Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programming and Health Behavior Knowledge
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 Comprehensi...
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-b8d42a6d348c4237b38a0738ba88f83c2022-12-21T18:59:19ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652020-07-01810.3389/fpubh.2020.00321476645Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programming and Health Behavior KnowledgeRose E. Mattson0Ryan D. Burns1Timothy A. Brusseau2Julie M. Metos3Kristine C. Jordan4Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United StatesDepartment of Health and Kinesiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United StatesDepartment of Health and Kinesiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United StatesDepartment of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United StatesDepartment of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United StatesNo 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.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00321/fullchildcommunityexercisehealthphysical activityschool |
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| title | Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programming and Health Behavior Knowledge |
| title_full | Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programming and Health Behavior Knowledge |
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| title_short | Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programming and Health Behavior Knowledge |
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