ArticlePloS one2015
Does School-Based Health Promotion Affect Physical Activity on Weekends? And, Does It Reach Those Students Most in Need of Health Promotion?
Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01914185 (The Effectiveness of a Comprehensive School Health Intervention in Improving Healthy Eating and Physical Activity and Preventing Childhood Obesity), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Effectiveness of a Comprehensive School Health Intervention in Improving Healthy Eating and Physical Activity and Preventing Childhood Obesity
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Mitigating child health inequalities through equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility school practices in Canada.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- Correlates of perceived success of health-promoting interventions in elementary school.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2022Article
- Equalisation of Children's Various Levels of Physical Activity Using Increased Physical Activity at School Among Ninth Graders.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Perceived changes in lifestyle behaviours and in mental health and wellbeing of elementary school children during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Canada.Public health · 2022Article
- Can school-based physical activity foster social mobility?Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2021Article
- Effectiveness of a socially adapted intervention in reducing social inequalities in adolescence weight. The PRALIMAP-INÈS school-based mixed trial.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2020Article
- Walking on Water-A Natural Experiment of a Population Health Intervention to Promote Physical Activity after the Winter Holidays.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Reducing social inequalities in access to overweight and obesity care management for adolescents: The PRALIMAP-INÈS trial protocol and inclusion data analysis.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2017Article
- Intervention Activities and Implementation Strategies for School-Based Health Promotion: Identifying Core Functions and Forms to Facilitate Scale-up of an Effective Intervention.Implementation research and practiceArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine whether a school-based health promotion program affects children's weekend physical activity and whether this effect varies according to socioeconomic-status.
methodsThis was a quasi-experimental trial of school-based programs on physical activity levels implemented in disadvantaged neighborhoods in Alberta, Canada. In 2009 and 2011, 7 full days of pedometer data were collected from cross-sectional samples of grade 5 students (age 10-11 years) from 10 intervention schools in low-socioeconomic neighbourhoods and 20 comparison schools in middle-socioeconomic neighbourhoods. Multilevel models assessed differences in step-counts between intervention and comparison groups over-time by weight (objectively measured) and socioeconomic status subgroups.
resultsIn 2009, children from intervention schools were less active on weekends relative to comparison schools (9212 vs. 11186 steps/day p<0.01). Two years later, daily step-counts on weekend days among children in low socioeconomic intervention schools increased such that they approximated those of children from middle socioeconomic comparison schools (12148 vs. 12121 steps/day p = 0.96). The relative difference in steps between intervention and comparison schools on weekends reduced from -21.4% to 0.2% following the intervention. The normalization of weekend step counts was similar for normal weight (-21.4% to +2.0%) and overweight (-19.1 to +3.9%) children, and was balanced across socioeconomic subgroups.
conclusionsThese data suggest that school-based health promotion is effective for reducing inequities in physical activity levels outside school hours. Investments in school-based health promotion lead to behavior modification beyond the school environment.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT01914185.
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