SynthesisBMC public health2013
A systematic review of intervention effects on potential mediators of children's physical activity.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- It's Not Just What You Do but the Way You Do It: A Systematic Review of Process Evaluation of Interventions to Improve Gross Motor Competence.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Pooled it
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- Effects of the DAGIS randomized controlled trial on home environment and children's food consumption according to the degree of implementation.BMC public health · 2022Trial
- Mediators of Effects on Physical Activity and Sedentary Time in an Activity Tracker and Behavior Change Intervention for Adolescents: Secondary Analysis of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Trial
- Teacher Training and Engagement in Health Promotion Mediates Health Behavior Outcomes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Effects of the Preschool-Based Family-Involving DAGIS Intervention on Family Environment: A Cluster Randomised Trial.Nutrients · 2020Trial
- Getting Active with Active Video Games: A Quasi-Experimental Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- Testing the psychometric properties of Kidscreen-27 with Irish children of low socio-economic status.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2017Trial
- A cluster-randomised controlled trial to promote physical activity in adolescents: the Raising Awareness of Physical Activity (RAW-PA) Study.BMC public health · 2017Trial
- Reducing electronic media use in 2-3 year-old children: feasibility and efficacy of the Family@play pilot randomised controlled trial.BMC public health · 2015Trial
- Research on the driving paths of farmers' participation in physical activity and its impact on well-being.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Adolescents' Physical Activity and Depressive Symptoms: A Psychosocial Mechanism.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- How to Change Young Children's Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior: Mechanisms of Behavior Change in the INFANT Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Brief parental self-efficacy scales for promoting healthy eating and physical activity in children: a validation study.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Parents and children active together: a randomized trial protocol examining motivational, regulatory, and habitual intervention approaches.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Prevalence and Correlates of Physical Activity Among Children and Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Population-Based Study of a Rural City in Japan.Journal of epidemiology · 2020Article
- Family-based habit intervention to promote parent support for child physical activity in Canada: protocol for a randomised trial.BMJ open · 2020Article
- Increasing Children's Voluntary Physical Activity Outside of School Hours Through Targeting Social Cognitive Theory Variables.Journal of primary care & community health · 2016Article
- Time with friends and physical activity as mechanisms linking obesity and television viewing among youth.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2015Article
- Physical and social home environment in relation to children's overall and home-based physical activity and sedentary time.Preventive medicine · 2014Observational
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Abstract
backgroundMany interventions aiming to increase children's physical activity have been developed and implemented in a variety of settings, and these interventions have previously been reviewed; however the focus of these reviews tends to be on the intervention effects on physical activity outcomes without consideration of the reasons and pathways leading to intervention success or otherwise.To systematically review the efficacy of physical activity interventions targeting 5-12 year old children on potential mediators and, where possible, to calculate the size of the intervention effect on the potential mediator.
methodsA systematic search identified intervention studies that reported outcomes on potential mediators of physical activity among 5-12 year old children. Original research articles published between 1985 and April 2012 were reviewed.
resultsEighteen potential mediators were identified from 31 studies. Positive effects on cognitive/psychological potential mediators were reported in 15 out of 31 studies. Positive effects on social environmental potential mediators were reported in three out of seven studies, and no effects on the physical environment were reported. Although no studies were identified that performed a mediating analysis, 33 positive intervention effects were found on targeted potential mediators (with effect sizes ranging from small to large) and 73% of the time a positive effect on the physical activity outcome was reported.
conclusionsMany studies have reported null intervention effects on potential mediators of children's physical activity; however, it is important that intervention studies statistically examine the mediating effects of interventions so the most effective strategies can be implemented in future programs.
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