- Title
- Physical activity policies and practices of childcare centres in Australia
- Creator
- Wolfenden, Luke; Neve, Melinda; Farrell, Louise; Lecathelinais, Christophe; Bell, Colin; Milat, Andrew; Wiggers, John; Sutherland, Rachel
- Relation
- Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health Vol. 47, Issue 3, p. 73-76
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01738.x
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2011
- Description
- Aim: The aim of this study was to describe the physical activity-related policies and practices of childcare services; and to determine if service size, socioeconomic or remoteness characteristics predict such policies and practices. Methods: Authorized supervisors of 216 licensed pre-schools and long day care centres participated in a brief telephone survey. Results: Few services had a written physical activity policy, programmed time each day for fundamental movement skill development, or had staff trained in physical activity. Twenty-eight percent of pre-schools and 30% of long day care centres provided daily opportunities for children 3–5 years to participate in sedentary screen activities. Rural pre-schools and long day care centres were more likely to program time for fundamental movement skills development, as were pre-schools from higher socioeconomic areas. Conclusions: There is substantial scope for childcare services to modify their policies and practices to be more supportive of child physical activity.
- Subject
- child day care centre; motor activity; physical activity; pre-school; public policy
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1066427
- Identifier
- uon:18110
- Identifier
- ISSN:1034-4810
- Rights
- This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Wolfenden, L., Neve, M., Farrell, L., Lecathelinais, C., Bell, C., Milat, A., Wiggers, J. and Sutherland, R. (2011), Physical activity policies and practices of childcare centres in Australia. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 47: 73–76., which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01738.x This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
- Language
- eng
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