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Impact of Policy Environment Characteristics on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors of Children Attending Afterschool Programs

Overview of attention for article published in Health Education & Behavior, October 2012
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Title
Impact of Policy Environment Characteristics on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors of Children Attending Afterschool Programs
Published in
Health Education & Behavior, October 2012
DOI 10.1177/1090198112459051
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Authors

Michael W. Beets, Jennifer Huberty, Aaron Beighle, Justin B. Moore, Collin Webster, Rahma Ajja, Glenn Weaver

Abstract

State and national organizations recently developed policies focused on increasing physical activity (PA) in afterschool programs (ASPs). These policies emphasize "activity friendly" environment characteristics that, when present, should lead to higher levels of PA and reduce the amount of time children spend sedentary during an ASP. Currently, little is known about the impact of existing PA policies on children's PA and sedentary behaviors in ASPs. A sample of 18 community-based ASPs serving 1,241 children (5-12 years) were audited for environment features outlined in existing PA policies (i.e., presence of a written policy to promote PA, collecting child feedback, staff training to promote PA and the quality of that training, holding parent workshops, use of PA curricula, evaluating PA, allocating time in the schedule for PA opportunities, and providing activities that appeal to both boys and girls). Children's PA and sedentary behavior were measured via accelerometry. Unexpectedly, the presence of a written policy, collecting child feedback, and receiving 1 to 4 hours of staff training for PA was associated with an increase in time spent sedentary and a decrease in PA. Conversely, allocating 50% or more time in an ASP schedule for PA and providing activities that appealed to boys and girls was associated with a decrease of time spent sedentary and an increase in PA. The present state of practice in ASPs suggests that policy environment characteristics are largely unrelated to the amount of PA children accumulate while attending ASPs.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Unknown 134 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 46 34%
Researcher 22 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 10%
Student > Bachelor 10 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 8 6%
Other 18 13%
Unknown 19 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 35 26%
Social Sciences 25 18%
Medicine and Dentistry 15 11%
Sports and Recreations 15 11%
Psychology 10 7%
Other 6 4%
Unknown 30 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 October 2013.
All research outputs
#7,175,598
of 22,684,168 outputs
Outputs from Health Education & Behavior
#612
of 1,363 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#54,239
of 172,685 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Health Education & Behavior
#9
of 29 outputs
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