Evaluating the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation and maintenance of the Resistance Training for Teens program.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical activity guidelines recommend young people engage in regular muscle-strengthening activities (e.g., resistance training [RT]). However, few school-based physical activity interventions have been delivered at-scale or promoted RT. The aim of this study was to evaluate the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation and maintenance of the Resistance Training for Teens (RT for Teens) program.

Methods

Data were collected between August 2015 and October 2020. RE-AIM was operationalized as: (i) Reach: number and characteristics of students estimated to be exposed to the program; (ii) Effectiveness: impact of the program on student-level outcomes measured in a subsample of 750 students from 17 schools; (iii) Adoption: number and representativeness of schools

SUBMITTER: Kennedy SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8425054 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature