Abstract
Physical activity (PA) and sports are efficient ways to promote the younger generation’s health and wellbeing. However, evidence is limited due to heterogeneous samples and measurements. This study aims to identify promoting and inhibiting correlates associated with children’s and adolescents’ non-organized PA participation and further demonstrate the complexity of PA and ecological factors. A systematic review and meta-analysis will be applied by following the preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P). Seven bibliographic databases (PubMed, SPORTDiscus, PsycInfo, MEDLINE Complete, ERIC, Dimensions, and Academic Search Complete) will be systematically searched to identify eligible articles based on a series of inclusion and exclusion criteria. Inclusion criteria are that the study: (a) is not classified as a systematic review with or without meta-analysis; (b) is published in last 20 years; (c) includes children and adolescents; (d) quantitively measures PA; (e) includes review of ecological factors. The internal validity will be evaluated using a validated quality instrument. Calculations will be produced in SPSS 27.0 and Comprehensive Meta-Analysis 3.3. This study will provide evidence and address the questions regarding the factors that significantly impact children’s PA participation and limitations regarding the design, sampling, and measurement in currently selected studies. PROSPERO registration number: CRD42021244918.
Highlights
In light of these statistics, increasing the knowledge about what types of health promotion interventions are most effective for improving children and adolescent health behaviors is critical for policymakers and interventionists working to improve health outcomes [12]
We believe that this study may lead to several recommendations for caregivers, physical educators, policymakers, and pediatric researchers, such as elucidating the influence factors that are significantly correlated with child and adolescent Physical activity (PA) participation; how effective they are; what different effects result from those factors acting on child and adolescent PA participation, especially across different genders and ethnicities
The current study will be key to providing evidence for future research in examining child and adolescent non-organized or spontaneous PA participation and multiple layers of ecological factors
Summary
Active play and physical activity (PA) have traditionally been an essential part of life for children and adolescents, and are highly recommended due to the associated health and environmental benefits [1,2,3,4]. Participation in PA decreases with age [8,9,10], and the decline is more significant in girls than boys [11]. In light of these statistics, increasing the knowledge about what types of health promotion interventions are most effective for improving children and adolescent health behaviors is critical for policymakers and interventionists working to improve health outcomes [12]. The challenges associated with getting children and adolescent groups active every day should be met with age-appropriate PA, enthusiastic leadership, and family and friendly support [13]
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