Addressing infant mortality through positive youth development opportunities for adolescent girls

Abstract

Approaching maternal and infant health through a life-course perspective is a long-term strategy that can improve the well-being and development of women, adolescent girls and children (Collins, Lehnherr, Posner, & Toomey, 2009). Interventions that aim to improve health and well-being among mothers, teen mothers and infants during the perinatal and postpartum periods come too late

Long-Term Relationships between SFD Program Engagement, Physical Literacy, and Physical Activity Levels among Urban Youth Aged 6 - 12 Facing Barriers to Positive Development

“…Often, youth who face barriers to positive development lack access to sport and physical activity programs designed to build physical literacy and develop fundamental movement skills (FMS) (Bates et al, 2020;Frederick et al, 2014;Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee, 2018). Barriers to access include the cost of programming and equipment, impracticality of travel to access programs, family time constraints, program staff not being reflective of the communities and demographic groups served, and issues relating to physical and psychological safety in program settings (MLSE Foundation, 2021).…”