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Facilitators and Barriers to Implementing Healthy School Canteen Intervention among Malaysian Adolescents: A Qualitative Study
This study evaluated implementing a school-based intervention to promote healthier dietary habits in the school environment among Malaysian adolescents using qualitative methods. This qualitative study was conducted in four secondary schools in Perak and Selangor (two urban and two rural schools) th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8471853/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34578955 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13093078 |
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author | Azizan, Nurul Ain Papadaki, Angeliki Su, Tin Tin Jalaludin, Muhammad Yazid Mohammadi, Shooka Dahlui, Maznah Nahar Azmi Mohamed, Mohd Majid, Hazreen Abdul |
author_facet | Azizan, Nurul Ain Papadaki, Angeliki Su, Tin Tin Jalaludin, Muhammad Yazid Mohammadi, Shooka Dahlui, Maznah Nahar Azmi Mohamed, Mohd Majid, Hazreen Abdul |
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description | This study evaluated implementing a school-based intervention to promote healthier dietary habits in the school environment among Malaysian adolescents using qualitative methods. This qualitative study was conducted in four secondary schools in Perak and Selangor (two urban and two rural schools) that received the intervention (either training or training and food subsidy). A total of eight focus groups (68 students aged 15 years old) and 16 in-depth interviews were conducted with canteen operators, school convenience shop operators, school teachers and school principals in each school. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the qualitative data to identify suitable themes. We found several initiatives and changes by the schools’ stakeholders to change to a healthy school canteen programme. The stakeholders also noticed the students’ food preferences that influence healthy food intake in canteens and convenience shops. The food vendors and school administrators also found that subsidising healthy meals might encourage healthy eating. Among barriers to implementing healthy school initiatives were the student’s perception of healthy food and their eating habits, which also affect the food vendors’ profit if they want to implement a healthy canteen. The school-based intervention has the potential to promotes healthier eating among school adolescents. Continuous training and monitoring of canteen operators and convenience shops are needed, including building partnerships and educating the students on healthy eating to cultivate healthy eating habits. |
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spelling | pubmed-84718532021-09-28 Facilitators and Barriers to Implementing Healthy School Canteen Intervention among Malaysian Adolescents: A Qualitative Study Azizan, Nurul Ain Papadaki, Angeliki Su, Tin Tin Jalaludin, Muhammad Yazid Mohammadi, Shooka Dahlui, Maznah Nahar Azmi Mohamed, Mohd Majid, Hazreen Abdul Nutrients Article This study evaluated implementing a school-based intervention to promote healthier dietary habits in the school environment among Malaysian adolescents using qualitative methods. This qualitative study was conducted in four secondary schools in Perak and Selangor (two urban and two rural schools) that received the intervention (either training or training and food subsidy). A total of eight focus groups (68 students aged 15 years old) and 16 in-depth interviews were conducted with canteen operators, school convenience shop operators, school teachers and school principals in each school. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the qualitative data to identify suitable themes. We found several initiatives and changes by the schools’ stakeholders to change to a healthy school canteen programme. The stakeholders also noticed the students’ food preferences that influence healthy food intake in canteens and convenience shops. The food vendors and school administrators also found that subsidising healthy meals might encourage healthy eating. Among barriers to implementing healthy school initiatives were the student’s perception of healthy food and their eating habits, which also affect the food vendors’ profit if they want to implement a healthy canteen. The school-based intervention has the potential to promotes healthier eating among school adolescents. Continuous training and monitoring of canteen operators and convenience shops are needed, including building partnerships and educating the students on healthy eating to cultivate healthy eating habits. MDPI 2021-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8471853/ /pubmed/34578955 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13093078 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Azizan, Nurul Ain Papadaki, Angeliki Su, Tin Tin Jalaludin, Muhammad Yazid Mohammadi, Shooka Dahlui, Maznah Nahar Azmi Mohamed, Mohd Majid, Hazreen Abdul Facilitators and Barriers to Implementing Healthy School Canteen Intervention among Malaysian Adolescents: A Qualitative Study |
title | Facilitators and Barriers to Implementing Healthy School Canteen Intervention among Malaysian Adolescents: A Qualitative Study |
title_full | Facilitators and Barriers to Implementing Healthy School Canteen Intervention among Malaysian Adolescents: A Qualitative Study |
title_fullStr | Facilitators and Barriers to Implementing Healthy School Canteen Intervention among Malaysian Adolescents: A Qualitative Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Facilitators and Barriers to Implementing Healthy School Canteen Intervention among Malaysian Adolescents: A Qualitative Study |
title_short | Facilitators and Barriers to Implementing Healthy School Canteen Intervention among Malaysian Adolescents: A Qualitative Study |
title_sort | facilitators and barriers to implementing healthy school canteen intervention among malaysian adolescents: a qualitative study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8471853/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34578955 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13093078 |
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