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Academic and Psychosocial Outcomes of a Physical Activity Program with Fourth Graders: Variations among Schools in Six Urban School Districts
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Somers, Cheryl L.; Centeio, Erin E.; Kulik, Noel; Garn, Alex; Martin, Jeffrey; Shen, Bo; Fahlman, Mariane; McCaughtry, Nathan A. – Urban Education, 2019
The purpose was to examine academic achievement, school attachment, and peer acceptance before and after a comprehensive school-based physical activity program (CSPAP) with 378 children in 12 fourth-grade classrooms across six schools in primarily low-socioeconomic status (SES) districts of a large Midwestern metropolitan area. Both personal and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Urban Schools
The Role and Impact of Student Leadership on Participants in a Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Programme
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Gutuskey, Lila; McCaughtry, Nate; Shen, Bo; Centeio, Erin; Garn, Alex – Health Education Journal, 2016
Objective: In the USA there are rising rates of obesity among children, at least in part due to unhealthy eating and physical inactivity. Implementing school-based health interventions with elementary school children focused on youth empowerment could lead to improved health environments and behaviours. The purpose of the present study was to…
Descriptors: Student Leadership, Health Promotion, Health Behavior, Qualitative Research
Relationship between Academic Achievement and Healthy School Transformations in Urban Elementary Schools in the United States
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Centeio, Erin E.; Somers, Cheryl L.; Moore, E. Whitney G.; Kulik, Noel; Garn, Alex; Martin, Jeffrey; McCaughtry, Nate – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2018
Purpose: Given the recent push to increase children's physical activity levels through whole-of-school approaches, the relationship between physical activity and academic achievement has received much attention. Therefore, this study sought to understand the relationship between academic achievement and healthy school transformations in urban…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Correlation, Holistic Approach, Health Promotion