ArticleAmerican journal of public health2017
Effects of a New State Policy on Physical Activity Practices in Child Care Centers in South Carolina.
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- Evidence on the Effectiveness of Public Policies for Physical Activity Promotion in the Early Childcare Education and Care Setting: A Systematic Review.Child: care, health and development · 2025Pooled it
- Policy, systems, and environmental interventions addressing physical activity in early childhood education settings: A systematic review.Preventive medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Strategies to improve the implementation of healthy eating, physical activity and obesity prevention policies, practices or programmes within childcare services.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
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- Implementation Adherence and Perspectives of the Childcare PhysicaL ActivitY (PLAY) Policy: A Process Evaluation.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2022Trial
- Impact of the Childcare Physical Activity (PLAY) Policy on Young Children's Physical Activity and Sedentary Time: A Pilot Clustered Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- Movement behaviour policies in Canadian childcare facilities: Prevalence, content, and associations with facility characteristics and regional legislation.Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors · 2026Article
- Modification of childcare's outdoor setting for toddler physical activity and nature-based play: A mixed methods study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Thinking inside the box: The future of young children's physical activity and the home environment.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Article
- Does an active play standard change childcare physical activity and healthy eating policies? A natural policy experiment.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Changing the preschool setting to promote healthy energy balance-related behaviours of preschoolers: a qualitative and quantitative process evaluation of the SuperFIT approach.Implementation science : IS · 2021Article
- LiveWell in early childhood: results from a two-year pilot intervention to improve nutrition and physical activity policies, systems and environments among early childhood education programs in South Carolina.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Obesity prevention in early care and education: a comparison of licensing regulations across Canadian provinces and territories.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2020Article
- A natural experiment of state-level physical activity and screen-time policy changes early childhood education (ECE) centers and child physical activity.BMC public health · 2020Observational
- Implementing Appetite to Play at scale in British Columbia: Evaluation of a Capacity-Building Intervention to Promote Physical Activity in the Early Years.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Prevalence and Relationships among Physical Activity Policy, Environment, and Practices in Licensed Childcare Centers from a Manager and Staff Perspective.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Physical activity and screen-viewing policies in Canadian childcare centers.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Young Children's Screen Time and Physical Activity: Perspectives of Parents and Early Care and Education Center Providers.Global pediatric health · 2019Article
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- Encouraging kids to hop, skip, and jump: Emphasizing the need for higher-intensity physical activity in childcare.Journal of sport and health science · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe sought to determine the extent to which child care centers in South Carolina improved physical activity practices after a new policy took effect.
methodsIn 2012, South Carolina adopted new mandatory physical activity standards within its child care quality enhancement program. This quasi-experimental study used North Carolina, a state not making policy changes, as the comparison. Participants were 34 child care centers in South Carolina and 30 centers in North Carolina. Researchers used the Environment and Policy Assessment and Observation (EPAO) tool to conduct center observations before and after policy implementation and then conducted repeated-measures linear regression with interaction between state and time for the Physical Activity Environment Total Score and the 8 subscale scores.
resultsCompared with centers in North Carolina, EPAO subscale scores in South Carolina centers increased significantly for the Fixed Play Environment (P < .001) and Physical Activity Training and Education (P = .015). The state-by-time interaction of Physical Activity Environment Total Score approached statistical significance (P = .06).
conclusionsAdoption of new physical activity standards in South Carolina child care centers was associated with improvements in practices aimed at increasing children's physical activity.
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