Protocol paper for the Movimente school-based program: A cluster-randomized controlled trial targeting physical activity and sedentary behavior among Brazilian adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A better understanding of how multicomponent school-based interventions work and their effects on health and education outcomes are needed. This paper described the methods of the Movimente Program, a school-based intervention that aims to increase physical activity (PA) and decrease sedentary behavior (SB) among Brazilian students.

Methods

This is a cluster randomized controlled trial with adolescents from 7th to 9th grade in public schools from Florianopolis, Southern Brazil. After agreement, 6 schools were randomly selected to intervention or control groups (3 schools each), and all eligible students were invited to the study. The Movimente intervention program was performed during a school year and included 3 main components: Teacher training (including face-t

SUBMITTER: Silva KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7402733 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature