Dept. of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
J Phys Act Health. 2010 Nov;7(6):811-7. doi: 10.1123/jpah.7.6.811.
This article describes policies, practices, and facilities that form the physical activity climate in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota metro area middle and high schools and examines how the physical activity climate varies by school characteristics, including public/private, school location and grade level.
Surveys examining school physical activity practices, policies and environment were administered to principals and physical education department heads from 115 middle and high schools participating in the Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer-Identifying Determinants of Eating and Activity (TREC-IDEA) study.
While some supportive practices were highly prevalent in the schools studied (such as prohibiting substitution of other classes for physical education); other practices were less common (such as providing opportunity for intramural (noncompetitive) sports). Public schools vs. private schools and schools with a larger school enrollment were more likely to have a school climate supportive of physical activity.
Although schools reported elements of positive physical activity climates, discrepancies exist by school characteristics. Of note, public schools were more than twice as likely as private schools to have supportive physical activity environments. Establishing more consistent physical activity expectations and funding at the state and national level is necessary to increase regular school physical activity.
本文描述了明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯/圣保罗都会区中学的政策、实践和设施，构成了身体活动环境，并考察了身体活动环境如何因学校特点（包括公立/私立、学校位置和年级）而异。
对参与跨学科癌症能量学和饮食活动确定因素研究（TREC-IDEA）的 115 所中学和高中的校长和体育教育部门负责人进行了关于学校身体活动实践、政策和环境的调查。
尽管一些支持性的实践在研究中的学校中非常普遍（例如禁止用其他课程代替体育课）；但其他实践则不太常见（例如提供校内（非竞争性）运动的机会）。公立学校与私立学校和规模较大的学校更有可能形成支持身体活动的学校氛围。
尽管学校报告了积极的身体活动环境的要素，但仍存在因学校特点而异的差异。值得注意的是，公立学校比私立学校更有可能拥有支持性的身体活动环境，可能性是后者的两倍多。有必要在州和国家层面建立更一致的身体活动期望和资金，以增加学校的常规身体活动。
