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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2025

Getting an Active Start: Assessing the Impact of a Physical Literacy-Based Intervention on Preschool-Aged Children's Fundamental Movement Skills, Motor Competency and Behavioral Self-Regulation.

Breanne C Wilhite, Kenneth Chui, Jennifer M Sacheck, Daniel P Hatfield, Margaret Morris, Megan Ziembowicz, Stephanie Herrick, Erin Hennessy

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Breanne C WilhiteDivision of Nutrition Interventions, Communications and Behavior Change, Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Boston, MA 02111, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-5281-6776
Kenneth ChuiDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8063-8631
Jennifer M SacheckDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI 02903, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7690-663X
Daniel P HatfieldDivision of Nutrition Interventions, Communications and Behavior Change, Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
Margaret MorrisTufts University School of Occupational Therapy, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
Megan ZiembowiczTufts University School of Occupational Therapy, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
Stephanie HerrickRising New York Road Runners, New York Road Runners, New York City, NY 10019, USA.
Erin HennessyDivision of Nutrition Interventions, Communications and Behavior Change, Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Boston, MA 02111, USA.

Funding

Supporting Physical Literacy at School and Home (SPLASH) StudyR21CA226829 · NCI · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI HENNESSY, ERIN, SACHECK, JENNIFER · 2019 to 2020
$460k
Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood 2017NCI NIH HHS R21 CA226829
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fundamental movement skills (FMS) and behavioral self-regulation (SR) are important for lifelong physical activity (PA). While physical literacy (PL) mediates child PA, its broader developmental impact in early childhood education (ECE) remains underexplored. The Active Start feasibility study examined a 10-week PL-based intervention's effects on FMS (stationary, locomotion, object control), total motor competency and behavioral SR, as well as sex-based differences, among 3-5-year-olds in Somerville, Massachusetts childcare centers. Children (mean age = 3.8 years, 55% boys) were randomized by childcare center (two per condition) into intervention (

Indexed as

Early Intervention, EducationalExerciseLiteracyMotor SkillsSelf-ControlChild DevelopmentChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansMaleMassachusettschildcareearly childhood developmentfundamental movement skillsgross motor competencephysical literacyself-regulation

Identifiers

PMID41464494
PMCPMC12732799

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