Iverson, Donald

Parrish, Anne-Maree

Russell, Kenneth

Yeatman, Heather

English

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University of Wollongong Research Online Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (Archive) Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health 2008 Do Australian primary school environments affect children's playground physical activity levels? Anne-Maree Parrish University of Wollongong, aparrish@uow.edu.au Donald Iverson University of Wollongong, iverson@uow.edu.au Kenneth Russell University of Wollongong, kerussell@csu.edu.au Heather Yeatman University of Wollongong, hyeatman@uow.edu.au Follow this and additional works at: https://ro.uow.edu.au/hbspapers  Part of the Arts and Humanities Commons, Life Sciences Commons, Medicine and Health Sciences Commons, and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons Recommended Citation Parrish, Anne-Maree; Iverson, Donald; Russell, Kenneth; and Yeatman, Heather: Do Australian primary school environments affect children's playground physical activity levels? 2008, 39-39. https://ro.uow.edu.au/hbspapers/1159 Research Online is the open access institutional repository for the University of Wollongong. For further information contact the UOW Library: research-pubs@uow.edu.au Do Australian primary school environments affect children's playground physical activity levels? Keywords physical, playground, levels, children, activity, affect, environments, school, primary, australian, do Disciplines Arts and Humanities | Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences | Social and Behavioral Sciences Publication Details Parrish, A., Iverson, D., Russell, K. & Yeatman, H. 2008, 'Do Australian primary school environments affect children's playground physical activity levels?', International Conference on Childhood Obesity: evidence and practice from Exercise Science (ICCO 2008), Dept of Sports Science and Physical Education, Hong Kong, pp. 39-39. This conference paper is available at Research Online: https://ro.uow.edu.au/hbspapers/1159 Do Australian primary school environments affect children’s playground physical activity levels?Anne-Maree Parrish, K Russell, H Yeatman & D IversonAnne-Maree Parrish University of Wollongong AustraliaThe problem¼ of Australian children are overweight/obese    (NSW SPANS 2004)High BMI associated with low PA (Vincent et al 2003)Children’s PA  9 years = 3 hours/day   15 years = 35-49 mins/day(Sallis et al 1999, Nader et al 2008) 60 min/day for children(Dept of Health and Ageing 2007)Enabling environments   such as schools (WHO 2002)Anne-Maree Parrish Schools provide access to most childrenBreak time contributes 70-80 mins of a child’s dayAnne-Maree Parrish ShadeSurfaceWeatherTeachersEquipmentAreaPAWhat we don’t knowPurpose: What variables affect children's PA?Anne-Maree Parrish What we did13 Illawarra public primary schools -3 days at eachCAST2 (Children’s Activity Scanning Tool; Zasket al 2001)♦♦Anne-Maree Parrish Area: Playground, surface & shadeEnvironmental variablesAnne-Maree Parrish Fixed equipmentAnne-Maree Parrish Fixed equipment: Painted ground targetsAnne-Maree ParrishNon-fixed equipment & access to itNon-fixed equipment & access to itAnne-Maree ParrishTemperature & humidityAnne-Maree Parrish00.050.10.150.20.250.30.350.40.450.5Observed physical activityActivity CategoriesProportionsLow Activity Moderate ActivityHigh ActivityAnne-Maree ParrishOdds ratio- significant variablesWetGirls MVPABallplayTimeUnshaded SoftfallHighTemperaturesBark, Grass & SandAccess to non-fixedGround targetsTeachers observing Teachers managingWall targetShort break00.511.522.533.544.5Environmental variablesOdds ratio MVPAHTempBallplayTimeWetGirls                        Unshaded     Bark, grass  & sand       Access nonfixed equipmentGround targetsTeachers observingWall targetTeachers ManagingShort break00.20.40.60.811.21.41.61.8p<0.05Anne-Maree ParrishNon-significant findingsteachers encouragingschool areaarea for playshaded area covered play areashard surfacesfixed equipmentnetball & basketball hoopshumidityAnne-Maree ParrishSchools can children’s PA by:longer breakssoft play surfacesball gamespainted ground targetsnon-fixed equipmentsporting fields Anne-Maree ParrishSchools can make a difference to children's activityAnne-Maree ParrishICCObesitySchools SupervisorsObserversParrish familyThank youAnne-Maree Parrish

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