Tools for a systematic appraisal of integrated community-based approaches to prevent childhood obesity

Mantziki, K.; Renders, C. M.; Westerman, M. J.; Mayer, J.; Borys, J. M.; Seidell, J. C.

doi:10.1186/s12889-018-5042-4

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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the OPEN programmes/initiatives

From: Tools for a systematic appraisal of integrated community-based approaches to prevent childhood obesity

Programme, country	Programme range (region/city)	Year of initiation	Final target group (s)	Communities/schools reached	People reached/targeted
Child health programme, Cyprus^a	Regional (Nicosia)	1995	Children and their families	8 communities	4.500 children and families (incl. 1000 of the control area)
Salud Madrid, Spain	Regional (Madrid)^e	N/A	Children and adolescents 0–17 years old	179 communities	1.185.156 children and adolescents
EPODE Flandre Lys, France^b	Regional (Community of Municipalities French Flanders - Lys)	2004	3 months to 11 years old	8 communities	34.000 people (7000 children)
JOGG (Youngsters at a Healthy Weight), The Netherlands^b	National	2010	Families with children 0–19 years old	62 communities	1.000.000 (300.000 children)
Keep fit, Poland	National –school based	2006	Adolescents from 13 to 15 years old	60% of the secondary schools in the country	700.000 adolescents/year
HELP (Healthy Eating Lifestyle Plan) initiative, Malta^c	National	2007	Children 5–16 and families	The whole country	Whole population and at-risk population
MUNSI, Portugal	National	2007 (school-based pilot)	Children and teachers	1 community	1600 children
PAIDEIATROFI, Greece^b	National	2008	Families with children 6–12 years old	6 communities	N/A
Good Health Partille, Sweden^a	Local (Partille)	New	Children from 2 to 10 years old	1 community	7.000 children
SETS movement, Romania^b	National	2011	Children from 6 to 12 years old	3 communities	190.000 children and families
Sporttube, Slovakia	National^d	2009	Children from 6 to 19 years old	200 schools	53.000 children
VIASANO, Belgium^b	National	2007	children 3–12 and their families	18 communities	700.000 inhabitants

^a: Programmes included in the IDEFICS network and continues carrying out prevention activities independently
^b: Programmes using the EPODE methodology for their realisation
^c: HELP is a multi-level initiative running under the Health Promotion and Disease Directorate, Ministry of Energy and Health, Malta
^d: The campaigns of the programme are implemented in different regions of Slovakia; no local coordination team involved
^e: Although the programme is regional, it is coordinated by a central team and the actual implementation is conducted by local teams. It is considered as a two-level programme (central and local coordination)

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