Long‐Term Adoption of Health Promotion Policies and Practices in Early Childhood Education and Care in New South Wales, Australia: A Repeat Cross‐Sectional Study
This study suggests that at a population level, services have maintained or increased their adoption of the majority of health promotion policies and practices over time. SO WHAT?: State-funded implementation support provided to ECECs can result in the continued delivery of health-promoting policies and practices within ECEC services to create Healthy Settings for child health promotion.
Authors
- Christophe Lecathelinais (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8931-473X)
- Amy Anderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4298-4613)
- Luke Wolfenden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6178-3868)
- Sze Lin Yoong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0836-017X)
- Alice Grady (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3379-5340)
- John Wiggers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6361-9685)
- Melanie Lum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2371-6549)
Institutions
- Deakin University (AU)
- Hunter Medical Research Institute (AU)
- Hunter New England Local Health District (AU)
- University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Promotion Journal of Australia
- Published
- 2025-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70126
- Primary Topic
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Heart Foundation of Australia
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council