推广教育者和志愿者领袖：社区力量训练班参与者健身效果评估。
Extension Educators and Volunteer Leaders: Evaluation of Fitness Outcomes Among Participants in Community Strength Training Classes.
机构信息
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Knoxville, TN, United States.
Arkansas Colleges of Health Education, Fort Smith, AR, United States.
出版信息
Front Public Health. 2020 Oct 19;8:566387. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.566387. eCollection 2020.
Volunteer-led strength training classes can expand access, improve exercise adherence, and enhance intervention sustainability for older adults. This study compared participant functional fitness outcomes between volunteer-led and Extension educator-led StrongWomen strength training groups in community settings. Change scores for participants ( = 317) were calculated for six Senior Fitness Test (SFT) measures. A non-parametric analysis of independent samples to determine SFT score differences between participant groups (educator-led and volunteer-led) showed no significant differences. Volunteers and professionals, like Extension educators, may be similarly effective in conducting community-based strength training classes resulting in improved functional fitness outcomes. We offer recommendations for organizations seeking to adopt similar approaches.
志愿者主导的力量训练课程可以扩大老年人的参与度，提高锻炼的坚持性，并增强干预措施的可持续性。本研究比较了志愿者主导和推广教育者主导的 StrongWomen 力量训练组在社区环境中对老年人的功能健身效果。对 317 名参与者的变化分数进行了计算，其中包括六项老年人健康测试（Senior Fitness Test，SFT）的测量指标。对参与者群体（教育者主导和志愿者主导）之间 SFT 评分差异的非参数独立样本分析显示，没有显著差异。志愿者和专业人员（如推广教育者）可能在开展基于社区的力量训练课程方面同样有效，从而提高功能健身效果。我们为寻求采用类似方法的组织提供了建议。
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