School‐based physical activity programs for promoting physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents aged 6 to 18

SE Neil-Sztramko, H Caldwell… - Cochrane database of …, 2021 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Physical activity among children and adolescents is associated with lower
adiposity, improved cardio‐metabolic health, and improved fitness. Worldwide, fewer than …

[HTML][HTML] A school-based, peer-led programme to increase physical activity among 13-to 14-year-old adolescents: the GoActive cluster RCT

KL Corder, HE Brown, CHD Croxson, ST Jong… - 2021 - europepmc.org
Background Adolescent physical activity levels are low and are associated with rising
disease risk and social disadvantage. The Get Others Active (GoActive) intervention was co …

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the GoActive intervention to increase physical activity among UK adolescents: A cluster randomised controlled trial

K Corder, SJ Sharp, ST Jong, C Foubister… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Less than 20% of adolescents globally meet recommended levels of physical
activity, and not meeting these recommended levels is associated with social disadvantage …

Adolescents' experiences of a school-based health promotion intervention in socioeconomically advantaged and disadvantaged areas in Sweden: a qualitative …

L Farias, G Nyberg, B Helgadóttir, S Andermo - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Adolescence is a transition period in which positive experiences of physical
activity have the potential to last into later adulthood. These experiences are influenced by …

A cluster randomized trial to evaluate need-supportive teaching in physical education on physical activity of sixth-grade girls: A mixed method study

DJ Sturm, J Bachner, D Renninger, S Haug… - Psychology of Sport and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of need-supportive teaching
in physical education on girls' daily moderate-to-vigorous physical activity using a mixed …

Process evaluation of project ffab (fun fast activity blasts): A multi-activity school-based high-intensity interval training intervention

KL Weston, A Innerd, LB Azevedo, S Bock… - Frontiers in sports and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Over the last decade, research into the impact of school-based high-intensity
interval training (HIIT) on young people's health has markedly increased. Despite this, most …

“It's Just Not Something We Do at School”. Adolescent Boys' Understanding, Perceptions, and Experiences of Muscular Fitness Activity

A Cox, SJ Fairclough, RJ Noonan - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: English youth typically do not sufficiently engage in the types and intensities of
physical activity that develop muscular fitness. The aim of this study was to use a …

Reach, recruitment, dose, and intervention fidelity of the goactive school-based physical activity intervention in the UK: a mixed-methods process evaluation

ST Jong, CHD Croxson, C Foubister, HE Brown… - Children, 2020 - mdpi.com
School-based multi-component physical activity (PA) promotion is advocated; however,
research has indicated that a multi-component approach may not always be effective at …

Pathways to increasing adolescent physical activity and wellbeing: a mediation analysis of intervention components designed using a participatory approach

K Corder, AO Werneck, ST Jong, E Hoare… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
We assessed which intervention components were associated with change in moderate-to-
vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and wellbeing through proposed psychosocial mediators …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating Digital Program support for the physical activity 4 everyone (PA4E1) School Program: mixed methods study

M Mclaughlin, J Duff, T McKenzie… - JMIR Pediatrics and …, 2021 - pediatrics.jmir.org
Background: Effectively scaled-up physical activity interventions are urgently needed to
address the high prevalence of physical inactivity. To facilitate scale-up of an efficacious …