scholarly journals Physical Activity Promotion for Apprentices in Nursing Care and Automotive Mechatronics–Competence Counts More than Volume

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 793 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Carl ◽  
Eva Grüne ◽  
Johanna Popp ◽  
Klaus Pfeifer
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Work Ability ◽  
Physical Activity Promotion ◽  
Accelerometer Data ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
Path Analyses ◽  
Activity Promotion ◽  
Promotion Of Physical Activity

Apprentices in the area of nursing care and automotive mechatronics are exposed to increased health risks. In this context, the promotion of physical activity (PA) is considered an effective strategy for the assurance of work ability. The goal of the PArC-AVE study was therefore to better understand the role of PA for apprentices employed in these two sectors. In an exploratory study, 55 apprentices wore an ActiGraph accelerometer over seven consecutive days and were subject to activity analysis. The objective accelerometer data (18,979 ± 3780 steps/day; 471.00 ± 159.75 min of moderate-to-vigorous PA/week), complemented by questionnaire data, indicated that most met the volume-based PA recommendations. Subsequently, we conducted a multicenter study comprising 745 apprentices from six vocational education institutions. Path analyses showed that competencies for health-enhancing PA were significantly related to indicators of work ability (0.180 ≤ b ≤ 0.452) and psychophysical health (0.139 ≤ b ≤ 0.347), whereas mere volume of PA was not (−0.048 ≤ b ≤ 0.080). In summary, apprentices of nursing care and automotive mechatronics showed high levels of PA. However, the results highlight the importance of competencies for health-enhancing PA. The PAHCO model could provide a useful framework for the conceptualization of effective interventions.

scholarly journals Communicating Prevention Messages to Policy Makers: The Role of Stories in Promoting Physical Activity

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (s1) ◽  
pp. S99-S107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine A. Stamatakis ◽  
Timothy D. McBride ◽  
Ross C. Brownson
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Activity Promotion ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
Prevention Messages ◽  
Activity Promotion ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Public Health Practitioners ◽  
Research To Policy

Background:While effective interventions to promote physical activity have been identified, efforts to translate these interventions into policy have lagged behind. To improve the translation of evidence into policy, researchers and public health practitioners need to consider new ways for communicating health promoting messages to state and local policymakers.Methods:In this article, we describe issues related to the translation of evidence supporting physical activity promotion, and offer some communication approaches and tools that are likely to be beneficial in translating research to policy.Results:We discuss the use of narrative (ie, stories) and describe its potential role in improving communication of research in policy-making settings. In addition, we provide an outline for the development and design of policy briefs on physical activity, and for how to target these briefs effectively to policy-oriented audiences.Conclusions:Improvements in researchers' and practitioners' abilities to translate the evidence they generate into high-quality materials for policy makers can greatly enhance efforts to enact policies that promote physical activity.

scholarly journals The evolution of physical activity promotion. Are we entering a liquid age?

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 15-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karim Abu-Omar ◽  
Peter Gelius ◽  
Sven Messing
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Activity Promotion ◽  
Liquid Modernity ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Activity Promotion ◽  
Broad Concept ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Constant State ◽  
Promotion Of Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Activity Recommendations

In order to counteract risk factors for non-communicable diseases, promotion of physical activity has become increasingly relevant. This article outlines recent developments in this field, adopting a perspective based on Zygmunt Bauman’s concepts of liquid modernity and liquid life. Five trends in physical activity promotion are identified: (Trend 1) The expansion of physical activity recommendations from a narrow focus on exercise to a broad concept of 24-h movement guidelines, (Trend 2) the increasing number of population groups targeted by these recommendations, (Trend 3) the ascent of efforts for physical activity promotion to the global level, (Trend 4) the emancipation of physical activity promotion from an add-on to a stand-alone public health topic, and (Trend 5) the ongoing conflict between sport, health and other sectors about the leading role in physical activity promotion. Based on these developments, physical activity might be classified as ‘liquid’ in Bauman’s sense, that is, as being elusive and in a constant state of flux.

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 The Role of Biographical Characteristics in Preservice Classroom Teachers’ School Physical Activity Promotion Attitudes

2010 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 358-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Collin Webster ◽  
Eva Monsma ◽  
Heather Erwin
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Activity Promotion ◽  
Daily Physical Activity ◽  
Classroom Teachers ◽  
Preservice Training ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
Activity Promotion

Recommendations for increasing children’s daily physical activity (PA) call on classroom teachers to assume an activist role at school. This study examined relationships among preservice classroom teachers’ (PCT; n = 247) biographical characteristics, perceptions and attitudes regarding school PA promotion (SPAP). Results indicated participants who completed SPAP-related college coursework and had PA-related teaching/coaching experiences reported higher SPAP competence. Significant relationships were found among BMI, personal PA competence and SPAP competence in the contexts of PE and extracurricular settings. Personal PA competence and SPAP competence at recess and in the classroom predicted 19% of the variance in SPAP attitudes. Experiences in PA settings and preservice training may have important implications for the overall success of efforts to enhance school PA promotion.

scholarly journals Toward a Better Understanding of the Link Between Parent and Child Physical Activity Levels: The Moderating Role of Parental Encouragement

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 1238-1244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleanor B. Tate ◽  
Anuja Shah ◽  
Malia Jones ◽  
Mary Ann Pentz ◽  
Yue Liao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Vigorous Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Activity Promotion ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Parental Encouragement ◽  
Activity Promotion ◽  
Objectively Measured ◽  
Moderating Role

Background:Research on adolescent physical activity is mixed regarding the role of parent activity. This study tested parent encouragement, direct modeling, and perceived influence as moderators of objectively-measured (accelerometer) parent and child moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) associations.Methods:Parent-child dyads (n = 423; mean child age = 11.33 yrs.) wore accelerometers for 7 days; parents completed surveys. Hierarchical linear regression models tested moderation using a product of constituent terms interaction.Results:Parent-reported encouragement moderated the association between parent and child MVPA (β = –.15, P = .01, ΔR2 = .02, P < .01). Among parents with lower MVPA, child MVPA was higher for children receiving high encouragement (mean = 3.06, SE = .17) vs. low (mean = 3.03, SE = .15, P = .02) and moderate encouragement (mean = 3.40, SE = .09) vs. low (P = .04).Conclusions:Physical activity promotion programs may use parent encouragement as a tool to boost child activity, but must consider other child and parent characteristics that could attenuate effects.

scholarly journals Moving in Sync: Hourly Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior are Synchronized in Couples

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa Pauly ◽  
Jan Keller ◽  
Nina Knoll ◽  
Victoria I Michalowski ◽  
Diana Hilda Hohl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Sedentary Behavior ◽  
Physical Activity Promotion ◽  
Accelerometer Data ◽  
Sedentary Behaviors ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Physical Activity Interventions ◽  
Activity Promotion ◽  
Intensity Physical Activity

Abstract Background Overall time spent in moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary behavior are both correlated in couples. Knowledge about the nature and psychosocial correlates of such dyadic covariation could inform important avenues for physical activity promotion. Purpose The present study investigates hour-by-hour covariation between partners (i.e., synchrony) in MVPA and sedentary behavior as partners engage in their daily lives and links it with person-level MVPA/sedentary behavior, temporal characteristics, and relationship variables. Methods We used 7-day accelerometer data from two couple studies (Study 1, n = 306 couples, aged 18–80 years; Study 2, n = 108 couples, aged 60–87 years) to estimate dyadic covariation in hourly MVPA and sedentary behavior between partners. Data were analyzed using coordinated multilevel modeling. Results In both studies, hourly MVPA and sedentary behavior exhibited similarly sized dyadic covariation between partners in the low-to-medium range of effects. Higher MVPA synchrony between partners was linked with higher individual weekly MVPA and higher individual weekly sedentary levels, whereas higher sedentary synchrony between partners was associated with higher individual weekly MVPA but lower individual weekly sedentary levels. MVPA and sedentary synchrony were higher in the morning and evening, more pronounced on weekends, and associated with more time spent together, longer relationship duration, and time-varying perceptions of higher partner closeness. Conclusions This study demonstrates that MVPA and sedentary behaviors do not occur in a social vacuum. Instead, they are linked with close others such as partners. Thus, capitalizing on social partners may increase the effectiveness of individual-level physical activity interventions.

scholarly journals Cancer specialist nurses’ perspectives of physical activity promotion and the potential role of physical activity apps in cancer care

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 815-828
Author(s):  
Anna L. Roberts ◽  
Henry W. W. Potts ◽  
Claire Stevens ◽  
Phillippa Lally ◽  
Lee Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Physical Activity Promotion ◽  
Activity Promotion ◽  
Specialist Nurses ◽  
Cancer Specialist

scholarly journals Healthcare Professionals Promotion of Physical Activity with Older Adults: A Survey of Knowledge and Routine Practice

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 6064
Author(s):  
Conor Cunningham ◽  
Roger O’Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Physical Activity Promotion ◽  
Routine Practice ◽  
National Guidelines ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Activity Promotion ◽  
Promotion Of Physical Activity

Healthcare professionals have a key role in promoting physical activity, particularly among populations at greatest risk of poor health due to physical inactivity. This research aimed to develop our understanding of healthcare professionals knowledge, decision making and routine practice of physical activity promotion with older adults. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with practicing healthcare professionals in general practice, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and nursing in Ireland and Northern Ireland. We received 347 eligible responses, with 70.3% of all respondents agreeing that discussing physical activity is their job and 30.0% agreeing that they have received suitable training to initiate conversations with patients about physical activity. Awareness of the content and objectives of national guidelines for physical activity varied considerably across the health professions surveyed. Less than a third of respondents had a clear plan on how to initiate discussions about physical activity in routine practice with older adults. Assessment of physical activity was not routine, neither was signposting to physical activity supports. Considering the COVID-19 pandemic and its implications, 81.6% of all respondents agreed that healthcare professionals can play an increased role in promoting physical activity to older adults as part of routine practice. Appropriate education, training and access to resources are essential for supporting healthcare professionals promotion of physical activity in routine practice. Effective physical activity promotion in healthcare settings has the potential for health benefits at a population level, particularly in older adult populations.

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