Registered report protocol for an e: Health motor skills and physical activity intervention in early childhood education centers- e: Motor skills At Playtime (MAP).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children have alarmingly low levels of competency in fundamental motor skills (FMS) and high levels of physical inactivity. e:health interventions, interventions delivered electronically, are useful tools for intervention in the home through parents, but less is known about the effects of these interventions in early childhood education centers or settings. Therefore, we created the Motor skills At Playtime (MAP) e:health intervention (e:MAP) to be delivered in an early childhood education setting. The goals of this pilot study on e:MAP are to (1) determine the intervention effects on children's FMS and physical activity and (2) explore the teachers' perceptions and ability to facilitate e:MAP.

Methods

This pilot study uses a pretest/posttest randomized cluster co

SUBMITTER: Palmer KK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11361570 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature