ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018
Effects of an Empowerment-Based Health-Promotion School Intervention on Physical Activity and Sedentary Time among Adolescents in a Multicultural Area.
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- A systematic review and meta-analysis of school-based interventions with health education to reduce body mass index in adolescents aged 10 to 19 years.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Pooled it
- Enhancing Upper Secondary Students' Situational Engagement and Cognitive Prerequisites of Learning Through the Physically Active Academic Lessons Intervention: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Cluster Randomized Individual Crossover Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Exercise empowerment: a scoping review of randomized controlled trials and quasi-experimental physical activity interventions.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Review
- Pupils' participation roles in school-based physical activity in the context of physically active learning and recess: experiences from Norwegian and Estonian primary and secondary school pupils.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Negotiating adolescents' physically active life during the school day.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- The 5-year outcomes of a health-empowerment program on low-income children's behaviors and quality of life.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024Article
- How to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Health Promotion Actions Developed Through Youth-Centered Participatory Action Research.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2023Article
- Empowerment through participation in community-based participatory research-effects of a physical activity promotion project among socially disadvantaged women.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- "For me, it's just a piece of freedom"-Increased empowerment through physical activity promotion among socially disadvantaged women.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Health Literacy in Schools? A Systematic Review of Health-Related Interventions Aimed at Disadvantaged Adolescents.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Possibilities and challenges in developing and implementing an empowerment-based school-intervention in a Swedish disadvantaged community.Health promotion international · 2020Article
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Abstract
Physical activity (PA) decreases with age, and interventions are needed to promote PA during adolescence, especially, among those in low-socioeconomic status (SES) areas. The aim of this study was to investigate whether a two-year, empowerment-based health-promotion school intervention had any effects on changes in (a) moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA), (b) sedentary time (SED), (c) exercise training (ET) frequency, and (d) ET duration, among adolescents. Participants (aged 12⁻13 years at baseline) from one intervention school and two control schools, were recruited from a multicultural area of Sweden, characterized by low-SES. During the course of the two-year intervention, a total of 135 participants (43% boys) were included in the study. The intervention was developed and implemented as a result of cooperation and shared decision-making among the researchers and the participants. MVPA and SED were measured with accelerometers, and ET frequency and duration was self-reported at the beginning of the seventh, eighth, and ninth grade, respectively. There were no significant effects of the two-year, empowerment-based health-promotion school intervention on changes in the accelerometer-measured MVPA and SED, or the self-reported ET frequency and duration, among the adolescents. Overall, the intervention was unsuccessful at promoting PA and reducing SED. Several possible explanations for the intervention's lack of effects are discussed.
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