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Santos-Beneit, Gloria
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Bodega, Patricia
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de Miguel, Mercedes
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Rodríguez, Carla
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Carral, Vanesa
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Orrit, Xavier
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Haro, Domènech
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Carvajal, Isabel
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de Cos-Gandoy, Amaya
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Peñalvo, Jose L
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Gómez-Pardo, Emilia
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Oliva, Belen
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Ibáñez, Borja
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Fernandez-Alvira, Juan Miguel
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Fernandez-Jimenez, Rodrigo
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Fuster, Valentin
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2019-01-08
Unhealthy habits in children are increasing at an alarming rate. The school provides a promising
setting for effective preventive strategies to improve children’s lifestyle behaviors. The SI! Program is
a multilevel multicomponent school-based educational intervention aimed at all stages of compulsory
education in Spain.
Here, we present the design of the SI! Program for Elementary School cluster-randomized controlled
trial, targeting children aged 6 to 11 years. This trial aims to study the impact of different timings and
intensities of exposure to SI! Program activities on elementary school children and their immediate
environment (parents/caregivers, teachers, and school).
The trial includes 1770 children from 48 public elementary schools in Madrid (Spain), together with
their parents and teachers. Schools and their children were randomly assigned to the intervention
group (the SI! curriculum-based educational program over 3 or 6 academic years) or to the control
group (standard curriculum). The primary outcomes are the change from baseline at 3-year and 6-year
follow-up in children’s scores for knowledge, attitudes, and habits (KAH) and health factors (blood
pressure, height, weight, waist circumference, and skinfold thickness). Secondary outcomes include 3-
year and 6-year changes from baseline in lifestyle questionnaire scores for parents/caregivers and
teachers, and in the school environment questionnaire.
The overarching goal of the SI! Program is to provide an effective and sustainable health promotion
program for the adoption of healthy behaviors in children. The present trial will address the impact
and the optimal timing and duration of this educational intervention in the elementary school setting.
Am Heart J. 2019:
0002-8703
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/7014
10.1016/j.ahj.2018.12.011
American Heart Journal
Health promotion
Lifestyle
Child
Health behavior
Habits
Exercise
Diet
Emotions
School
Curriculum
Rationale and design of the SI! Program for health promotion in elementary students aged 6 to 11 years: A cluster randomized trial