A Qualitative Exploration of Implementation, Adaptation, and Sustainability of a School-Based Physical Activity Intervention

Move for Well-Being in School

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4182674
AutoresL B Christiansen (0000-0002-5142-3623, University of Southern Denmark, autor correspondente), Kristine Clausen, Kristine Luise Lindhardt Clausen (University of Southern Denmark), Søren Smedegaard (0000-0002-5451-9743, University of Southern Denmark), Thomas Skovgaard (0000-0001-6729-4988, University of Southern Denmark)
Ano2021
Volume11
Fascículo1
Data de publicação2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSAGE Open (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/21582440211000053
OpenAlexW3135463441
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas32

School-based physical activity can promote health and improve learning outcomes, but efforts to increase school physical activity have had limited success. This study evaluates the sustainability of a multicomponent school-based physical activity intervention and identifies important factors for implementation and sustainability. Results are based on focus group interviews with 18 teachers at five implementing schools 10 months after the termination of the intervention period. The intervention comprised components related to physical education, recess, and the classroom, and focuses on inclusion for all students. The descriptive analysis of the interviews shows that the intervention is sustained with variation, and activities are adapted differently at the five schools. The deductive content analysis, based on the Framework for Effective Implementation, reveals several important factors for sustainable implementation: School management plays an important role in setting a long-term perspective and giving the intervention priority by securing the necessary organizational infrastructure for implementation and sustainability. The teachers must find the intervention advantageous and to have clear requirements, which entail convincing communication and education by both external and internal intervention advocates. A collective start-up with training and easy-to-use materials should gradually be altered toward individual feedback and development of teachers' personal curriculum

Curriculum · Focus group · Mathematics education · Medical education · Pedagogy · Physical education · Qualitative research · Sociology · Sustainability · Children's Physical and Motor Development · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Physical Activity and Health · Psychology · Social Psychology