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The problem
Intervention: Play in Urban Spaces for Health (PUSH): a primary school-led intervention to support children aged 4-7 years to familiarise with and regularly play in local outdoor urban spaces, with sustained behaviour change whereby children use sites with families
Who it was tested with: Primary school children aged 4-7 years in urban areas (Bradford and Tower Hamlets); feasibility and acceptability assessed with teachers, headteachers and Forest School staff.
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"18 semi-structured interviews were conducted... eight with teachers and headteachers at primary schools... and ten with staff involved in strategic oversight or delivery of FS... Interview audio files were transcribed verbatim and coded deductively to explore acceptability using the theoretical framework of acceptability and inductively drawing on whole systems thinking to explore feasibility." The study uses qualitative methodology to assess acceptability and feasibility but does not test the intervention's actual effectiveness with children.
This is a feasibility and acceptability study with no implementation testing or outcome measurement. Findings based on stakeholder perceptions rather than evaluated intervention delivery or child outcomes. Small sample from two UK urban areas may have limited generalisability.
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