A Summary of One Research Team’s Contributions to Understanding Physical Activity Behavior in Children and Youth

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  • Pate, Russell R.
    • Other Affiliation: University of South Carolina
  • Dishman, Rod K.
    • Other Affiliation: University of Georgia
  • Dowda, Marsha
    • Other Affiliation: University of South Carolina
  • McIver, Kerry L.
    • Other Affiliation: University of South Carolina
  • Pfeiffer, Karin A.
    • Other Affiliation: Michigan State University
  • Porter, Dwayne E.
    • Other Affiliation: University of South Carolina
  • Saunders, Ruth P.
    • Other Affiliation: University of South Carolina
  • Ward, Dianne S.
    • Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Nutrition
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  • Schools are well-positioned to provide physical activity opportunities to help youth achieve the recommended 60 or more daily minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. The Children’s Physical Activity Research Group (CPARG) at the University of South Carolina has focused on understanding physical activity in school-aged youth for 30+ years. The purpose of this article was to critically review (CPARG) contributions to the field in school settings and school-age youth. We reviewed 127 published CPARG articles from six research projects conducted between 1993–2019. The review was guided by questions in five categories: measurement of physical activity and its determinants, characteristics of physical activity behavior, correlates/determinants of physical activity, physical activity interventions, and race/ethnicity and physical activity. Results were summarized by question and synthesized across categories. CPARG contributions included assessing physical activity levels, patterns, forms, and contexts; identifying and measuring physical activity correlates/determinants; and conducting school-based physical activity interventions. Identifying multiple domains of physical activity determinants enables researchers and practitioners to select/design age-appropriate, valid, and reliable instruments to assess determinants. Focusing on determinants enables them to create effective physical activity interventions, environments, programs, and policies in schools. These efforts must address race/ethnicity differences, ensuring that measurement instruments and intervention strategies are culturally appropriate.
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  • Attribution 4.0 International
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  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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  • 19
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  • 21
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  • English
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  • NIH grants: R01NR003634, R01HL057775, U01HL066852, R01HD043125, R01HD055451, R01HL091002
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina Foundation
  • The Duke Endowment
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  • 1660-4601

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