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ArticleBMC public health2022

Physical activity and screen time in outside school hours care services across Australia: current versus best practice.

Rosa Virgara, Anna Phillips, Lucy K Lewis, Mandy Richardson, Carol A Maher

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Article in BMC public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Development and Testing of an Out-of-School Hours Care Professional Development Program: A Pilot Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2025
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  4. Awareness and use of the Eat Smart Play Smart resources in Out of School Hours Care services: A staff survey in New South Wales, Australia.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2025
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5 authors.

Rosa VirgaraAllied Health and Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Anna PhillipsAllied Health and Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Lucy K LewisCaring Futures Institute, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, Australia.
Mandy RichardsonDepartment for Education, Government of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Carol A MaherAllied Health and Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia. carol.maher@unisa.edu.au.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOutside school hours care (OSHC) is accessed by millions of children internationally. Recently, physical activity and screen time guidelines in OSHC were developed. This study described the current physical activity and screen time scheduling in Australian OSHC, obtained sector feedback on the guidelines and compared current- with best-practice.

methodsA cross-sectional online survey was administered to n = 3551 Australian OSHC directors. Participants reported scheduling for physical activity and screen time opportunities in before- and after-school care. Feedback was sought on the new guidelines, including barriers and enablers for implementation. Scheduling data were used to evaluate whether services were currently meeting the new guidelines; that is if time allocated matched with time recommended.

resultsFive hundred and sixty-six directors participated (response rate 16%). Physical activity and screen time practices varied widely (e.g., after-school physical activity opportunity ranged from 15 to 150 min, mean 74, SD 28; after-school screen time opportunity ranged from 15 to 195 min, mean 89, SD 43), with state (p = 0.002) and socioeconomic (based on postcode; p < 0.001) differences. Most participants (54-81%) agreed that the guideline's recommended physical activity and screen time durations were appropriate, however, only 40% of participants' OSHC services' programs actually met the guidelines.

conclusionsPhysical activity and screen time scheduling in OSHC is highly variable. Despite support for the guidelines, current scheduling practice in the majority of OSHC services surveyed do not meet best practice guidelines.

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ExerciseScreen TimeAustraliaChildCross-Sectional StudiesHumansSchoolsBest practiceGuidelinesOutside school hours carePhysical activityScreen time

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PMCPMC8991463

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