Pereira Sara, Katzmarzyk Peter T, Hedeker Donald, Barreira Tiago V, Garganta Rui, Farias Cláudio, Garbeloto Fernando, Tani Go, Chaput Jean-Philippe, Stodden David F, Maia José
Centre of Research, Education, Innovation and Intervention in Sport (CIFI2D), Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Research Center in Sport, Physical Education, and Exercise and Health (CIDEFES), Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Lusófona University, Lisbon, Portugal.
Am J Hum Biol. 2024 Jul;36(7):e23968. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.23968. Epub 2023 Jul 25.
The REACT project was designed around two main aims: (1) to assess children's growth and motor development after the COVID-19 pandemic and (2) to follow their fundamental movement skills' developmental trajectories over 18 months using a novel technological device (Meu Educativo®) in their physical education classes. In this introductory article, the first of the Journal's special issue dedicated to REACT, our goal was to present the project rationale, its methodology, training and certification of the team, statistical approach, quality control, governance, and study management.
We sampled 1000 children (6-10 years of age) from 25 of the 32 primary schools in Matosinhos, northern Portugal. The protocol included a set of variables clustered around the child (growth, physical fitness, fundamental movement skills, and health behaviors), family (demographics, socioeconomic status, parental support for sports participation and physical activity), school (policies and practices for health behaviors, infrastructure for physical education and sports practices), and neighborhood and home environments (safety, sidewalks, sports facilities, as well as children electronic devices and play equipment at home). A set of standard protocols were implemented in REACT together with a rigorous system of training and certification of all members of the research team. This was complemented with a pilot study to assess, in loco, the quality of data acquisition, data entry, and control.
Results from REACT will provide school administrators and teachers with novel and far-reaching information related to children's growth and motor development as well as health behaviors after the COVID-19 pandemic. It will also provide city-hall education officials with insight regarding children's physical fitness, fundamental movement skills, and sports practices that will be of great importance in devising novel intervention programs to increase health-enhancing physical activity, and combat sedentariness and obesity. Finally, it will offer parents a wealth of information regarding their children's growth, motor development, and health.
REACT项目围绕两个主要目标设计：（1）评估新冠疫情后儿童的生长和运动发育情况；（2）在体育课上使用一种新型技术设备（Meu Educativo®），跟踪他们在18个月内基本运动技能的发展轨迹。在本介绍性文章中，这是该期刊专门针对REACT的特刊中的第一篇文章，我们的目标是介绍该项目的基本原理、方法、团队培训与认证、统计方法、质量控制、治理和研究管理。
我们从葡萄牙北部马托西纽什32所小学中的25所抽取了1000名儿童（6至10岁）。该方案包括围绕儿童（生长、身体素质、基本运动技能和健康行为）、家庭（人口统计学、社会经济地位、父母对体育参与和身体活动的支持）、学校（健康行为政策与实践、体育教育和体育活动基础设施）以及社区和家庭环境（安全、人行道、体育设施，以及儿童在家中的电子设备和游乐设备）收集的一组变量。REACT实施了一套标准方案以及对研究团队所有成员进行严格的培训和认证系统。同时还进行了一项试点研究，以就地评估数据采集、数据录入和控制的质量。
REACT的结果将为学校管理人员和教师提供与新冠疫情后儿童生长、运动发育以及健康行为相关的新颖且影响深远的信息。它还将为市政厅教育官员提供有关儿童身体素质、基本运动技能和体育活动的见解，这对于设计新的干预项目以增加促进健康的身体活动、对抗久坐行为和肥胖至关重要。最后，它将为家长提供有关其子女生长、运动发育和健康的丰富信息。
