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The changing role of Australian primary schools in providing breakfast to students: A qualitative study.

Kim A JoseMiriam VandenbergJulie WilliamsJoan Abbott-ChapmanAlison VennKylie J Smith
Published in: Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals (2019)
The expectation that schools provide breakfast has created some challenges and tensions that have not been fully resolved. The adoption of an inclusive approach, undertaken to ensure students were not stigmatised for attendance, had resulted in concerns about the resources used by the programs as well as over-consumption of breakfast by some students. SO WHAT?: Increasingly, Australian schools are providing breakfast for students. Concerns about shifting responsibility and over-consumption could be addressed if schools were given more advice on program management by government and non-government funding bodies.
Keyphrases
  • high school
  • public health
  • quality improvement