Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Front Public Health. 2023 May 26;11:1172168. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1172168. eCollection 2023.
The ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth is the most comprehensive national assessment of physical activity and related behaviors, characteristics, and opportunities for children and youth. The 2022 Report Card assigned grades based on data gathered during the COVID-19 pandemic to reflect this extraordinary time-period in Canada. Further, while not graded, efforts were made to summarize key findings for early years children and those identifying as: having a disability, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQ+, newcomers to Canada, racialized, or girls. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the 2022 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth.
The best available physical activity data captured during the whole COVID-19 pandemic was synthesized across 14 different indicators in four categories. The 2022 Report Card Research Committee assigned letter grades (i.e., A-F) based on expert consensus of the evidence.
Grades were assigned for: Daily Behaviors (: D; : D-; : C-; : C+; : Incomplete [INC]; : F; : B; : F), Individual Characteristics (: INC; : INC), Spaces and Places (: C, : B-, : B), and Strategies and Investments (: B-). Compared to the 2020 Report Card, the COVID-19 specific grades increased for and ; and decreased for , , , and . There were many data gaps for equity-deserving groups.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the grade for decreased from a D+ (2020) to a D, coinciding with decreases in grades reflecting fewer opportunities for sport and community/facility-based activities as well as higher levels of sedentary behaviors. Fortunately, improvements in and during COVID-19 prevented a worse shift in children's health behaviors. Efforts are needed to improve physical activity for children and youth during and post-pandemic, with a greater emphasis on equity-deserving groups.
参与行动儿童和青少年体育活动报告卡是对儿童和青少年体育活动及相关行为、特征和机会进行的最全面的全国评估。2022 年报告卡根据在 COVID-19 大流行期间收集的数据进行评分,以反映加拿大这一特殊时期。此外,虽然没有评分,但我们努力总结了幼儿和以下群体的关键发现:有残疾、土著、2SLGBTQ+、新移民、少数族裔或女孩。本文旨在总结 2022 年参与行动儿童和青少年体育活动报告卡。
在四个类别中的 14 个不同指标中综合了整个 COVID-19 大流行期间获得的最佳体育活动数据。2022 年报告卡研究委员会根据专家对证据的共识分配字母等级(即 A-F)。
为以下内容分配了等级:日常行为(:D;:D-;:C-;:C+;:不完整[INC];:F;:B;:F)、个体特征(:INC;:INC)、空间和场所(:C;:B-;:B)和策略和投资(:B-)。与 2020 年报告卡相比,COVID-19 特定等级增加了和;和减少了、、和。在需要公平的群体中存在许多数据差距。
在 COVID-19 大流行期间,的等级从 D+(2020 年)下降到 D,这与运动和社区/设施活动机会减少以及久坐行为水平升高的等级下降一致。幸运的是,COVID-19 期间和的等级提高防止了儿童健康行为的更严重转变。需要努力改善儿童和青少年在大流行期间和之后的体育活动,更加注重公平的群体。