Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programming and Health Behavior Knowledge

Frontiers in Public Health

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Rose E. Mattson¹  Ryan D. Burns²  Timothy A. Brusseau²  Julie M. Metos¹  Kristine C. Jordan¹ 

[1] Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, United States;Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Utah, United States

关键词: child;    community;    exercise;    health;    physical activity;    school;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2020.00321

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

No study to date has examined the effect of a multicomponent school-based physical activity program on health behavior knowledge in a large sample of low-income children from the US. The purpose of this study was to explore the change in physical activity and nutrition knowledge during a Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program (CSPAP) in children. Participants were a convenience sample of 789 children recruited from the 4th to 6th grades from five low-income Title I schools located within the Mountain West Region of the US. Students completed two questionnaires consisting of a physical activity and a nutrition knowledge assessment. Questionnaires were administered at baseline before the commencement of CSPAP and at a 36-week follow-up. Data were analyzed using a 3 × 2 × 2 doubly MANOVA test. Physical activity knowledge scores significantly improved from pretest to posttest during the intervention ( p = 0.045, Cohen's d = 0.18). Grade level modified the time effects, with older children in grades 5 and 6 displaying greater improvements in physical activity knowledge than younger children in grade 4 ( p = 0.044, Cohen's d = 0.33). There were no significant improvements in nutrition knowledge scores during the CSPAP ( p = 0.150). These findings demonstrate that improvements in physical activity knowledge can occur during a multicomponent school-based intervention. Improvements in physical activity knowledge may translate to improvements in habitual physical activity behaviors and positively influence children's health outcomes, especially in older children.

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