TY - JOUR
T1 - Community-identified strategies to increase physical activity during elementary school recess on an American Indian reservation
T2 - A pilot study
AU - Grant, Vernon
AU - Brown, Blakely
AU - Swaney, Gyda
AU - Hollist, Dusten
AU - Harris, Kari Jo
AU - Noonan, Curtis W.
AU - Gaskill, Steve
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Authors.
PY - 2015/8/15
Y1 - 2015/8/15
N2 - The aim of this study was to determine the effect of an 8-week recess intervention on physical activity levels in children attending elementary school on an American Indian reservation during fall 2013.Physical activity was measured with direct observation in three zones on the playground. Lines were painted on existing pavement in zone 1. Zone 2 had permanent playground equipment and was unchanged. Zone 3 contained fields where bi-weekly facilitators led activities and provided equipment. Pre- to post-changes during recess in sedentary, moderate physical activity, moderate-to-vigorous, and vigorous physical activities were compared within zones. Females physical activity increased in Zone 1 (moderate: 100% increase; moderate-to-vigorous: 83%; vigorous: 74%, p< 0.01 for all) and Zone 3 (moderate: 54% increase, p< 0.01; moderate-to-vigorous: 48%, p< 0.01; vigorous: 40%, p< 0.05). Male sedentary activity decreased in Zone 2 (161%, p< 0.01). Physical activity changes in Zone 3 were not dependent upon the presence of a facilitator. Simple and low-cost strategies were effective at increasing recess physical activity in females. The findings also suggest that providing children games that are led by a facilitator is not necessary to increase physical activity as long as proper equipment is provided.
AB - The aim of this study was to determine the effect of an 8-week recess intervention on physical activity levels in children attending elementary school on an American Indian reservation during fall 2013.Physical activity was measured with direct observation in three zones on the playground. Lines were painted on existing pavement in zone 1. Zone 2 had permanent playground equipment and was unchanged. Zone 3 contained fields where bi-weekly facilitators led activities and provided equipment. Pre- to post-changes during recess in sedentary, moderate physical activity, moderate-to-vigorous, and vigorous physical activities were compared within zones. Females physical activity increased in Zone 1 (moderate: 100% increase; moderate-to-vigorous: 83%; vigorous: 74%, p< 0.01 for all) and Zone 3 (moderate: 54% increase, p< 0.01; moderate-to-vigorous: 48%, p< 0.01; vigorous: 40%, p< 0.05). Male sedentary activity decreased in Zone 2 (161%, p< 0.01). Physical activity changes in Zone 3 were not dependent upon the presence of a facilitator. Simple and low-cost strategies were effective at increasing recess physical activity in females. The findings also suggest that providing children games that are led by a facilitator is not necessary to increase physical activity as long as proper equipment is provided.
KW - American Indian children
KW - American Indian community
KW - Facilitator-led recess activities
KW - Physical activity
KW - Recess intervention
KW - School-based research
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84939832886&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.08.012
DO - 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.08.012
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84939832886
SN - 2211-3355
VL - 2
SP - 658
EP - 663
JO - Preventive Medicine Reports
JF - Preventive Medicine Reports
ER -