Monitoring physical activity in Baltic countries: the FINBALT study, HBSC and other surveys in young people

Harro, Maarike; Oja, Leila; Tekkel, Mare; Aru, Julia; Villa, Inga; Liiv, Krystiine; Jürimäe, Toivo; Prättälä, Ritva; Pudule, Iveta; Klumbienė, Jūratė

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“…15 The WHO collaborative Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) study serves as a unique approach to make comparisons between other countries in Europe and North America. 16 The HBSC study is frequently used to monitor trends in adolescent health over time. 17 According to international comparisons, Finnish adolescents aged 11 to 15 years in general schools had the greatest increase in daily MVPA between 2002 and 2010, with a +11.9% increase for boys and +5.7% for girls.…”

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Physical Activity Trends of Finnish Adolescents With Long-Term Illnesses or Disabilities From 2002–2014

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Rintala²,

Tynjälä³

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Journal of Physical Activity and Health

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Background:Adolescents’ physical activity level is a major source of concern. For adolescents with long-term illnesses or disabilities (LTID), being physically active can prevent secondary conditions. This is one of the first studies reporting trends in physical activity of adolescents with LTID in relation to gender, age, and sports club membership.Methods:Data were collected from the Health Behavior in School-aged Children study in Finland during 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014. In 13- and 15-year-olds (N = 2206), 17.1% reported having LTID. Daily physical activity recall was the dependent variable. Binary logistic regression analysis was conducted eparately for sports club members (n = 936) and nonmembers (n = 1270).Results:The proportion of physically active adolescents with LTID in 2014 was higher than in 2002 for girls (15.6% vs 8.7%) and boys (26.6% vs 13.0%). Girl sports club members were 2 times more likely to be physically active in 2014 than in 2002. The largest trend between 2014 and 2002 was among boy nonmembers (odds ratio: 4.62, 95% confidence interval, 2.02–10.58).Conclusions:More adolescents with LTID took part in daily moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in 2014 than in 2002; however, physical activity levels still remain low. Sports club membership was similar to that of the general population.

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Physical Activity Trends of Finnish Adolescents With Long-Term Illnesses or Disabilities From 2002–2014

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Tynjälä³

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“…This report therefore provides a co-ordinated inventory of activities in order to prepare the ground for further analyses on the comparability of data. Regular data collection using identical methodology is a necessary precondition for effective health monitoring at the national as well as at the European level (Harro et al 2006). Assessments of data quality and data usability were not within the scope of this report.…”

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Comparability of health information activities—a co-ordinated framework for health information activities on nutrition and physical activity in the EU, EEA and candidate countries

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Background Many health information activities related to nutrition and physical activity have been initiated in recent years by several institutions at the national and international level as well as by European networks. A multitude of projects with different scopes and methodologies has arisen. This variety makes it necessary to bring the results of these activities into a co-ordinated framework. Aim The report "Nutrition and physical activity-health information sources in EU Member States, and activities in the Commission, WHO, and European networks" aims to give a structured overview of the availability of routinely repeated or repeatable data on the health determinants nutrition and physical activity in European countries.Results The report provides a structured overview of health information activities related to nutrition and physical activity as well as a state-of-the-art investigation about available data in European countries. Conclusion It was the intention of the report to give an overview of existing health information activities related to nutrition and physical activity covering actions in all countries belonging to the European Union up to 2006, the European Economic Area and all candidate countries and including all age groups. A multitude of health information activities related to nutrition and physical activity were considered. Common data reporting guidelines and standardised methods, which encompass public and private sector health information activities, should be developed. Regular revision and adaptation concerning developed strategies, policies and practices as needed for health and population dimensions have to be realised. In order to provide for concerted action in health policy at the European level, quality, relevant and timely data are needed.

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“…Atlikto tyrimo rezultatai parodė, kad sportuojančių berniukų skaičius, palyginti su kitų autorių (Adaškevičienė, 2004;Jankauskienė et al, 2005;Harro et al, 2006, Strukčinskienė et al, 2011 duomenimis, padidėjo. Tačiau nemažai (10,2 proc.)…”

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Peculiarities of the Changes in Physical Activity and Sport Orientation of 5th–10th Grade Learners

Vilkas

Mėlinis

2017

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The second half of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st centuries mark the third and the beginning of the fourth technical revolutions, which have changed the socio-economic and household conditions of humans, and have an unambiguous impact on the health, physical and mental capacities of all persons, especially children and teenagers. Hence, there is a growing demand for scientific studies that would help to answer the main question – how can young and elderly people be motivated to change their lifestyle seeking to ensure physical activity? This is especially significant when exploring the motivation, value-based orientations and provisions of children and teenagers. The problem is formulated as a question – how can the lack of physical activity, which is particularly significant for a growing organism in childhood, adolesce and mature age, be compensated? The object of the research is the educational factors determining teenagers’ physical activity and sport orientation. The aim of the research is to explore the factors determining the physical activity and the choice of a sport branch of the fifth-tenth grade boys. According to the research conducted by Raskilas (2011), boys play computer games 18.8 hours on average per week in Lithuania. The results of our research comply with the findings of the aforesaid author. Most learners spend 2–3 hours per day in front of the computer or TV; however, the time spent in front of the TV or computer increases with age. This may be conditioned by the abundance of information on the internet and learning load related to the tasks of other school subjects. Strukčinskienė et al. (2011) maintains that approximately 16.5% of school boys walk outside for more than an hour a day. 40.6% of the boys walk outside for more than half an hour per day. More than a third of the respondents (33.3%) walk outside for less than 15 minutes per day. Pano and Marcola’s (2011) research findings reveal that the main reason preventing from sports is the lack of time. 59% of the respondents claim having no time for doing sports. The authors indicate another important reason that prevents 14–18-year-old boys from doing sports, namely the shortage of nearby sport centres. Such a tendency is also confirmed by our research. The research carried out by Smalinskaitė (2002), which aims at revealing the reasons that prevent the cultivation of different sport branches, demonstrates that the learners’ attitude to sports has the greatest impact, since the majority of the repondents (18.8% of boys, and 32.7% of girls) claim having no desire to do sports. Besides, they do not have enough time (6.6% of boys and 18.1% of girls). The current research reveals that the majority of teenagers (boys) believe that they are relatively physically active and nothing prevents them from being active. However, a number of reasons are revealed that prevent the teenagers from physical activity and confirm the findings of other authors’ studies. They include laziness, lack of time, lack of concreteness in parents’ approach to sports, the belief that learners are not physically fit enough, as well as health problems. Smalinskaitė (2002) also reveals why learners cultivate a selected branch of sports, i.e. the motifs for their sport activity. It appears that the main motifs why the learners undertake sports include their willingness to develop character (18.7%), as well as health promotion and care of appearance (18.2% of all the respondents). Pano and Marcola’s (2012) research demonstrates that 41.29% of the respondents do sports as they wish to improve their physical appearance, whereas 27.31% claim that they want to have a good time. While doing sports, teenagers also strive to improve their physical activity (23%), improve their health (24.94%), control their weight (20.86%) and stay with friends (20.64%). The results of our research confirm that the main and most important factors determining teenage boys to do sports is their willingness to stay healthy, to achieve good results in sports and to do something meaningful in their leisure time. Such reasons as willingness to be attractive, recognised and famous, as well as a wish to enter the national team are rare. According to the results of the current research, the boys claim that their parents are glad that the children meaningfully spend their free time doing sports and believe that they can achieve good results in sports. However, a minor part of parents still claim that the physical load for their children is too big, as well as too much time is allotted to doing sports, whereas sport facilities are poor. Nevertheless, it is assumed that parents perceive the benefit and significance of sports for their children. The carried out research allows generalising the value-based provisions and attitudes of teenagers towards the reasons affecting their physical activity. The obtained results deal with the learner needs in the system of non-formal physical education, as well as reveal the necessity to further explore various motifs for physical activity and development of motivation for sports in both the system of education and family. The analysis of the research results reveals that the learners of grades 5–10 do not have firm attitudes regarding the diversity and choice of motifs for physical activity, as well as opportunities for sport activity. According to the learners that do sports, parents and teachers of physical training do not have a decisive impact on the choice of sport activity, which leads to the conclusion that the impact of these factors should be promoted at this age. The analysis of the questionnaire survey results reveals the peculiarities of the period of adolescence that is influenced by the processes of growing and development. It is assumed that at this period, learner activities can be promoted by educating parents and teachers, deepening their knowledge about and competencies of teenagers’ physical education, as well as considering the peculiarities of teenagers’ biological and psychological maturation.

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Monitoring physical activity in Baltic countries: the FINBALT study, HBSC and other surveys in young people

Cited by 13 publications

References 10 publications

Physical Activity Trends of Finnish Adolescents With Long-Term Illnesses or Disabilities From 2002–2014

Physical Activity Trends of Finnish Adolescents With Long-Term Illnesses or Disabilities From 2002–2014

Comparability of health information activities—a co-ordinated framework for health information activities on nutrition and physical activity in the EU, EEA and candidate countries

Peculiarities of the Changes in Physical Activity and Sport Orientation of 5th–10th Grade Learners

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