Intervention effects of a school-based health promotion program on children’s motor skills
| Autor: | Olivia Wartha, Jürgen M. Steinacker, Susanne Kobel, Tamara Wirt, Christine Lämmle |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics media_common.quotation_subject education Motor skills Poison control Intervention Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Developmental psychology Motor performance 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Promotion (rank) Intervention (counseling) Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Children Motor skill media_common business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health 030229 sport sciences Health promotion Original Article business |
| Zdroj: | Zeitschrift Fur Gesundheitswissenschaften |
| ISSN: | 1613-2238 2198-1833 |
| Popis: | Purpose Physical activity (PA) has positive effects on children’s development. Particularly in childhood, PA plays an important role for children’s motor skills. The objective of this study was to examine the influence of the intervention program “Join the Healthy Boat” on motor abilities of primary school children. Methods The baseline measurements of this longitudinal intervention study with an intervention (IG) and control group (CG) were taken at the beginning of the school year 2010/2011 (T1) and follow up measurements in 2011/2012 (T2). Efficacy of the intervention on children’s motor abilities was assessed using a standardized and validated test battery (Dordel-Koch-Test). An exploratory factor analysis was performed in order to reduce dimensions. Differences between CG and IG were examined using analysis of covariance adjusting for age, gender, BMI percentiles and baseline data. Results Children in the IG showed an significant improvement in the conditional skills (F(1,1571) = 5.20, p ≤ 0.02) and less decline in flexibility (F(1,1715) = 6.68, p ≤ 0.01) than children in the CG. Additionally, positive differences in the flexibility tests were ascertained for girls, F(1,839) = 100.88, p ≤ 0.02). Conclusion The study showed that an intervention that aims to increase PA affects certain parts of children’s motor skills significantly. This was achieved without any extra PA lessons at school but with a low-threshold intervention integrated into the daily school routine. |
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