curriculum.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Instituciones Académicas
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Servicios de Alimentación
Tipo de estudio:
Qualitative_research
Límite:
Child
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Health Promot Int
Asunto de la revista:
SAUDE PUBLICA
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Australia