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Table 1 Overview of key and additional campaign activities

From: A stitch in time saves nine? A repeated cross-sectional case study on the implementation of the intersectoral community approach Youth At a Healthy Weight

Participating organization

Key activities

Additional activities

Educational

Primary schools

- Installment of fruit days & water moments

- Teacher leads by example by eating fruit and drinking water

- Informing parents about fruit & water consumption

- Distributing promotional materials (e.g. fruit baskets, water cans & crates, coupons for discounts at local enterprises, stickers, posters, banners, window foils, information cards for parents)

-Engaging in campaign activities (e.g. the water song, excursions, watching television programs)

-Promoting the campaign (displaying posters, banners and information cards)

-Involving parents in campaign activities

-Organize parent meetings in cooperation with the CJG

Health care

Centre for Youth & Family (CYF)

Youth Health Care (YHC) Maternity/infant center

- Motivating target population to increase fruit & water consumption

- Providing parents with advice on how to stimulate fruit and water consumption

- Distributing promotional materials

-Promoting the campaign

-Organize parent meetings in cooperation with schools

Social Welfare

Social Welfare organization Library

- Integration of campaign themes within regular activities

- Professionals lead by example by eating fruit and drinking water

- Development of new activities related to campaign themes (e.g. decorating water carafes)

-Engaging in campaign activities

-Distributing promotional materials

-Promoting the campaign

Sports

Sports organizations A& B

- Integration of campaign themes within regular activities

- Professionals lead by example by eating fruit and drinking water

- Supplying fruit during sport events in the community

-Integration of water theme in the ‘sports activity day’ for all schoolchildren.

- Organizing sport activities for youth related to ‘water’

Private

Supermarket, household appliance stores

- Providing fruit free of charge to children

- Providing discounts on fruit

- Promoting the campaign

-Sponsoring of local activities

-Selling campaign material