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Article, 2020

Do student social background and school context affect implementation of a school-based physical activity program?

Evaluation and Program Planning, ISSN 1873-7870, 0149-7189, Volume 82, Page 101844, 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2020.101844

Contributors

Guldager, Julie Dalgaard 0000-0002-7309-2407 (Corresponding author) [1] [2] Von Seelen, Jesper 0000-0002-3722-5348 [1] Andersen, Pernille Tanggaard 0000-0001-7334-761X [2] Leppin, Anja 0000-0001-6203-6162 [2]

Affiliations

  1. [1] University College South Denmark
    2. [NORA names: UC SYD University College South Denmark; College; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
  2. [2] University of Southern Denmark
    3. [NORA names: SDU University of Southern Denmark; University; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD]

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between student- and school- characteristics and different implementation parameters of "Active All Year Round", a nationwide Danish school-based physical activity program. The study is based on data from multiple sources: questionnaire data from students from 16 fifth-grade school classes (n = 276) and their teachers (n = 16), in-class observations (n = 15) and register data. Predictors included the student-level characteristics of gender, family affluence, immigration background, and perception of school connectedness as well as the school-level characteristics of school size, school parental education level, school physical activity policy and school's prioritization of health promotion. Implementation was assessed by creating an implementation score from data on program psychological reach, dose delivered, dose received and fidelity. Data were analyzed by multilevel linear regression analysis. Findings indicated that the program was more easily implemented for students with higher school connectedness. To conclude, school-based health promotion programs can be improved by knowing, before the program is implemented, which factors increase the odds of better implementation.

Keywords

activation policies, activity program, affluence, analysis, background, characteristics, characteristics of gender, class, connectedness, context, data, dose, education level, factors, family, family affluence, fidelity, findings, gender, health promotion, health promotion programs, higher school connectedness, immigrant background, immigrants, implementation, implementation parameters, implementation scores, in-class, in-class observations, levels, linear regression analysis, multilevel linear regression analyses, multiple sources, observations, odds, parameters, parental education level, perception, perceptions of school connectedness, physical activity policies, physical activity program, policy, predictors, program, promoter, promotion programs, psychological reach, questionnaire, questionnaire data, reaches, register, register data, regression analysis, relationship, school, school classes, school connectedness, school context, school physical activity policy, school size, school-based health promotion programs, school-based physical activity programs, school-level characteristics, scores, size, social background, source, student-level characteristics, students, students' social background, study, teachers

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