Kahan David, McKenzie Thomas L, Khatri Ashna
San Diego State University, School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, USA.
Prev Med Rep. 2019 Feb 7;14:100815. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2019.01.019. eCollection 2019 Jun.
Most youths fail to meet recommended public health recommendations for physical activity (PA) and schools have been assigned a key role in mitigating this problem. Charter school growth exploded recently, but little is known about these schools' support of PA. School websites offer public windows through which they can share information about their programs, policies, and values. Thus, during spring 2018, we completed a quantitative content analysis of specific information about PA on the websites of a representative sample of U.S. charter elementary schools ( = 759). Nearly all schools (97%) had a functioning website, but most (52%) did not mention even one of five PA programs frequently offered at schools: physical education (PE), recess, intramurals, interscholastics, and PA clubs. PE, a standard part of school curricula, was mentioned on only 34% of the sites. Although public health proponents identify schools as ideal locations for promoting PA, school websites are neglected both as a means for identifying the importance of PE and PA and as a vehicle for informing students about how and when to be active during the school day.
大多数青少年未能达到建议的体育活动公共健康建议，学校在缓解这一问题方面被赋予了关键作用。特许学校的数量最近激增，但对于这些学校对体育活动的支持情况却知之甚少。学校网站提供了公共窗口，通过这些窗口，学校可以分享有关其项目、政策和价值观的信息。因此，在2018年春季，我们对美国特许小学的一个代表性样本（n = 759）的网站上有关体育活动的具体信息进行了定量内容分析。几乎所有学校（97%）都有一个正常运行的网站，但大多数学校（52%）甚至没有提及学校经常开展的五项体育活动项目中的任何一项：体育教育（PE）、课间休息、校内体育活动、校际体育比赛和体育俱乐部。体育教育作为学校课程的标准组成部分，仅在34%的网站上被提及。尽管公共卫生支持者将学校视为促进体育活动的理想场所，但学校网站既被忽视作为确定体育教育和体育活动重要性的一种手段，也被忽视作为向学生告知在校期间如何以及何时进行体育活动的一种媒介。
