Exploring a parent-focused physical literacy intervention for early childhood: a pragmatic controlled trial of the PLAYshop.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parents play a key role in young children's physical activity and physical literacy development. Little research has explored parent-focused interventions to improve young children's physical literacy. We examined if a theory-based, feasible physical literacy training workshop (PLAYshop) for parents could improve their physical literacy knowledge and confidence and improve parenting practices related to facilitating the physical literacy development of their preschool-aged child (3-5 years). The secondary objective was to explore implementation facilitators and barriers.

Methods

We conducted a pragmatic controlled trial in two Canadian cities (Edmonton and Victoria) from November 2019 - March 2020. A total of 143/151 parents were eligible and assigned to intervent

SUBMITTER: Lane C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8982907 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature