Document Type
Article
Abstract
he impact of Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programs (CSPAPs) on urban children’s, educators’, and parents’ physical activity (PA) is relatively unknown. The purpose of this study was to explore overall changes in student, educator, and parent PA after an 8-month CSPAP-based program. This longitudinal, exploratory study implemented a CSPAP in 20 urban elementary schools, with six randomized for research. In-school PA was measured prepost for all fourth grade students using accelerometers. Parent and educator PA was self-reported using the IPAQ. RM-ANOVAs revealed significant prepost increases in minutes of student MVPA (P < .001). Parents significantly increased PA (P < .01) and although educators’ reported change in PA, it was not statistically significant (P = .50). This study provides unique information about the potential influence of one CSPAP on students’ overall PA, PA by individual context within the school, the differential PA patterns by race, and PA changes for educators and parents.
Disciplines
Education | Health and Physical Education | Kinesiology | Sports Sciences
Recommended Citation
Centeio, E. E., McCaughtry, N., Gutuskey, L., Garn, A. C., Somers, C., Shen, B.,... Kulik, N. L. (2014). Physical activity change through comprehensive school physical activity programs in urban elementary schools. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 33(4), 573-591. doi: 10.1123/jtpe.2014-0067
Comments
Accepted author manuscript version reprinted, by permission, from Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2014, 33 (4): 573-591, https://doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2014-0067. © Human Kinetics, Inc.