Changes in Cardiovascular Health and Physical Fitness in Ethnic Youth with Intellectual Disabilities Participating in a Park-Based Afterschool Programme for Two Years

Autor/inn/en	Messiah, Sarah E.; D'Agostino, Emily M.; Patel, Hersila H.; Hansen, Eric; Mathew, Matthew Sunil; Arheart, Kristopher L.
Titel	Changes in Cardiovascular Health and Physical Fitness in Ethnic Youth with Intellectual Disabilities Participating in a Park-Based Afterschool Programme for Two Years
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 32 (2019) 6, S.1478-1489 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Messiah, Sarah E.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-2322
DOI	10.1111/jar.12642
Schlagwörter	Human Body; Physical Fitness; Ethnic Groups; Minority Group Students; Students with Disabilities; Intellectual Disability; After School Programs; Parks; Health Promotion; Tests; Body Weight; Physical Health; Wellness; Community Programs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Menschlicher Körper; Leistungsfähigkeit; Ethnie; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; Intellect; Verstand; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Freizeitpark; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Körpergewicht; Gesundheitszustand; Well being; Well-being; Wohlbefinden
Abstract	Background: Youth with intellectual disabilities are more likely to be an unhealthy weight and less physically active than youth without intellectual disability. Objective: The effects of Fit2Play, a park-based afterschool programme on cardiovascular/fitness health outcomes among youth with intellectual disability, were prospectively assessed. Methods: Youth ages 6 to 22 with intellectual disability who participated in Fit2Play for either one or two school years between 2010 and 2016 (N = 297, mean age 14.1 years, 70% Hispanic, 20% non-Hispanic black, 72% male) were examined via a fitness battery at the beginning/end of the school year(s). Effects of length of Fit2Play participation on body mass index (BMI) %ile, skinfold thicknesses, systolic/diastolic blood pressure (SBP/DBP) %iles, fitness tests, and health and wellness knowledge) were evaluated via two-level repeated measures analysis adjusted for child gender, age, ethnicity and area-level poverty. Results: Adjusted models showed that up to two years of Fit2Play participation was significantly associated with improved BMI %ile, skinfold thicknesses, SPB/DBP %iles and PACER scores (p < 0.05 for all). One and two years of programme participation was associated with a 6% [95% CI: 0.92, 0.96] and 10% [95% CI: 0.87, 0.93] reduction in SBP%ile, respectively (p < 0.001), and a 36% [95% CI: 1.28, 1.45] and 57% [95% CI: 1.44, 1.70] increase in PACER score laps, respectively, compared to baseline. Conclusions: Results here suggest that park-based, structured afterschool programmes with a focus on health and wellness can be a rich resource for this nation by offering both exclusive and immersion programmes for children with intellectual disability to foster cardiovascular health in all youth. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01