U.S. charter schools neglect promoting physical activity: Content analysis of nationally representative elementary charter school websites.

ABSTRACT: Most youths fail to meet recommended public health recommendations for physical activity (PA) and schools have been assigned a key role in mitigating this problem. Charter school growth exploded recently, but little is known about these schools' support of PA. School websites offer public windows through which they can share information about their programs, policies, and values. Thus, during spring 2018, we completed a quantitative content analysis of specific information about PA on the websites of a representative sample of U.S. charter elementary schools (n = 759). Nearly all schools (97%) had a functioning website, but most (52%) did not mention even one of five PA programs frequently offered at schools: physical education (PE), recess, intramurals, interscholastics, and PA clubs. PE,

SUBMITTER: Kahan D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6378835 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature