School-level factors associated with the sustainment of weekly physical activity scheduled in Australian elementary schools: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to: (1) identify school-level factors associated with the sustainment of weekly physical activity (PA) scheduled in elementary schools following withdrawal of effective implementation support; and (2) determine teacher's perceived usefulness of suggested strategies for sustaining the scheduling of weekly PA.

Methods

A secondary exploratory analysis was employed of data from the intervention arm (n = 31 schools) of a randomised controlled trial. Self-report survey data from 134 classroom teachers in New South Wales, Australia, collected following withdrawal of initial implementation support (follow-up T1) and six-months following completion of support (follow-up T2) were used. The outcomes of sustainment of weekly overall PA and energisers (short classroom

SUBMITTER: Shoesmith A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9308175 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature