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A scoping review on the implementation of Global Observatory on Physical Activity recommendations for school children in Sub-Saharan Africa
Background: Promoting physical activity (PA) is a critical first step in preventing and lowering the prevalence of non-communicable chronic diseases across all age groups. The Global Observatory on Physical Activity (GoPA) of the World Health Organization (WHO) suggested country-specific guidelines...
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Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9958234/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36852201 http://dx.doi.org/10.34172/hpp.2022.43 |
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author | Ojedoyin, Olusegun Olatunji Nadasan, Thayananthee Govender, Pragashnie Olagbegi, Oladapo Michael |
author_facet | Ojedoyin, Olusegun Olatunji Nadasan, Thayananthee Govender, Pragashnie Olagbegi, Oladapo Michael |
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description | Background: Promoting physical activity (PA) is a critical first step in preventing and lowering the prevalence of non-communicable chronic diseases across all age groups. The Global Observatory on Physical Activity (GoPA) of the World Health Organization (WHO) suggested country-specific guidelines for promoting PA across all age categories to achieve this. However, despite an increase in obesity, there is no information on their compliance for pre-secondary school children in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We mapped evidence in the literature and described the available evidence on implementing GoPA recommendations for presecondary school children in SSA. Methods: This scoping review included a search in PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus, and Cochrane Library with the dates 2013–2020, using keywords and the terms (Physical activity OR exercise AND (GoPA recommendations OR Guidelines) AND ((presecondary school children) OR (primary school children) OR (basic school children) OR (children)). The most important data were tabulated. Results: Twenty-three studies were identified of which ten were eligible for data extraction. Of these ten studies, 2 (20%) were conducted in Nigeria, 4 (40%) in South Africa, 2 (20%) in Ghana and 1(10%) each in Kenya and Senegal were extracted. None of these nations has a national plan or strategy to promote PA and reduce sedentary behaviors (SB). Conclusion: A gap in the formulation of PA guidelines exists in SSA. Urgent action is needed for a national plan or strategy by individual country in SSA to reduce the burden of physical inactivity among school children in SSA. |
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spelling | pubmed-99582342023-02-26 A scoping review on the implementation of Global Observatory on Physical Activity recommendations for school children in Sub-Saharan Africa Ojedoyin, Olusegun Olatunji Nadasan, Thayananthee Govender, Pragashnie Olagbegi, Oladapo Michael Health Promot Perspect Scoping Review Background: Promoting physical activity (PA) is a critical first step in preventing and lowering the prevalence of non-communicable chronic diseases across all age groups. The Global Observatory on Physical Activity (GoPA) of the World Health Organization (WHO) suggested country-specific guidelines for promoting PA across all age categories to achieve this. However, despite an increase in obesity, there is no information on their compliance for pre-secondary school children in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We mapped evidence in the literature and described the available evidence on implementing GoPA recommendations for presecondary school children in SSA. Methods: This scoping review included a search in PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus, and Cochrane Library with the dates 2013–2020, using keywords and the terms (Physical activity OR exercise AND (GoPA recommendations OR Guidelines) AND ((presecondary school children) OR (primary school children) OR (basic school children) OR (children)). The most important data were tabulated. Results: Twenty-three studies were identified of which ten were eligible for data extraction. Of these ten studies, 2 (20%) were conducted in Nigeria, 4 (40%) in South Africa, 2 (20%) in Ghana and 1(10%) each in Kenya and Senegal were extracted. None of these nations has a national plan or strategy to promote PA and reduce sedentary behaviors (SB). Conclusion: A gap in the formulation of PA guidelines exists in SSA. Urgent action is needed for a national plan or strategy by individual country in SSA to reduce the burden of physical inactivity among school children in SSA. Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2022-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9958234/ /pubmed/36852201 http://dx.doi.org/10.34172/hpp.2022.43 Text en © 2022 The Author(s). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Scoping Review Ojedoyin, Olusegun Olatunji Nadasan, Thayananthee Govender, Pragashnie Olagbegi, Oladapo Michael A scoping review on the implementation of Global Observatory on Physical Activity recommendations for school children in Sub-Saharan Africa |
title | A scoping review on the implementation of Global Observatory on Physical Activity recommendations for school children in Sub-Saharan Africa |
title_full | A scoping review on the implementation of Global Observatory on Physical Activity recommendations for school children in Sub-Saharan Africa |
title_fullStr | A scoping review on the implementation of Global Observatory on Physical Activity recommendations for school children in Sub-Saharan Africa |
title_full_unstemmed | A scoping review on the implementation of Global Observatory on Physical Activity recommendations for school children in Sub-Saharan Africa |
title_short | A scoping review on the implementation of Global Observatory on Physical Activity recommendations for school children in Sub-Saharan Africa |
title_sort | scoping review on the implementation of global observatory on physical activity recommendations for school children in sub-saharan africa |
topic | Scoping Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9958234/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36852201 http://dx.doi.org/10.34172/hpp.2022.43 |
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