10,000 Steps Australia: a community-wide eHealth physical activity promotion programme

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (14) ◽  
pp. 885-886 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitch J Duncan ◽  
Wendy J Brown ◽  
W Kerry Mummery ◽  
Corneel Vandelanotte
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Activity Promotion ◽  
Promotion Programme ◽  
Activity Promotion

scholarly journals A comprehensive physical activity promotion programme at elementary school: the effects on physical activity, physical fitness and psychosocial correlates of physical activity

2007 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 477-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefanie JM Verstraete ◽  
Greet M Cardon ◽  
Dirk LR De Clercq ◽  
Ilse MM De Bourdeaudhuij
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Physical Activity Promotion ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Accelerometer Data ◽  
Psychosocial Correlates ◽  
Promotion Programme ◽  
Activity Promotion

AbstractObjectiveTo evaluate the effects of a comprehensive physical activity (PA) promotion programme in elementary schools on children's total PA levels, leisure-time PA, physical fitness and psychosocial correlates of PA.DesignA pre-test–post-test design over two school years.Setting and subjectsSixteen elementary schools (764 children, mean age: 11.2 ± 0.7 years) were randomly assigned to the intervention condition (n = 8) and the control condition (n = 8). The intervention included a health-related physical education programme, an extracurricular PA promotion programme and classroom-based PA education lessons. In the total sample, leisure-time PA, psychosocial correlates of PA and physical fitness were measured using a PA questionnaire and the Eurofit test battery. In a sub-sample, total PA levels were measured using an accelerometer.ResultsAccording to accelerometer data, children's moderate PA and moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) levels decreased less in the intervention schools than in the control schools (P < 0.01). The average time spent on MVPA decreased by 9 min per day in the intervention schools compared with 33 min per day in the control schools. Children in the intervention schools reported significantly more moderate PA in leisure time than the controls (P < 0.05). No overall improvement of physical fitness and no effects on the psychosocial correlates of PA were found.ConclusionsThe comprehensive PA promotion programme was successful in preventing a decline in children's total activity levels. Furthermore, the intervention increased children's PA engagement in leisure time. Therefore, implementation needs to be encouraged.

scholarly journals Using system mapping to help plan and implement city-wide action to promote physical activity

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Cavill ◽  
Debra Richardson ◽  
Mark Faghy ◽  
Chris Bussell ◽  
Harry Rutter
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Physical Activity Promotion ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Promotion Programme ◽  
Activity Promotion ◽  
Conceptual Maps ◽  
System Mapping ◽  
The City

Background. There is growing interest in conceptualising public health problems such as physical inactivity as the outcome of multiple interacting factors within complex systems.    Methods. We worked with stakeholders involved in a city-wide physical activity promotion programme in Derby, UK to prodiuce conceptual maps of the major modifiable drivers of physical activity, and used them  to explore ways in which the existing programme took a systems approach, and how it might be enhanced. Semi-structured interviews were subsequently undertaken to assess their views on the contribution of the mapping approach. Results. Feedback from stakeholders described the mapping as valuable, especially in helping to identify the limitations of the original approach taken in the city. Conclusions. Even a very simple application of systems thinking can be a useful tool for disaggregating the key factors driving a system, helping to identify areas that merit greater attention, and supporting effective action.  

scholarly journals GoActive: a protocol for the mixed methods process evaluation of a school-based physical activity promotion programme for 13–14year old adolescents

Trials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie T. Jong ◽  
Helen Elizabeth Brown ◽  
Caroline H. D. Croxson ◽  
Paul Wilkinson ◽  
Kirsten L. Corder ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Process Evaluation ◽  
Physical Activity Promotion ◽  
School Based ◽  
Promotion Programme ◽  
Activity Promotion

scholarly journals Predictors of long-term change of a physical activity promotion programme in primary care

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alvaro Sanchez ◽  
Gonzalo Grandes ◽  
Ricardo Ortega Sánchez-Pinilla ◽  
Jesus Torcal ◽  
Imanol Montoya
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Physical Activity Promotion ◽  
Term Change ◽  
Promotion Programme ◽  
Activity Promotion

scholarly journals Analysis of the involvement of participants in a school-based physical activity promotion programme in adolescence

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (6) ◽  
pp. 347-358
Author(s):  
Berta Murillo Pardo ◽  
María José Camacho-Miñano ◽  
José Antonio Julián Clemente ◽  
Eduardo Generelo Lanaspa
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Activity Promotion ◽  
School Based ◽  
Promotion Programme ◽  
Activity Promotion

scholarly journals Physical Activity Promotion Programmes in Childhood Cancer Patients and Their Impact on Fatigue and Pain: A Systematic Review

Children ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 1119
Author(s):  
Catherine Malysse ◽  
Rita Pilar Romero-Galisteo ◽  
Jose Antonio Merchán-Baeza ◽  
J. Ignacio Durán-Millán ◽  
Manuel González-Sánchez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Physical Activity Promotion ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Promotion Programme ◽  
Activity Promotion ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Randomised Controlled

Cancer is one of the main causes of death in children, however, the techniques and interventions applied allow the cure of 80% of diagnosed cases. The aim of this review was to determine the benefits of a health and physical activity promotion programme to reduce pain and fatigue symptoms in children and adolescents with cancer. The databases PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane, Web of Science and PEDro were searched between December 2020 and January 2021 to elaborate this review, using the keywords child, cancer, exercise, fatigue and pain. The review was preregistered in PROSPERO (ID CRD42021262183). Six studies, out of 937 identified at baseline, were finally included in the review: four randomised controlled trials and two quasi-experimental studies. The total sample size of all the included studies was of 474 participants with very different types of cancer and evolution, and outcome variables were pain, fatigue, physical activity level, self-efficacy and quality of life. A health and physical activity promotion programme seems to improve fatigue in paediatric cancer patients and survivors, but no significant results were found related to pain.

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