Hoosier Sport: a research protocol for a multilevel physical activity-based intervention in rural Indiana.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Currently, only 1 in 4 children in the U.S. engage in the recommended amount of physical activity (PA) and disparities in PA participation increase as income inequities increase. Moreover, leading health organizations have identified rural health as a critical area of need for programming, research, and policy. Thus, there is a critical need for the development and testing of evidence-based PA interventions that have the potential to be scalable to improve health disparities in children from under-resourced rural backgrounds. As such, the present study utilizes human-centered design, a technique that puts community stakeholders at the center of the intervention development process, to increase our specific understanding about how the PA-based needs of children from rur

SUBMITTER: Greeven SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10412824 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature