Making policy practice in afterschool programs: a randomized controlled trial on physical activity changes.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In the U.S., afterschool programs are asked to promote moderate to vigorous physical activity. One policy that has considerable public health importance is California's afterschool physical activity guidelines that indicate all children attending an afterschool program accumulate 30 minutes each day the program is operating. Few effective strategies exist for afterschool programs to meet this policy goal. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a multistep adaptive intervention designed to assist afterschool programs in meeting the 30-minute/day moderate to vigorous physical activity policy goal.

Design

A 1-year group randomized controlled trial with baseline (spring 2013) and post-assessment (spring 2014). Data were analyzed 2014.

Setting/participants

SUBMITTER: Beets MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4441760 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature