Gråstén Arto, Yli-Piipari Sami, Watt Anthony, Jaakkola Timo, Liukkonen Jarmo
Department of Sport Sciences, University of Jyvaskyla, PO Box 35, Jyvaskyla 40014, Finland.
J Sch Health. 2015 Feb;85(2):125-34. doi: 10.1111/josh.12228.
The promotion of physical activity and health has become a universal challenge. The Sotkamo Physical Activity as Civil Skill Program was implemented to increase students' physical activity by promoting supportive psychological and physical school environment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the school-initiated physical activity program on secondary school students' self-reported physical activity.
The sample included 847 students (experimental condition school = 208, control school = 639) at the age of 12 to 14 years from northeast and central Finland. The program was conducted across 1 academic year and 2 measurement phases were carried out using self-report questionnaires in April 2011 and 2012.
The findings highlighted that the program appeared to be effective as an approach to change the sharp decline in the pattern of Grade 7 students' self-reported physical activity across 1 school year. Specifically, change in the experimental condition students' self-reported physical activity was 13.4% higher compared the students in the control condition.
On the basis of current findings, increased opportunities for school day physical activities have the potential to affect large number of students and are an efficient strategy for promoting regular physical activity.
促进体育活动与健康已成为一项全球性挑战。索特卡莫体育活动作为公民技能项目得以实施，旨在通过营造支持性的心理和学校体育环境来增加学生的体育活动。本研究的目的是评估学校发起的体育活动项目对中学生自我报告的体育活动的有效性。
样本包括来自芬兰东北部和中部的847名12至14岁的学生（实验组学校 = 208名，对照学校 = 639名）。该项目持续一学年，于2011年4月和2012年使用自我报告问卷进行了两个测量阶段。
研究结果突出表明，该项目作为一种改变七年级学生自我报告的体育活动模式在一学年内急剧下降的方法似乎是有效的。具体而言，实验组学生自我报告的体育活动变化比对照组学生高13.4%。
基于当前研究结果，增加在校体育活动机会有可能影响大量学生，并且是促进定期体育活动的有效策略。
