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Good practice characteristics of diet and physical activity interventions and policies: an umbrella review

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Horodyska, Karolina, Luszczynska, Aleksandra, van den Berg, Matthijs, Hendriksen, Marieke, Roos, Gun, De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse, Brug, Johannes·2015·BMC Public Health

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BACKGROUND: This umbrella review aimed at eliciting good practice characteristics of interventions and policies aiming at healthy diet, increasing physical activity, and lowering sedentary behaviors. Applying the World Health Organization's framework, we sought for 3 types of characteristics, reflecting: (1) main intervention/policy characteristics, referring to the design, targets, and participants, (2) monitoring and evaluation processes, and (3) implementation issues. This investigation was undertaken by the DEDPIAC Knowledge Hub (the Knowledge Hub on the DEterminants of DIet and Physical ACtivity), which is an action of the European Union's joint programming initiative. METHODS: A systematic review of reviews and stakeholder documents was conducted. Data from 7 databases was analyzed (99 documents met inclusion criteria). Additionally, resources of 7 major stakeholders (e.g., World Health Organization) were systematically searched (10 documents met inclusion criteria). Overall, the review yielded 74 systematic reviews, 16 position review papers, and 19 stakeholders' documents. Across characteristics, 25% were supported by ≥ 4 systematic reviews. Further, 25% characteristics were supported by ≥ 3 stakeholders' documents. If identified characteristics were included in at least 4 systematic reviews or at least 3 stakeholders' documents, these good practice characteristics were classified as relevant. RESULTS: We derived a list of 149 potential good practice characteristics, of which 53 were classified as relevant. The main characteristics of intervention/policy (n = 18) fell into 6 categories: the use of theory, participants, target behavior, content development/management, multidimensionality, practitioners/settings. Monitoring and evaluation characteristics (n = 18) were grouped into 6 categories: costs/funding, outcomes, evaluation of effects, time/effect size, reach, the evaluation of participation and generalizability, active components/underlying processes. Implementation characteristics (n = 17) were grouped into eight categories: participation processes, training for practitioners, the use/integration of existing resources, feasibility, maintenance/sustainability, implementation partnerships, implementation consistency/adaptation processes, transferability. CONCLUSIONS: The use of the proposed list of 53 good practice characteristics may foster further development of health promotion sciences, as it would allow for identification of success vectors in the domains of main characteristics of interventions/policies, their implementation, evaluation and monitoring processes.

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Authors
Horodyska, K., Luszczynska, A., van den Berg, M., Hendriksen, M., Roos, G., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., & Brug, J.
Affiliations
  • Uniwersytet SWPS (PL)
  • National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (NL)
  • Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
Venue
BMC Public Health
Published
2015-01-21
Volume
15
Issue
1
Pages
19-19
ISSN
1471-2458 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2114925595
Cited by
122
References
124
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 53 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 8
FWCI
1.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • BMC Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Pure Amsterdam UMC (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • NORA - Norwegian Open Research Archives (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Rivm Repository (Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment) (submittedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • European Commission
  • ZonMw
  • Norges Forskningsråd
  • Vlaamse regering
  • Narodowe Centrum Badań i Rozwoju
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
Keywords
physical activity interventions, sedentary behavior, health promotion policy, intervention design, monitoring and evaluation, implementation, stakeholder perspectives, theory-based intervention
MeSH terms
Diet, European Union, Health Policy, Health Promotion, Humans, Motor Activity, Sedentary Behavior

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