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Active Living: development and quasi-experimental evaluation of a school-centered physical activity intervention for primary school children
- Source :
- BMC Public Health, 1, 15, 1315, BMC Public Health, BMC Public Health, 15(1), 1315-1324. London: BMC, BMC Public Health, 15:1315. BioMed Central Ltd
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND: The worldwide increase in the rates of childhood overweight and physical inactivity requires successful prevention and intervention programs for children. The aim of the Active Living project is to increase physical activity and decrease sedentary behavior of Dutch primary school children by developing and implementing tailored, multicomponent interventions at and around schools. METHODS/DESIGN: In this project, school-centered interventions have been developed at 10 schools in the south of the Netherlands, using a combined top-down and bottom-up approach in which a research unit and a practice unit continuously interact. The interventions consist of a combination of physical and social interventions tailored to local needs of intervention schools. The process and short- and long-term effectiveness of the interventions will be evaluated using a quasi-experimental study design in which 10 intervention schools are matched with 10 control schools. Baseline and follow-up measurements (after 12 and 24 months) have been conducted in grades 6 and 7 and included accelerometry, GPS, and questionnaires. Primary outcome of the Active Living study is the change in physical activity levels, i.e. sedentary behavior (SB), light physical activity (LPA), moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), and counts-per-minute (CPM). Multilevel regression analyses will be used to assess the effectiveness of isolated and combined physical and social interventions on children's PA levels. DISCUSSION: The current intervention study is unique in its combined approach of physical and social environmental PA interventions both at school(yard)s as well as in the local neighborhood around the schools. The strength of the study lies in the quasi-experimental design including objective measurement techniques, i.e. accelerometry and GPS, combined with more subjective techniques, i.e. questionnaires, implementation logbooks, and neighborhood observations. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN25497687 (registration date 21/10/2015), METC 12-4-077, Project number 200130003.
- Subjects :
- Research design
Registration
Psychological intervention
Poison control
elementary schools
LS - Life Style
Suicide prevention
Quasi-experimental design
Study Protocol
0302 clinical medicine
Life
ADOLESCENTS
Accelerometry
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Child
Children
Netherlands
Primary school
Longitudinal evaluation
Intervention study
4. Education
lichaamsbeweging
Comparative effectiveness
Experimental design
YOUTH
Research Design
Health
Female
CHILDHOOD OBESITY
WALKING
Regression analysis
Healthy Living
Quasi-experiment
medicine.medical_specialty
Primary school environment
education
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Health Promotion
Energy balance
Childhood obesity
RECESS
kinderen
03 medical and health sciences
basisonderwijs
Active living
Humans
Exercise
Sedentary lifestyle
School Health Services
Behavior
OVERWEIGHT
business.industry
Physical activity
Neighborhood
Questionnaire
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Follow up
medicine.disease
FRAMEWORK
Multicomponent interventions
Physical therapy
ELSS - Earth, Life and Social Sciences
Sedentary Behavior
Healthy for Life
business
Controlled study
ENVIRONMENTS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14712458
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Public Health, 1, 15, 1315, BMC Public Health, BMC Public Health, 15(1), 1315-1324. London: BMC, BMC Public Health, 15:1315. BioMed Central Ltd
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8737a4304318a5feef94a0d98b34c53d