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Early Care and Education Center Environmental Factors Associated with Product- and Process-Based Locomotor Outcomes in Preschool-Age Children

Environmental characteristics of early care and education centers (ECECs) are an important context for preschool-aged children’s development, but few studies have examined their relationship with children’s locomotor skills. We examined the association between characteristics of the ECEC environment...

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Autores principales: Szeszulski, Jacob, Lorenzo, Elizabeth, Todd, Michael, O’Connor, Teresia M., Hill, Jennie, Shaibi, Gabriel Q., Vega-López, Sonia, Buman, Matthew P., Hooker, Steven P., Lee, Rebecca E.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8871663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35206392
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042208
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author Szeszulski, Jacob
Lorenzo, Elizabeth
Todd, Michael
O’Connor, Teresia M.
Hill, Jennie
Shaibi, Gabriel Q.
Vega-López, Sonia
Buman, Matthew P.
Hooker, Steven P.
Lee, Rebecca E.
author_facet Szeszulski, Jacob
Lorenzo, Elizabeth
Todd, Michael
O’Connor, Teresia M.
Hill, Jennie
Shaibi, Gabriel Q.
Vega-López, Sonia
Buman, Matthew P.
Hooker, Steven P.
Lee, Rebecca E.
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description Environmental characteristics of early care and education centers (ECECs) are an important context for preschool-aged children’s development, but few studies have examined their relationship with children’s locomotor skills. We examined the association between characteristics of the ECEC environment with quantitatively (i.e., product-based) and qualitatively (i.e., process-based) measured locomotor skills, using the Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run (PACER) and the locomotor portion of the Children’s Activity and Movement in Preschool Study (CHAMPS) motor skills protocol (CMSP), respectively. ECEC characteristics included outdoor and indoor play environment quality, outdoor and indoor play equipment, screen-time environment quality, and policy environment quality. Mean (SD) scores for the PACER (n = 142) and CSMP (n = 91) were 3.7 ± 2.3 laps and 19.0 ± 5.5 criteria, respectively, which were moderately correlated with each other (Pearson r = 0.5; p < 0.001). Linear regression models revelated that a better policy environment score was associated with fewer PACER laps. Better outdoor play and screen-time environment quality scores and more outdoor play equipment were positively associated with higher CMSP scores. ECEC environments that reflect best practice guidelines may be opportunities for locomotor skills development in preschool-aged children. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03261492 (8/25/17).
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spelling pubmed-88716632022-02-25 Early Care and Education Center Environmental Factors Associated with Product- and Process-Based Locomotor Outcomes in Preschool-Age Children Szeszulski, Jacob Lorenzo, Elizabeth Todd, Michael O’Connor, Teresia M. Hill, Jennie Shaibi, Gabriel Q. Vega-López, Sonia Buman, Matthew P. Hooker, Steven P. Lee, Rebecca E. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Environmental characteristics of early care and education centers (ECECs) are an important context for preschool-aged children’s development, but few studies have examined their relationship with children’s locomotor skills. We examined the association between characteristics of the ECEC environment with quantitatively (i.e., product-based) and qualitatively (i.e., process-based) measured locomotor skills, using the Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run (PACER) and the locomotor portion of the Children’s Activity and Movement in Preschool Study (CHAMPS) motor skills protocol (CMSP), respectively. ECEC characteristics included outdoor and indoor play environment quality, outdoor and indoor play equipment, screen-time environment quality, and policy environment quality. Mean (SD) scores for the PACER (n = 142) and CSMP (n = 91) were 3.7 ± 2.3 laps and 19.0 ± 5.5 criteria, respectively, which were moderately correlated with each other (Pearson r = 0.5; p < 0.001). Linear regression models revelated that a better policy environment score was associated with fewer PACER laps. Better outdoor play and screen-time environment quality scores and more outdoor play equipment were positively associated with higher CMSP scores. ECEC environments that reflect best practice guidelines may be opportunities for locomotor skills development in preschool-aged children. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03261492 (8/25/17). MDPI 2022-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8871663/ /pubmed/35206392 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042208 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Szeszulski, Jacob
Lorenzo, Elizabeth
Todd, Michael
O’Connor, Teresia M.
Hill, Jennie
Shaibi, Gabriel Q.
Vega-López, Sonia
Buman, Matthew P.
Hooker, Steven P.
Lee, Rebecca E.
Early Care and Education Center Environmental Factors Associated with Product- and Process-Based Locomotor Outcomes in Preschool-Age Children
title Early Care and Education Center Environmental Factors Associated with Product- and Process-Based Locomotor Outcomes in Preschool-Age Children
title_full Early Care and Education Center Environmental Factors Associated with Product- and Process-Based Locomotor Outcomes in Preschool-Age Children
title_fullStr Early Care and Education Center Environmental Factors Associated with Product- and Process-Based Locomotor Outcomes in Preschool-Age Children
title_full_unstemmed Early Care and Education Center Environmental Factors Associated with Product- and Process-Based Locomotor Outcomes in Preschool-Age Children
title_short Early Care and Education Center Environmental Factors Associated with Product- and Process-Based Locomotor Outcomes in Preschool-Age Children
title_sort early care and education center environmental factors associated with product- and process-based locomotor outcomes in preschool-age children
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8871663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35206392
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042208
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