School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.
Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 9;18(5):2752. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18052752.
(1) School-based physical activity programs such as intramurals provide youth with inclusive opportunities to be physically active, yet we know little about how types of intramurals (e.g., team and individual sports) may contribute to youth MVPA. This research aims to evaluate how real-world changes in types of intramurals available in schools impact youth physical activity over time. (2) This study used three years of longitudinal school- and student-level data from Ontario schools participating in year 5 (2016-2017), year 6 (2017-2018) and year 7 (2018-2019) of the COMPASS study. Data on types of intramural programs from 55 schools were obtained, baseline demographic characteristics were measured and data on physical activity and sport participation were collected on a sample of 4417 students. Hierarchical linear mixed regression models were used to estimate how changes in the type of intramurals associate with youth MVPA over time. (3) Regardless of participation, adding individual and team intramurals was significantly and positively associated with female MVPA in Y6. (4) The indirect, but positive relationship between adding individual and team intramurals and female MVPA may be explained by other characteristics of the school environment that are conducive to female MVPA.
(1) 以学校为基础的体育活动项目,如校内体育比赛,为年轻人提供了参与体育活动的包容性机会,但我们对不同类型的校内体育比赛(如团队运动和个人运动)如何促进年轻人的中高强度身体活动知之甚少。本研究旨在评估学校中可用的校内体育比赛类型的实际变化如何随时间影响年轻人的身体活动。(2) 本研究使用了 COMPASS 研究中来自安大略省参与第 5 年(2016-2017 年)、第 6 年(2017-2018 年)和第 7 年(2018-2019 年)的三年学校和学生水平的纵向数据。从 55 所学校获得了校内体育比赛类型的数据,测量了基线人口统计特征,并在 4417 名学生样本上收集了身体活动和运动参与的数据。使用分层线性混合回归模型来估计校内体育比赛类型的变化如何随时间与年轻人的中高强度身体活动相关联。(3) 无论是否参与,增加个人和团队校内体育比赛与 Y6 女性的中高强度身体活动呈显著正相关。(4) 增加个人和团队校内体育比赛与女性中高强度身体活动之间的间接但积极关系可能可以用有利于女性中高强度身体活动的学校环境的其他特征来解释。