Evaluation of Afterschool Activity Programs' (ASAP) Effect on Children's Physical Activity, Physical Health, and Fundamental Movement Skills

Autor/inn/en	Crozier, Mitchell; Wasenius, Niko S.; Denize, Kathryn M.; da Silva, Danilo F.; Nagpal, Taniya S.; Adamo, Kristi B.
Titel	Evaluation of Afterschool Activity Programs' (ASAP) Effect on Children's Physical Activity, Physical Health, and Fundamental Movement Skills
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 49 (2022) 1, S.87-96 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Crozier, Mitchell)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/10901981211033234
Schlagwörter	Program Evaluation; After School Programs; Program Effectiveness; Physical Activity Level; Physical Health; Psychomotor Skills; Children; Norm Referenced Tests; Motor Development; Foreign Countries; Body Composition; Canada; Test of Gross Motor Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Gesundheitszustand; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Child; Kind; Kinder; Motorische Entwicklung; Ausland; Kanada
Abstract	Background: Physical literacy-focused afterschool activity programs (ASAPs) can be an effective strategy to improve children's health-related parameters. We sought to compare physical activity, body composition, aerobic capacity, and fundamental movement skills between physical literacy-focused ASAP and a standard recreational ASAP. Method: A pre-post (6 months) comparison study was conducted in 5- to 12-year-old children in a physical literacy-focused ASAP (physical literacy group, n = 14) and children attending a standard recreational ASAP (comparison group, n = 15). Physical activity guideline adherence was assessed using accelerometry, body composition was analyzed using bioelectrical impedance, aerobic capacity was estimated using the Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run test, and fundamental movement skills were evaluated using the Test of Gross Motor Development--2. Results: There were no significant differences between groups at baseline. After 6 months, the physical literacy group exhibited a significant improvement in their total raw score for the Test of Gross Motor Development--2 (p = 0.016), which was likely due to improvements in object control skills (p = 0.024). The comparison group significantly increased body mass index (p = 0.001) and body fat (p = 0.009) over time. No significant between-group differences were found; however, there was a trend for improved aerobic capacity in the physical literacy group (d = 0.58). Conclusions: Engagement in the physical literacy-focused ASAP contributed to an attenuated increase in adiposity and an improvement in object control skills. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01