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Tibbitts, Byron, Willis, Kathryn, Reid, Tom, Sebire, Simon J., Campbell, Rona, Kipping, Ruth R., Kandiyali, Rebecca and Jago, Russell (2021) Considerations for individual-level versus whole-school physical activity interventions : stakeholder perspectives. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (14). 7628. doi:10.3390/ijerph18147628 ISSN 1660-4601.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147628
Abstract
Strategies to address declining physical activity levels among children and adolescents have focused on ‘individual-level’ approaches which often fail to demonstrate impact. Recent attention has been on an alternative ‘whole-school’ approach to increasing physical activity that involves promoting physical activity throughout all aspects of the school environment. There is, however, a lack of evidence on how whole-school physical activity approaches could be implemented in the UK. This qualitative study explored perspectives of key stakeholders on potential reasons for the lack of impact of individual-level school-based interventions on children’s physical activity, and key considerations for adopting a whole-school approach. Nineteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with a range of stakeholders involved in the implementation of physical activity programmes in UK schools. Data were analysed using an inductive approach. Respondents suggested that individual-level school-based interventions to increase physical activity often failed to consult end users in the design and were typically implemented in environments unsupportive of long-term change. They subsequently outlined specific barriers and key facilitators for the adoption and implementation of whole-school approaches in UK settings and recommended a shift in research foci towards building an evidence base around educational outcomes and whole-school implementation insights.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Clinical Trials Unit Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | ||||||
Publisher: | MDPI | ||||||
ISSN: | 1660-4601 | ||||||
Official Date: | 18 July 2021 | ||||||
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Volume: | 18 | ||||||
Number: | 14 | ||||||
Article Number: | 7628 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph18147628 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 2 August 2023 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 2 August 2023 |
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