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2. How Playful Learning Can Help Leapfrog Progress in Education
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Brookings Institution, Center for Universal Education, Winthrop, Rebecca, Ziegler, Lauren, Handa, Rhea, and Fakoya, Foluyinka
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Humans are born with the natural ability to gain skills through play. Children learn about social norms, roles and responsibilities, and language through curiosity-driven, playful interactions and activities. Learning through play harnesses the power of children's imagination and inspires active engagement with the material. The Center for Universal Education at Brookings, is studying innovations that strive to improve education. If the education sector stays on its current trajectory, half of all youth around the world entering the workforce in 2030 will lack basic secondary-level skills they need to thrive--from literacy and numeracy to critical thinking and problem solving. It is believed that leapfrogging, or rapid nonlinear progress, is needed to change this trajectory. Education that allows students to leap forward in learning should incorporate experimentation and iteration, helping students make meaning of what they are learning, and engage with others in doing so. These types of student-centered, playful learning experiences are an essential component to leapfrogging in education because without them young people will not be able to develop the full breadth of competencies and skills they need to thrive in a fast-changing world. This paper is the first in in a series of Leapfrogging in Education snapshots that provide analyses of a global catalog of education innovations. Of the nearly 3,000 innovations captured in the catalog, two-thirds involve playful learning, which represents the largest category of innovations that were recorded. [Support also provided by the BHP Foundation.]
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- 2019
3. A systematic review of determinants of sedentary behaviour in youth: a DEDIPAC-study.
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Stierlin, Annabel S., De Lepeleere, Sara, Cardon, Greet, Dargent-Molina, Patricia, Hoffmann, Belinda, Murphy, Marie H., Kennedy, Aileen, O'Donoghue, Grainne, Chastin, Sebastien F. M., and De Craemer, Marieke
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CHILDREN'S health ,CINAHL database ,HEALTH behavior ,MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems ,PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems ,LONGITUDINAL method ,MEDLINE ,ONLINE information services ,RESEARCH funding ,ADOLESCENT health ,SYSTEMATIC reviews ,FAMILY relations ,SOCIOECONOMIC factors ,SEDENTARY lifestyles ,MEDICAL coding ,ADOLESCENCE ,CHILDREN - Abstract
Sedentary behaviour (SB) has emerged as a potential risk factor for metabolic health in youth. Knowledge on the determinants of SB in youth is necessary to inform future intervention development to reduce SB. A systematic review was conducted to identify predictors and determinants of SB in youth. Pubmed, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO and Web of Science were searched, limiting to articles in English, published between January 2000 and May 2014. The search strategy was based on four key elements and their synonyms: (a) sedentary behaviour, (b) determinants, (c) types of sedentary behaviours, (d) types of determinants. The full protocol is available from PROSPERO (PROSPERO 2014:CRD42014009823). Cross-sectional studies were excluded. The analysis was guided by the socio-ecological model. 37 studies were selected out of 2654 identified papers from the systematic literature search. Most studies were conducted in Europe (n = 13), USA (n = 11), and Australia (n = 10). The study quality, using the Qualsyst tool, was high with a median of 82 % (IQR: 74-91 %). Multiple potential determinants were studied in only one or two studies. Determinants were found at the individual, interpersonal, environmental and policy level but few studies examined a comprehensive set of factors at different levels of influences. Evidence was found for age being positively associated with total SB, and weight status and baseline assessment of screen time being positively associated with screen time (at follow-up). A higher playground density and a higher availability of play and sports equipment at school were consistently related to an increased total SB, although these consistent findings come from single studies. Evidence was also reported for the presence of safe places to cross roads and lengthening morning and lunch breaks being associated with less total SB. Future interventions to decrease SB levels should especially target children with overweight or obesity and should start at a young age. However, since the relationship of many determinants with SB remains inconsistent, there is still a need for more longitudinal research on determinants of SB in youth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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4. International perspective on integrated care models in child and adult mental health.
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Shaligram, Deepika, Skokauskas, Norbert, Aragones, Enric, Azeem, Muhammad Waqar, Bala, Abishek, Bernstein, Bettina, Cama, Shireen, Canessa, Laura, Silva, Flávio Dias, Engelhard, Caitlin, Garrido, Gabriela, Guerrero, Anthony P. S., Hunt, Jeffrey, Jadhav, Mandar, Martin, Sarah L., Miliauskas, Claudia, Nalugya, Joyce, Nazeer, Ahsan, Ong, Say How, and Robertson, Paul
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INTERNATIONAL relations ,HEALTH services accessibility ,MATHEMATICAL models ,LABOR supply ,THEORY ,INTERPROFESSIONAL relations ,COMMUNICATION ,QUALITY assurance ,INTEGRATED health care delivery ,MENTAL health services ,CHILDREN ,ADULTS - Abstract
The dearth of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) is a global problem. Integrating CAMHS in primary care has been offered as a solution. We sampled integrated care perspectives from colleagues around the world. Our findings include various models of integrated care namely: the stepped care model in Australia; shared care in the United Kingdom (UK) and Spain; school-based collaborative care in Qatar, Singapore and the state of Texas in the US; collaborative care in Canada, Brazil, US, and Uruguay; coordinated care in the US; and, developing collaborative care models in low-resource settings, like Kenya and Micronesia. These findings provide insights into training initiatives necessary to build CAMHS workforce capacity using integrated care models, each with the ultimate goal of improving access to care. Despite variations and progress in implementing integrated care models internationally, common challenges exist: funding within complex healthcare systems, limited training mechanisms, and geopolitical/policy issues. Supportive healthcare policy, robust training initiatives, ongoing quality improvement and measurement of outcomes across programs would provide data-driven support for the expansion of integrated care and ensure its sustainability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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5. Breastfeeding and childhood obesity: A 12‐country study.
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Ma, Jian, Qiao, Yijuan, Zhao, Pei, Li, Wei, Katzmarzyk, Peter T., Chaput, Jean‐Philippe, Fogelholm, Mikael, Kuriyan, Rebecca, Lambert, Estelle V., Maher, Carol, Maia, Jose, Matsudo, Victor, Olds, Timothy, Onywera, Vincent, Sarmiento, Olga L., Standage, Martyn, Tremblay, Mark S., Tudor‐Locke, Catrine, and Hu, Gang
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ADIPOSE tissues ,BODY weight ,BREASTFEEDING ,BREASTFEEDING promotion ,CHI-squared test ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,FOOD habits ,GESTATIONAL age ,CHILDHOOD obesity ,RESEARCH funding ,SLEEP ,STATURE ,EDUCATIONAL attainment ,BODY mass index ,ACCELEROMETRY ,DISEASE prevalence ,CROSS-sectional method ,SEDENTARY lifestyles ,PHYSICAL activity ,DATA analysis software ,WAIST circumference ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,ODDS ratio ,ONE-way analysis of variance - Abstract
This study aimed to examine the association between breastfeeding and childhood obesity. A multinational cross‐sectional study of 4,740 children aged 9–11 years was conducted from 12 countries. Infant breastfeeding was recalled by parents or legal guardians. Height, weight, waist circumference, and body fat were obtained using standardized methods. The overall prevalence of obesity, central obesity, and high body fat were 12.3%, 9.9%, and 8.1%, respectively. After adjustment for maternal age at delivery, body mass index (BMI), highest maternal education, history of gestational diabetes, gestational age, and child's age, sex, birth weight, unhealthy diet pattern scores, moderate‐to‐vigorous physical activity, sleeping, and sedentary time, exclusive breastfeeding was associated with lower odds of obesity (odds ratio [OR] 0.76, 95% confidence interval, CI [0.57, 1.00]) and high body fat (OR 0.60, 95% CI [0.43, 0.84]) compared with exclusive formula feeding. The multivariable‐adjusted ORs based on different breastfeeding durations (none, 1–6, 6–12, and > 12 months) were 1.00, 0.74, 0.70, and 0.60 for obesity (Ptrend =.020) and 1.00, 0.64, 047, and 0.64 for high body fat (Ptrend =.012), respectively. These associations were no longer significant after adjustment for maternal BMI. Breastfeeding may be a protective factor for obesity and high body fat in 9‐ to 11‐year‐old children from 12 countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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