Active Learning Norwegian Preschool(er)s (ACTNOW) – Design of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of Staff Professional Development to Promote Physical Activity, Motor Skills, and Cognition in Preschoolers
| Autor: | Rasmus Stokke, Karin A. Pfeiffer, Steven J Howard, Hege Eikeland Tjomsland, Ada Kristine Ofrim Nilsen, Phillip D. Tomporowski, Sigmund Alfred Anderssen, Ingunn Størksen, Yngvar Ommundsen, Eivind Aadland, Lars Bo Andersen, Anthony D. Okely, Geir Kåre Resaland, Kjersti Johannessen, Øyvind Glosvik, John B. Bartholomew, Katrine Nyvoll Aadland, Osvald Lykkebø |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
cognition
Physical fitness Applied psychology lcsh:BF1-990 Psychological intervention integration Qualitative property 050105 experimental psychology preschool Study Protocol 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Pedagogiske fag: 280 [VDP] Cognitive development Psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Competence (human resources) General Psychology child development business.industry 05 social sciences Professional development public health enriched physical activity Cognition VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Idrettsmedisinske fag: 850 Child development lcsh:Psychology motor competence business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery professional development |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 11 (2020) Frontiers in Psychology |
| ISSN: | 1664-1078 |
| Popis: | Introduction. There is a dearth of high-quality evidence on effective, sustainable, and scalable interventions to increase physical activity (PA) and concomitant outcomes in preschoolers. Specifically, there is a need to better understand how the preschool context can be used to increase various types of physically active play to promote holistic child development. The implementation of such interventions require highly competent preschool staffs, however, the competence in promoting PA is often low. The main aim of the ACTNOW study is therefore to investigate the effects of professional development for preschool staffs on child PA and developmental outcomes. Methods. The study will be conducted in Norway 2019-2022 and is designed as a two-arm (intervention; control) cluster randomized controlled trail with 7- and 18-month follow-ups. We aim to recruit 60 preschools and 1200 3-5-year old children to provide sufficient power to detect effect sizes between 0.20 and 0.30. The intervention is nested within two levels: the preschool- and the child. Central to the ACTNOW intervention are opportunities for children to engage in a variety of “enriched”, meaningful and enjoyable physically active play that supports the development of the whole child. To this end, the main intervention is a 7-month professional development/education module for preschool staff, aimed to provide them with the necessary capacity to deliver four core PA components to the children (moderate-to-vigorous PA, motor-challenging PA, cognitively engaging play, and physically active learning). We will include a range of child level outcomes, including physical activity, physical fitness, adiposity, motor skills, socio-emotional health, self-regulation, executive function, and learning. At the preschool level, we will describe implementation and adaptation processes using quantitative and qualitative data. Discussion. Professional development of staff and a whole-child approach that integrates PA with cognitively engaging play and learning activities in the preschool setting may provide a feasible vehicle to enhance both physical and cognitive development in young children. ACTNOW is designed to test this hypothesis to provide a sustainable way to build human capital and provide an early solution to lifelong public health and developmental challenges. Trial registration. The study is registered in Clinicaltrials.gov (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04048967?term=actnow&rank=1) 07.08.2019 with identification number NCT04048967. |
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