Process evaluation of a whole-of-community systems approach to address childhood obesity in western Victoria, Australia

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 20; no. 1; p. 450
• Main Authors: Jenkins, Ebony, Lowe, Janette, Allender, Steven, Bolton, Kristy A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 06.04.2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Analysis; Asset based community development; Changes; Childhood; Childhood obesity; Children; Collective impact; Community; Community action; Community development; Health care; Health promotion; Interviews; Obesity; Obesity prevention; Ownership; Prevention; Process evaluation; Program implementation; Responses; Sustainability; Systems thinking; Teams; Australia; Victoria Australia; Asset based community development; Systems thinking; Collective impact; Process evaluation; Community; Obesity prevention

SEA Change Portland is a systems-based approach implemented in Portland, Victoria that utilises local community resources to sustainably prevent and reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity. Action is implemented by community-led task teams with differing priority areas, and supported by a steerin...