Play Active physical activity policy intervention and implementation support in early childhood education and care: results from a pragmatic cluster randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Policy interventions to increase physical activity in early childhood education and care (ECEC) services are effective in increasing physical activity among young children. However, a large proportion of ECEC services do not have nor implement a physical activity policy. Play Active is an evidence-informed physical activity policy intervention with implementation support strategies to enable ECEC services to successfully implement their policy. This study examined the effectiveness, implementation, and process outcomes of Play Active.

Methods

A pragmatic cluster randomised trial in 81 ECEC services in Perth, Western Australia was conducted in 2021. Services implemented their physical activity policy over a minimum of three months. The effectiveness outcomes were c

SUBMITTER: Adams EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10118225 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature