ArticleBMC public health2012
A multilevel examination of gender differences in the association between features of the school environment and physical activity among a sample of grades 9 to 12 students in Ontario, Canada.
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- A cross-sectional examination of the association between co-ed and gender-specific school intramural programs and intramural participation among a sample of Canadian secondary school students.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
- The associations of specific school- and individual-level characteristics with obesity among primary school children in Beijing, China.Public health nutrition · 2020Article
- Trends in overweight and obesity by socioeconomic status in Year 6 school children, Australian Capital Territory, 2006-2018.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Striking a Balance: Physical Activity, Screen-Viewing and Homework during the Transition to Secondary School.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Environment perception and leisure-time physical activity in Portuguese high school students.Preventive medicine reports · 2018Article
- Gender differences in the relationship between built environment and non-communicable diseases: A systematic review.Journal of public health research · 2018Article
- Environments favorable to healthy lifestyles: A systematic review of initiatives in Canada.Journal of sport and health science · 2018Review
- An examination of school- and student-level characteristics associated with the likelihood of students' meeting the Canadian physical activity guidelines in the COMPASS study.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2017Article
- A quasi-experimental examination of how school-based physical activity changes impact secondary school student moderate- to vigorous- intensity physical activity over time in the COMPASS study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundCreating school environments that support student physical activity (PA) is a key recommendation of policy-makers to increase youth PA. Given males are more active than females at all ages, it has been suggested that investigating gender differences in the features of the environment that associate with PA may help to inform gender-focused PA interventions and reduce the gender disparity in PA. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to explore gender differences in the association between factors of the school environment and students' time spent in PA.
methodsAmong a sample of 10781 female and 10973 male students in grades 9 to 12 from 76 secondary schools in Ontario, Canada, student- and school-level survey PA data were collected and supplemented with GIS-derived measures of the built environment within 1-km buffers of the 76 schools.
resultsFindings from the present study revealed significant differences in the time male and female students spent in PA as well as in some of the school- and student-level factors associated with PA. Results of the gender-specific multilevel analyses indicate schools should consider providing an alternate room for PA, especially for providing flexibility activities directed at female students. Schools should also consider offering daily physical education programming to male students in senior grades and providing PA promotion initiatives targeting obese male students.
conclusionsAlthough most variation in male and female students' time spent in PA lies between students within schools, there is sufficient between-school variation to be of interest to practitioners and policy-makers. More research investigating gender differentials in environment factors associated with youth PA are warranted.
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