Using Participatory Action Research to Enhance Physical Education Interventions for Promoting Active Lifestyles in Schools: A Study Design and Protocol.

ABSTRACT: Promoting active lifestyles among adolescents is essential due to their short-, medium-, and long-term contributions to young people's holistic development and overall health. Beyond physical well-being, Physical Education foster physical activity, autonomy, social connectedness, motivation and emotional well-being, thus constituting a key dimension of quality education.

Background/objectives

The "Estilos de Vida Activos (EVA)" project is a school-based intervention designed to foster adolescent agency and motivation in adopting active habits. Grounded in the salutogenic model, self-determination theory, and the health-based Physical Education pedagogical model, this protocol describes the design and implementation strategies of a participatory intervention in secondary schools.

SUBMITTER: Lizandra J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12469524 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature