Pilot Intervention to Increase Physical Activity Among Sedentary Urban Middle School Girls

Robbins, Lorraine B.; Pfeiffer, Karin A.; Maier, Kimberly S.; Lo, Yun Jia; Wesolek, Stacey M.

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“…The oldest child enrolled in a study was 15 years old 31. Some studies targeted specific populations such as African-American or black children in three studies,31–33 BMI>85th centile in one study34 and females in three studies 26 33 35…”

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“…The remaining six studies were quasi-experimental,30 35 38 longitudinal28 39 and cross-sectional 40. The nature of the after-school PA component of the intervention included structured or unstructured play, planned MVPA, multisport PAs, single sport PA programme (eg, soccer or dance offered alone) or adhering to specific principles such as the SPARK or CATCH Kids Club curriculum or the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) environmental change principles.…”

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“…There was little consistency in the unit of measurement utilised for MVPA with studies reporting hours33 or minutes per weekday26 38 or day,29–31 34 36 minutes per after-school time period,37 minutes per hour,35 minutes per intervention session,40 minutes per week39 and percentage lesson time in MVPA 28. Subgroup analyses according to BMI or sex were reported in a minority of studies 27 36–40.…”

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Effectiveness of after-school interventions at increasing moderate-to-vigorous physical activity levels in 5- to 18-year olds: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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General rightsThis document is made available in accordance with publisher policies. Please cite only the published version using the reference above. Full terms of use are available: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/pure/about/ebr-terms ABSTRACTAim: Physical activity in children improves cardiovascular, mental, metabolic and skeletal health. Many children fail to meet the national recommendation of at least 60 minutes per day of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA). After-school programmes provide an opportunity to engage children in physical activity. This systematic review and metaanalysis examines the effectiveness of after-school interventions at increasing MVPA levels in children and adolescents. Design: Systematic review and meta-analyses Data sources: A literature search was conducted using Medline, EMBASE and PsychINFO databases from January 1950 to April 2015. Eligibility criteria for selecting studies: Inclusion Criteria -Population: Participants aged 5-18 years. Intervention: An after-school programme in a school-based setting as the main component of an intervention to increase physical activity levels. Outcomes: Individual level measure of time spent in MVPA. Study Design: Quasi-experimental, pilot, nonrandomised or randomised trials. Exclusion Criteria: Conference abstracts, unpublished articles, dissertations and non-English language papers. Results: 1387 records were identified through database searching. After removal of duplicates, there were 748 records. 15 articles met the inclusion criteria for the systematic review. Six studies were eligible for meta-analysis and the pooled intervention effect at end-point follow up was 4.84mins/day of MVPA (95% CI -0.94 to 10.61). The effectiveness of afterschool interventions varied considerably and comparisons between studies limited by different methodological study designs. Sub-group analyses within a small minority of studies revealed significant benefits in overweight/obese children and boys. There was a lack of convincing evidence that interventions based on theories of behaviour change were more effective than those with no underlying theory. Conclusion: After-school physical activity interventions to date have had mixed effectiveness on increasing MVPA levels. More robust evaluations of extra-curricular physical activity interventions are required, particularly studies that use objective assessment of physical activity.3

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“…The school nurse must be prepared to educate individuals, including school administrators, teachers, and other school staff (Robbins, Pfeiffer, Maier, Ladrig, & Berg-Smith, 2012;Robbins, Pfeiffer, Maier, Lo, & Wesolek, 2012).…”

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Impact of a Healthy Nails Program on Nail-Biting in Turkish Schoolchildren

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Toprak

Şişman

2013

The Journal of School Nursing

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This study was conducted to examine the effect of a healthy nails program on nail-biting in Turkish schoolchildren. This quasi-experimental study was of pretest-posttest control group design. A total of 50 students of a primary school formed the intervention group, while 53 students from the same school formed the control group. Data were collected with a demographic form, a nail-biting follow-up form, and photographs of the fingernails. It was found that 68.9% of students were biting seven or more of their nails; 46.6% had damaged nail beds. In the intervention group, the rate of the children who were not biting their nails (baseline = 0%, 4th week = 56.0%, 8th week = 64.0%) increased significantly compared to the control group (baseline = 0%, 4th week = 15.1%, 8th week = 18.9%). Outcomes indicate the efficacy of the healthy nails program in reducing the nail-biting problem in schoolchildren.

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Interventions aimed at preventing and reducing overweight/obesity among children and adolescents: a meta-synthesis

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The prevalence of childhood and adolescent obesity has been a major worldwide problem for decades. To stop the number of children and adolescents with overweight or obesity from increasing, numerous interventions focusing on improving children’s weight status have been designed and implemented. This vastly growing body of research on weight-related interventions for children and adolescents has been summarized by several meta-analyses that aim to provide an overview of the effectiveness of these interventions. Yet, the number of meta-analyses is expanding so quickly and overall results differ, making a comprehensive synopsis of the literature difficult. To tackle this problem, a meta- synthesis was conducted to draw informed conclusions about the state of the effectiveness of interventions targeting child and adolescent overweight. The results of the quantitative synthesis of 26 meta-analyses resulted in a standardized mean difference of -0.12 (95%CI: -0.16;-0.08). Several moderator analyses (e.g., gender, age, duration of the intervention, parental involvement) showed that participant and intervention characteristics had little impact on the overall effect size. Overall, the results of this meta-synthesis suggest that interventions result in statistically significant effects albeit of relatively little clinical relevance.

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Pilot Intervention to Increase Physical Activity Among Sedentary Urban Middle School Girls

Cited by 35 publications

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Effectiveness of after-school interventions at increasing moderate-to-vigorous physical activity levels in 5- to 18-year olds: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Effectiveness of after-school interventions at increasing moderate-to-vigorous physical activity levels in 5- to 18-year olds: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Impact of a Healthy Nails Program on Nail-Biting in Turkish Schoolchildren

Interventions aimed at preventing and reducing overweight/obesity among children and adolescents: a meta-synthesis

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