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Program Evaluation of Environmental and Policy Approaches to Physical Activity Promotion in a Lower Income Latinx School District in Southeast Los Angeles
There is alarming population wide prevalence of low adolescent physical activity as this represents a risk factor for later chronic disease development. There is evidence to suggest that schools with strong wellness policies have students that are more frequently active. We designed an intervention...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7698008/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33202865 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228405 |
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author | Escaron, Anne L. Martinez, Corina Lara, Monica Vega-Herrera, Celia Rios, Denise Lara, Marielena Hochman, Michael |
author_facet | Escaron, Anne L. Martinez, Corina Lara, Monica Vega-Herrera, Celia Rios, Denise Lara, Marielena Hochman, Michael |
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description | There is alarming population wide prevalence of low adolescent physical activity as this represents a risk factor for later chronic disease development. There is evidence to suggest that schools with strong wellness policies have students that are more frequently active. We designed an intervention to enhance students’ physical activity levels in five majority Latinx, underserved school districts. Evaluation consisted of assessment of written quality of school-district wellness policies; observation of student’s physical activity during leisure times; and after-school program practices and policies. We examined one of these district’s results more closely, the only participating district with a community coalition, and extracted lessons learned. On the physical activity section of the wellness policy, this district covered a moderate extent of recommended content areas using weak language. Compared to previous reports, we identified low vigorous activity levels for girls and boys at baseline (respectively, 12% and 18%). Finally, we identified that of four after school program sites assessed at baseline, no program reported the recommended 50% or more of program time dedicated to physical activity. Based on these evaluation findings, additional strategies are urgently needed to encourage all students and particularly more girls to be physically active throughout the school day. |
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spelling | pubmed-76980082020-11-29 Program Evaluation of Environmental and Policy Approaches to Physical Activity Promotion in a Lower Income Latinx School District in Southeast Los Angeles Escaron, Anne L. Martinez, Corina Lara, Monica Vega-Herrera, Celia Rios, Denise Lara, Marielena Hochman, Michael Int J Environ Res Public Health Article There is alarming population wide prevalence of low adolescent physical activity as this represents a risk factor for later chronic disease development. There is evidence to suggest that schools with strong wellness policies have students that are more frequently active. We designed an intervention to enhance students’ physical activity levels in five majority Latinx, underserved school districts. Evaluation consisted of assessment of written quality of school-district wellness policies; observation of student’s physical activity during leisure times; and after-school program practices and policies. We examined one of these district’s results more closely, the only participating district with a community coalition, and extracted lessons learned. On the physical activity section of the wellness policy, this district covered a moderate extent of recommended content areas using weak language. Compared to previous reports, we identified low vigorous activity levels for girls and boys at baseline (respectively, 12% and 18%). Finally, we identified that of four after school program sites assessed at baseline, no program reported the recommended 50% or more of program time dedicated to physical activity. Based on these evaluation findings, additional strategies are urgently needed to encourage all students and particularly more girls to be physically active throughout the school day. MDPI 2020-11-13 2020-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7698008/ /pubmed/33202865 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228405 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Escaron, Anne L. Martinez, Corina Lara, Monica Vega-Herrera, Celia Rios, Denise Lara, Marielena Hochman, Michael Program Evaluation of Environmental and Policy Approaches to Physical Activity Promotion in a Lower Income Latinx School District in Southeast Los Angeles |
title | Program Evaluation of Environmental and Policy Approaches to Physical Activity Promotion in a Lower Income Latinx School District in Southeast Los Angeles |
title_full | Program Evaluation of Environmental and Policy Approaches to Physical Activity Promotion in a Lower Income Latinx School District in Southeast Los Angeles |
title_fullStr | Program Evaluation of Environmental and Policy Approaches to Physical Activity Promotion in a Lower Income Latinx School District in Southeast Los Angeles |
title_full_unstemmed | Program Evaluation of Environmental and Policy Approaches to Physical Activity Promotion in a Lower Income Latinx School District in Southeast Los Angeles |
title_short | Program Evaluation of Environmental and Policy Approaches to Physical Activity Promotion in a Lower Income Latinx School District in Southeast Los Angeles |
title_sort | program evaluation of environmental and policy approaches to physical activity promotion in a lower income latinx school district in southeast los angeles |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7698008/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33202865 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228405 |
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