- Title
- Physical Fitness Surveillance and Monitoring Systems Inventory for Children and Adolescents: A Scoping Review with a Global Perspective
- Creator
- Brazo-Sayavera, Javier; Silva, Danilo R.; Liu, Yang; Lubans, David R.; Okely, Anthony D.; Ortega, Francisco B.; Ruiz, Jonatan R.; Tremblay, Mark S.; Dos Santos, Leandro; Lang, Justin J.; Tomkinson, Grant R.; Agostinis-Sobrinho, Cesar; Andersen, Lars Bo; García-Hermoso, Antonio; Gaya, Anelise R.; Jurak, Gregor; Lee, Eun-Young
- Relation
- Sports Medicine Vol. 54, Issue 7, p. 1755-1769
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40279-024-02038-9
- Publisher
- Adis International
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2024
- Description
- Surveillance of health-related physical fitness can improve decision-making and intervention strategies promoting health for children and adolescents. However, no study has comprehensively analyzed surveillance/monitoring systems for physical fitness globally. This review sought to address this gap by identifying: (1) national-level surveillance/monitoring systems for physical fitness among children and adolescents globally, (2) the main barriers and challenges to implementing surveillance/monitoring systems, and (3) governmental actions related to existing surveillance/monitoring systems. We used a scoping review to search, obtain, group, summarize, and analyze available evidence. Our review involved three stages: (1) identification of surveillance systems through a systematic literature review, with complementary search of the grey literature (e.g., reference lists, Google Scholar, webpages, recommendations), (2) systematic consultation with relevant experts using a Delphi method to confirm/add systems and to gather and analyze information on the barriers and challenges to implementing systems, and (3) Web searches for public documents on government sites and surveillance/monitoring system pages, and direct internet searches to identify relevant governmental actions related to surveillance systems. A total of 15 fitness surveillance/monitoring systems met our inclusion criteria. Experts identified a lack of government support and funding, and the low priority of fitness on the public health agenda as the main barriers/challenges to implementation. Several governmental actions related to surveillance systems were identified, including policies, strategies, programs, and guidelines. We propose a Global Observatory of Physical Fitness to help address these issues.
- Subject
- health-related physical fitness; children; adolescents; physical fitness surveillance
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1509758
- Identifier
- uon:56290
- Identifier
- ISSN:0112-1642
- Language
- eng
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