- Title
- Implementation of policies and practices to increase physical activity among children attending centre‐based childcare: a cross‐sectional study
- Creator
- Raznak, Lubna A.; Jones, Jannah; Clinton-McHarg, Tara; Wolfenden, Luke; Lecathelinais, Christophe; Morgan, Philip J.; Wiggers, John H.; D'Espaignet, Edouard Tursan; Grady, Alice; Yoong, Sze Lin
- Relation
- NHMRC.1128348 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1128348
- Relation
- Health Promotion Journal of Australia Vol. 31, Issue 2, p. 207-215
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hpja.268
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- Issue addressed: Supporting centre‐based childcare services to create physical activity (PA) environments is a recommended strategy to improve child PA. This study aimed to describe the implementation of PA policies and practices by these services, and to examine the associations with service characteristics. Methods: Nominated supervisors of childcare services (n = 309) in the Hunter New England region, New South Wales, Australia, completed a telephone interview. Using previously validated measures, the interview assessed the implementation of evidence‐based practices shown to be associated with child PA. This includes: (a) provision of active play opportunities, (b) portable play equipment availability, (c) delivery of daily fundamental movement skills, (d) having at least 50% of staff trained in promoting child PA the past 5 years and (e) having written PA and small screen recreation policies. Results: Although 98% (95% CI 96, 99) of childcare services provided active play opportunities for at least 25% of their daily opening hours, only 8% (95% CI 5, 11) of services fully implemented all policies and practices; with no service characteristic associated with full implementation. Long day care service had twice the odds of having a written PA policy (OR 2.0, 95% CI 0.7, 5.8), compared to preschools (adjusted for service size, socio‐economic disadvantage and geographical location). Conclusions: Improvements could be made to childcare services’ operations to support the promotion of child PA. So what? To ensure the benefits to child health, childcare services require support to implement a number of PA promoting policies and practices that are known to improve child PA.
- Subject
- childcare; implementation; physical activity; policy; practice
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1414844
- Identifier
- uon:36819
- Identifier
- ISSN:1036-1073
- Rights
- This is the peer reviewed version of above article, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.268. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
- Language
- eng
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