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Australian University Nursing and Allied Health Students’ and Staff Physical Activity Promotion Preparedness and Knowledge: A Pre-Post Study Using an Educational Intervention
The promotion of physical activity (PA) by health professionals is a key strategy to increase PA levels in the population. In this study, we investigated PA promotion, preparedness, and knowledge among university nursing and allied health students and staff, as well as PA resource usage within curri...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9367832/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35954606 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159255 |
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author | Freene, Nicole Porra, Katie Bousie, Jaquelin A. Naunton, Mark Ball, Nick Flood, Andrew Bail, Kasia Smith, Sally De-Vitry Blenkin, Milli Cheong, Lynn Shanahan, Madeleine Isbel, Stephen Leung, Myra Gates, Ann B. |
author_facet | Freene, Nicole Porra, Katie Bousie, Jaquelin A. Naunton, Mark Ball, Nick Flood, Andrew Bail, Kasia Smith, Sally De-Vitry Blenkin, Milli Cheong, Lynn Shanahan, Madeleine Isbel, Stephen Leung, Myra Gates, Ann B. |
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description | The promotion of physical activity (PA) by health professionals is a key strategy to increase PA levels in the population. In this study, we investigated PA promotion, preparedness, and knowledge among university nursing and allied health students and staff, as well as PA resource usage within curricula, before and after an educational intervention. Students and staff from 13 health disciplines at one Australian university were invited to complete an online survey, and a curriculum audits were conducted before and after PA teaching resources were promoted by academic PA champions (n = 14). A total of 299 students and 43 staff responded to the survey pre-intervention, and 363 and 32 responded to the post-intervention, respectively. PA promotion role perception (≥93%) and confidence to provide general PA advice (≥70%) were high throughout the study. Knowledge of PA guidelines was poor (3–10%). Students of physiotherapy, sport and exercise science, as well as more active students, were more likely to be aware of the PA guidelines (p < 0.05). Over 12 months, PA promotion preparedness and knowledge did not change significantly, nor was there a change in the amount of PA content delivered, despite a significant increase in the use of the teaching resources across a number of disciplines (p = 0.007). Future research should be carried out to investigate the implementation of the resources over time and to develop additional strategies for PA promotion and education scaffolded across curricula. |
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spelling | pubmed-93678322022-08-12 Australian University Nursing and Allied Health Students’ and Staff Physical Activity Promotion Preparedness and Knowledge: A Pre-Post Study Using an Educational Intervention Freene, Nicole Porra, Katie Bousie, Jaquelin A. Naunton, Mark Ball, Nick Flood, Andrew Bail, Kasia Smith, Sally De-Vitry Blenkin, Milli Cheong, Lynn Shanahan, Madeleine Isbel, Stephen Leung, Myra Gates, Ann B. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The promotion of physical activity (PA) by health professionals is a key strategy to increase PA levels in the population. In this study, we investigated PA promotion, preparedness, and knowledge among university nursing and allied health students and staff, as well as PA resource usage within curricula, before and after an educational intervention. Students and staff from 13 health disciplines at one Australian university were invited to complete an online survey, and a curriculum audits were conducted before and after PA teaching resources were promoted by academic PA champions (n = 14). A total of 299 students and 43 staff responded to the survey pre-intervention, and 363 and 32 responded to the post-intervention, respectively. PA promotion role perception (≥93%) and confidence to provide general PA advice (≥70%) were high throughout the study. Knowledge of PA guidelines was poor (3–10%). Students of physiotherapy, sport and exercise science, as well as more active students, were more likely to be aware of the PA guidelines (p < 0.05). Over 12 months, PA promotion preparedness and knowledge did not change significantly, nor was there a change in the amount of PA content delivered, despite a significant increase in the use of the teaching resources across a number of disciplines (p = 0.007). Future research should be carried out to investigate the implementation of the resources over time and to develop additional strategies for PA promotion and education scaffolded across curricula. MDPI 2022-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9367832/ /pubmed/35954606 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159255 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/). |
spellingShingle | Article Freene, Nicole Porra, Katie Bousie, Jaquelin A. Naunton, Mark Ball, Nick Flood, Andrew Bail, Kasia Smith, Sally De-Vitry Blenkin, Milli Cheong, Lynn Shanahan, Madeleine Isbel, Stephen Leung, Myra Gates, Ann B. Australian University Nursing and Allied Health Students’ and Staff Physical Activity Promotion Preparedness and Knowledge: A Pre-Post Study Using an Educational Intervention |
title | Australian University Nursing and Allied Health Students’ and Staff Physical Activity Promotion Preparedness and Knowledge: A Pre-Post Study Using an Educational Intervention |
title_full | Australian University Nursing and Allied Health Students’ and Staff Physical Activity Promotion Preparedness and Knowledge: A Pre-Post Study Using an Educational Intervention |
title_fullStr | Australian University Nursing and Allied Health Students’ and Staff Physical Activity Promotion Preparedness and Knowledge: A Pre-Post Study Using an Educational Intervention |
title_full_unstemmed | Australian University Nursing and Allied Health Students’ and Staff Physical Activity Promotion Preparedness and Knowledge: A Pre-Post Study Using an Educational Intervention |
title_short | Australian University Nursing and Allied Health Students’ and Staff Physical Activity Promotion Preparedness and Knowledge: A Pre-Post Study Using an Educational Intervention |
title_sort | australian university nursing and allied health students’ and staff physical activity promotion preparedness and knowledge: a pre-post study using an educational intervention |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9367832/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35954606 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159255 |
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