Table 4 Effectiveness and sustainability
From: The sustainability of public health interventions in schools: a systematic review
Study # | Intervention name; author(s) and year | Effects on outcome(s) summarised | % of schools/staff that sustained the curriculum component | % of schools/staff that sustained the ethos/environment component | % of schools/staff that sustained the family component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3–9 | Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH); Johnson et al. 2003 [52]; Kelder et al. 2003 [49]; Lytle et al. 2003 [48]; McKenzie et al. 2003 [51]; Osganian et al. 2003 [55]; Parcel et al. 2003 [60]; Hoelscher et al. 2004 [56] | Effective for primary outcomes | 23% of teachers had used health education materials 32% of teachers had used PE materials 88% of PE specialists had used PE materials | 15% of cooks said they used the intervention manual. 32% of cooks said they used the intervention recipe box. | 4% of staff |
11 | School Fruit Programme and the Fruit and Vegetables Make the Marks (FVMM); Bere 2006 [61] | Effective for primary outcomes | Not reported | 44% of schools | Not reported |
15 | First Step to Success; Loman et al. 2010 [59] | Effective for primary outcomes | n/a | Not reported | Not reported |
20 | Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS); Nadeem and Ringle 2016 [46] | Effective for primary outcomes | n/a | 0% of clinicians | 0% of teachers |
24 | Health Optimizing PE (HOPE); Egan et al 2019 [45] | Effective for primary outcomes | 0% of schools (NB one school in study) | One activity continued, one activity discontinued | 0% of teachers |
12 | Untitled - intervention focused on water consumption; Muckelbauer et al. 2009 [66] | Effective for some but not all primary outcomes | Not reported | 65% of schools | n/a |
14 | Winning with Wellness; Schetzina et al. 2009 [50] | Effective for some but not all primary outcomes | 50% of teachers (not all classroom activities reported) | Not reported | n/a |
16 | GreatFun2Run; Gorely et al. 2011 [65] | Effective for some but not all primary outcomes | 25% of teachers | Not reported | Not reported |
17 | Fourth R program; Crooks et al. 2013 [64] | Effective for some but not all primary outcomes | 72% of teachers | n/a | Not reported |
18 | New Moves; Friend et al. 2014 [47] | Effective for some but not all primary outcomes | 91% of schools continued PE; 45% continued health education | 27% of schools continued individual staff-student coaching sessions; 0% of schools staff-student lunch get-togethers | Not reported |
22 | TAKE 10!; Goh et al. 2017 [44] | Effective for some but not all primary outcomes | n/a | 20% of teachers | n/a |
10 | Project ALERT; St Pierre and Kaltreider 2004 [58] | No effect on primary outcome, harmful effect for one treatment condition | 38% of schools | n/a | n/a |
1 | Project Salsa; Elder et al., 1998 [57] | n/k | 17% of schools | 0% of schools | Not reported |
2 | Adolescent Suicide Awareness Program (ASAP); Kalafat and Ryerson 1999 [53] | n/k | 96% of schools | 67% of schools | 13% of schools |
13 | European Network of Health-Promoting Schools; Tjomsland et al. 2009 [43] | n/k | Not reported | 71% of schools | Not reported |
19 | Youth@work: Talking Safety; Rauscher et al. 2015 [54] | n/k | Not reported | n/a | n/a |
21 | Good Behavior Game (GBG); Dijkman et al. 2017 [63] | n/k | n/a | Not reported | n/a |
23 | School outdoor smoking ban; Rozema et al. 2018 [62] | n/k | n/a | Not reported | n/a |