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ArticlePediatric research2025

Improving physical activity and screen time in Australian Outside School Hours Care: Study protocol.

Carol Maher, Hayley Christian, Nicole Nathan, Anthony Okely, Svetlana Bogomolova, Lucy K Lewis, Dylan P Cliff, Adrian Esterman, Rachel Milte, Richard R Rosenkranz and 12 more

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22 authors.

Carol MaherAlliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA); University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia. carol.maher@unisa.edu.au.
Hayley ChristianTelethon Kids Institute, Perth, WA, Australia.
Nicole NathanSchool of Medicine and Public Health; The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
Anthony OkelySchool of Health and Society; University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
Svetlana BogomolovaCentre for Social Impact; Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Lucy K LewisCaring Futures Institute; Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Dylan P CliffEarly Start, School of Education; University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
Adrian EstermanAlliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA); University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Rachel MilteCaring Futures Institute; Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Richard R RosenkranzDepartment of Kinesiology; Kansas State University, Manhattan, KA, USA.
Rachel G CurtisAlliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA); University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Jacinta BrinsleyAlliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA); University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Ty FergusonAlliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA); University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Rosa VirgaraAlliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA); University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Mandy RichardsonDepartment for Education, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Kylie BrannellyQueensland Children's Activities Network, Woodend, QLD, Australia.
Rebecca StanleySchool of Health and Society; University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
Natasha SchranzWellbeing SA, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Perry CampbellAustralian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA), Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia.
R Glenn WeaverDepartment of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health; University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
Michael NoetelSchool of Psychology; The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia.
Luke WolfendenSchool of Medicine and Public Health; The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChildren's physical activity and screen time behaviours impact their physical health and well-being. In Australia, less than half of children meet daily physical activity recommendations and only one-third meet daily screen time recommendations. Nearly half a million Australian school children aged 5-12 attend Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) weekly, activities undertaken at OSHC play a key role in meeting these recommendations. Currently, physical activity and screen time practices in OSHC vary and lack policy guidance. The Activated OSHC program is a policy-based intervention that supports OSHC services to implement the physical activity and screen time guidelines.

methods192 OSHC services across Australia will be recruited. 96 services will be randomly allocated to receive the Activated OSHC program. OSHC coordinators will complete online surveys examining physical activity and screen time scheduling, cost, acceptability, and feasibility. Primary outcome; changes in the proportion of intervention and control services meeting OSHC sector physical activity and screen time guidelines, and secondary outcomes; changes in children's physical activity and screen time behaviours; changes in staff behaviour will be assessed using mixed-effects regression models. DISCUSSION: The aim of this study is to examine the impact of the Activated OSHC program on children's physical activity and screen time. IMPACT: Recent Australian research in Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) has identified significant inconsistency in practices related to physical activity and screen time, compounded by an absence of explicit policy guidance. The Activated OSHC program is a policy-based intervention that supports OSHC services to implement the Australian OSHC physical activity and screen time guidelines. This study will assess the implementation and effectiveness of the Activated OSHC program in an effectiveness-implementation hybrid type 2 trial design. Implementation of outside school hours care sector physical activity and screen time guidelines may improve children's physical activity and screen time behaviours.

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ExerciseHealth PromotionSchool Health ServicesScreen TimeAustraliaChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansMaleSchoolsSedentary Behavior

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PMID39179874
PMCPMC12119330

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