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A Novel Survey for Assessing Health-Promoting School Practices and Capacity: Validation and Adaptability to Physical Activity
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Anneke Vang Hjort; Adrian Bauman; Sofie Rolff Carlsen; Johanne Triantafyllou Lorenzen; Charlotte Demant Klinker – Journal of School Health, 2025
Background: Understanding current practice is crucial for implementing Health Promoting Schools (HPS) and Whole School Approaches to Physical Activity (WSA-PA). This study validated two survey tools to assess HPS and WSA-PA implementation, respectively. Methods: Content validity was established via literature review and expert and target group…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, School Role, Physical Activity Level, Adolescents
A School Excursion to a Museum Can Promote Physical Activity in Children by Integrating Movement into Curricular Activities
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Mygind, Laerke; Kryger, Tine; Sidenius, Gry; Schipperijn, Jasper; Bentsen, Peter – European Physical Education Review, 2019
Since children spend a large proportion of their time in institutional settings such as schools, health promotion researchers have identified this as an important setting to promote physical activity (PA). Apart from physical education, PA could be integrated into the school curriculum in other ways. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine…
Descriptors: Field Trips, Museums, Elementary School Students, Physical Activity Level
A Qualitative Exploration of Implementation, Adaptation, and Sustainability of a School-Based Physical Activity Intervention: Move for Well-Being in School
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Christiansen, Lars B.; Clausen, Kristine; Smedegaard, Søren; Skovgaard, Thomas – SAGE Open, 2021
School-based physical activity can promote health and improve learning outcomes, but efforts to increase school physical activity have had limited success. This study evaluates the sustainability of a multicomponent school-based physical activity intervention and identifies important factors for implementation and sustainability. Results are based…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Program Implementation, Sustainability
Schoolyard Upgrade in a Randomized Controlled Study Design--How Are School Interventions Associated with Adolescents' Perception of Opportunities and Recess Physical Activity
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Christiansen, Lars B.; Toftager, Mette; Pawlowski, Charlotte S.; Andersen, Henriette B.; Ersbøll, Annette K.; Troelsen, Jens – Health Education Research, 2017
School recess physical activity is important for adolescent s health and development, and several studies have established evidence based on cross-sectional studies that it is influenced by the environment in the schoolyard. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect and variation across schools of a school-based intervention on students…
Descriptors: Recess Breaks, Physical Activities, Intervention, Educational Environment
Physical Activity and School Performance: Evidence from a Danish Randomised School-Intervention Study
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Quinto Romani, A.; Klausen, T. B. – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2017
It has been claimed that physical activity has a positive effect on not only health but also on school performance. Using data from a randomised school-intervention study, this paper investigates whether different interventions promoting physical activity affect school performance in primary school children. The results indicate that on average,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activity Level, Academic Achievement, Intervention
Pedometers and Participatory School-Based Health Education -- An Exploratory Study
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Maria Louisa Bruselius-Jensen; Dina Danielsen; Ane Kirstine Viller Hansen – Health Education, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore how pedometers (simple gadgets that count steps) can be used as tools in participatory health education to enhance primary school children's insights into, and abilities to reflect on, physical activity in their daily life. The paper focuses on how using pedometers fosters participation and enhances…
Descriptors: Measurement Equipment, Health Education, Elementary School Students, Physical Activity Level