SynthesisAmerican journal of health promotion : AJHP2023
School-Based Family-Oriented Health Interventions to Promote Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.
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- Effectiveness of family-centered intervention programs on objectively measured physical activity in children aged under 13: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Are more physical education classes related to less time in leisure-time sedentary behavior? An analysis including adolescents from 73 countries.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
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- Characteristics of Community Programs and Policies: Associations With Physical Activity in Youth.American journal of preventive medicine · 2026Article
- Prospective acceptability, feasibility and outcomes of a primary school-led outdoor play intervention for young children.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of a family-school-community collaborative physical activity intervention.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Social support ecosystems for adolescent physical activity: a mixed-methods evaluation framework and empirical evidence from China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- 'WeekendGo!' A digital health intervention for promoting children's physical activity in the family environment: a cluster randomised controlled trial protocol.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2026Article
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- Early Life Physical Activity Patterns and Its Survival to Adult Activity Levels: The Longitudinal ABIS Study.Sports medicine - open · 2025Article
- Publishing Trends in the Field of School-Based Health From 2014 to 2024: A Bibliometric Analysis.Cureus · 2025Review
- The predictive relationship between parents' perceptions of physical activity and children's physical literacy.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Exploring Self-Reported Physical Activity Levels and Physical Fitness in Italian Children: A Mediation and Moderation Analysis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Physical activity interventions: an update on advancing sedentary time, technology, and dissemination and implementation research.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Review
- Interdisciplinary intervention to improve mental health and academic adaptation of adolescents with chronic diseases: integration of educational psychology and public health.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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9 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to systematically review and analyse intervention programs in a school context centred on the family, focused on increasing youths' physical activity. DATA SOURCE: The research was carried out in the PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science databases. STUDY INCLUSION CRITERIA: Studies were included if participants were children or adolescents, focusing on school-based intervention studies with parental involvement and physical activity, sedentary behaviour or physical fitness outcomes. DATA EXTRACTION: The search was performed according to the PRISMA protocol. A total of 416 articles were identified. After being considered for eligibility and duplicates, 22 studies were identified as relevant for inclusion. DATA SYNTHESIS: Sample and intervention characteristics, objective, the role of the family, outcomes measures, main findings regarding the outcomes and risk of bias.
resultsTen studies reported improvements in physical activity, 6 in sedentary behaviour and 9 in the components of physical fitness and/or skills related to healthy behaviours and lifestyles. Most of the interventions adopted a multidisciplinary and multi-component approach.
conclusionsMost interventions employed a school's multidisciplinary/multi-component approach to promoting physical activity, nutrition, and general education for healthier lifestyle behaviours. The impact of school-based interventions involving families on youth's physical activity levels is still a relatively emerging theme. Further research is needed given the diversity of the intervention's characteristics and the disparity in the results' efficacy.
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