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"Oh oobe doo, I wanna be like you" associations between physical activity of preschool staff and preschool children.
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- Parents' Inadequate Estimate of Their Children's Objectively Physical Activity Level.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Physical Activity, Physical Well-Being, and Psychological Well-Being: Associations with Life Satisfaction during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Early Childhood Educators.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The Importance of Parents' Income and Education Level in Relation to Their Preschool Children's Activity Level at Leisure.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Which Meso-Level Characteristics of Early Childhood Education and Care Centers Are Associated with Health, Health Behavior, and Well-Being of Young Children? Findings of a Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- An Exploration of Child-Staff Interactions That Promote Physical Activity in Pre-School.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Preschool environment and preschool teacher's physical activity and their association with children's activity levels at preschool.PloS one · 2020Article
- Preschool group practices and preschool children's sedentary time: a cross-sectional study in Finland.BMJ open · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivePhysical activity contributes to prevent serious diseases and ailments, and previous research indicates that lifestyle habits are likely to track from early childhood to adulthood. 90% of Norwegian children aged 1-5 are enrolled in preschools, and preschool staff can play an important role in children's activity levels. This study's aim was to identify whether any associations exist between preschool staff's characteristics (initiative, participation, attitudes, and activity levels) and children's activity in preschool.
method289 children aged 4-6 and 72 preschool staff from 13 randomly selected preschools in a region of Nord-Troendelag, Norway, were enrolled in the study. All participants wore an Actigraph accelerometer for seven consecutive days. Questionnaires were also utilized to identify correlates between preschool staff's attitudes and initiative in relation to children's physical activity, in addition to their participation in children's physical activity. A multilevel analysis, the linear mixed model (LMM), was used to elucidate associations between preschool staff and children's activity levels.
resultsA significant association was found between preschool staff's average activity levels during preschool hours and children's corresponding activity levels during preschool hours (t = 2.57; p = 0.021; f2 = 0.013). There were, however, no significant associations identified between the attitudes (t = -0.44; p = 0.67), initiative (t = -0.14; p = 0.89), and participation (t = 0.66; p = 0.52) variables among preschool staff and children's activity levels during preschool hours.
conclusionThe study demonstrated that a significant association exists between preschool staff's aggregated activity levels and 4-6-year-olds' individual activity levels. However, an observational study is requisite in order to determine whether the association is based on preschool staff's impact on children's physical activity or if it is the children that affect the preschool staff's activity levels, or a combination thereof.
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