Barnes, Courtney https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4870-910X
Grady, Alice
Nathan, Nicole
Wolfenden, Luke
Pond, Nicole
McFayden, Tameka
Ward, Dianne S.
Vaughn, Amber E.
Yoong, Sze Lin
Funding for this research was provided by:
Hunter Cancer Research Alliance
Hunter Children’s Research Foundation
Hunter New England Local Health District
Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviours (G1900218)
Hunter Medical Research Institute
Article History
Received: 29 September 2019
Accepted: 16 October 2020
First Online: 29 October 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval has been provided by the Hunter New England Human Research Ethics Committee (approval no: 06/07/26/4.04) and the University of Newcastle Human Research Ethics Committee (approval H-2008-0343). Safety clearance for the trial has been approved by the University of Newcastle Health and Safety Committee (reference LI 72-2019). The trial is prospectively registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ACTRN12619001158156). Consent from childcare centres and parents of participating children will be obtained with approved information statements and consent forms. Participants may withdraw from the study at any time. Evaluation and process data collected as part of the study will be disseminated widely through national and international peer-reviewed publications and conferences presentations and will form part of student theses.
: Not applicable.
: Authors CB, SYL, LW, NN, AG, NP and TM receive salary support from Hunter New England Local Health District, which contributes infrastructure and in-kind funding to the project outlined in this protocol. All other authors declare that they have no competing interests.