Intervention Effects of the School-Based Health Promotion Program 'Join the Healthy Boat' on Motor Abilities of Children with Migration Background
| Autor: | Olivia Wartha, Jürgen M. Steinacker, Anne Kelso, Susanne Kobel, Christine Lämmle, Claire Kutzner, Tamara Wirt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Psychological intervention Physical activity Intervention effect 030229 sport sciences Exploratory factor analysis 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Promotion (rank) Intervention (counseling) Physical therapy Medicine School based 030212 general & internal medicine business Motor skill media_common |
| Zdroj: | Health. :520-533 |
| ISSN: | 1949-5005 1949-4998 |
| Popis: | Purpose: Motor abilities of migrant children show worse performance compared with children without migration background. This study investigated whether a one-year intervention, which aimed to increase physical activity (PA), could influence the motor performance of these children positively. Methods: A sub-sample of 525 migrant children (7.1 ± 0.7 years; 48.6% male), participated in the study and included an intervention (IG) and control group (CG). The Dordel-Koch-Test was used to assess motor performance. An exploratory factor analysis was performed. Differences between IG and CG were examined using ANCOVA. Results: Boys in the IG showed a significant improvement in the conditional skills (F(1, 201) = 8.02, p ≤ 0.005) and girls showed a tendency towards better results. Additionally, girls showed a significant improvement in flexibility (F(1, 226) = 10.72, p ≤ 0.01) compared with the CG. Conclusion: The intervention affects parts of motor skills of migrant children significantly. Future interventions should aim at a target-group-specific promotion to get a holistic improvement in their motor abilities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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