Scoping Review of Family and Community Engagement Strategies Used in School-Based Interventions to Promote Healthy Behaviors

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• Alternative Title:
  J Sch Health
• Personal Author:
  Michael, Shannon L. ; Barnes, Seraphine Pitt ; Wilkins, Natalie J.
• Description:
  BACKGROUND:
  
  School efforts to promote health among students are more successful when families and community members are involved.
  
  METHODS:
  
  We conducted a scoping review to summarize and categorize family and community engagement strategies used in US school and out-of-school time (OST) interventions to address physical activity (PA) and nutrition in kindergarten through 12th grade students.
  
  RESULTS:
  
  The National Network of Partnership Schools' Six Keys to Success framework was useful in organizing the types of family and community engagement strategies used in included interventions. Many interventions used multiple family and community engagement strategies, with the most common being communicating with families and community members; providing support or education to families; and collaborations among school/OST program and community to support students and their families.
  
  CONCLUSIONS:
  
  This review identified six common family and community engagement strategies used in school and OST interventions for PA and nutrition. Including family and community engagement strategies in school and OST interventions could play an important role in maximizing support, resources, and expertise to promote healthy behaviors among all students.
• Subjects:
  • Educational Status
  • Exercise
  • Health Behavior
  • Health Promotion
  • Humans
  • Schools
• Keywords:
  • parent engagement/involvement
  • family engagement/involvement
  • community engagement/involvement
  • school health programs
  • physical activity
  • nutrition
• Source:
  J Sch Health. 93(9):828-841
• Pubmed ID:
  37670597
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11181466
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  93
• Issue:
  9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/157990/cdc_157990_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 586.08 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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