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Factors influencing the performance of volunteers who provide physical activity in middle schools.
Full Abstract
Increasing physical activity among youth represents a national health goal, and using volunteer activity providers at schools offers one possible solution. This paper describes results from a program to recruit volunteer physical activity providers in middle schools. Twenty-one volunteers provided 850 physical activity hours at seven schools, including 575 activity sessions and 7,186 student contacts. Volunteers who received incentives offered more minutes of activity, conducted more activity sessions, reached a greater number of students, and logged more student-minutes of physical activity than those who received none. Male volunteers provided more activity minutes than female volunteers, but females were marginally more successful in engaging female students. Results can help guide schools to more effectively increase student physical activity throughout the school day.
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Author information
Author/s: Strelow, Jamie S (JS); Larsen, Judith S (JS); Sallis, James F (JF); Conway, Terry L (TL); Powers, Holly S (HS); McKenzie, Thomas L (TL);
Affiliation: Dept. of Psychology, San Diego State University, 9245 Sky Park Court, Suite 224, San Diego, CA 92123, USA. jstrelow(-atsign-)mail.sdsu.edu
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Randomized Controlled Trial
Journal: The Journal of school health (J Sch Health), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Apr; vol 72 (issue 4) : pp 147-51
Dates: Created 2002/05/27; Completed 2002/11/08; Revised 2004/11/17;
PMID: 12029811, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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