Program Evaluation of Environmental and Policy Approaches to Physical Activity Promotion in a Lower Income Latinx School District in Southeast Los Angeles.

ABSTRACT: There is alarming population wide prevalence of low adolescent physical activity as this represents a risk factor for later chronic disease development. There is evidence to suggest that schools with strong wellness policies have students that are more frequently active. We designed an intervention to enhance students' physical activity levels in five majority Latinx, underserved school districts. Evaluation consisted of assessment of written quality of school-district wellness policies; observation of student's physical activity during leisure times; and after-school program practices and policies. We examined one of these district's results more closely, the only participating district with a community coalition, and extracted lessons learned. On the physical activity section of the well

SUBMITTER: Escaron AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7698008 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature