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Hunt, Julian. "Exploring physical activity knowledge and preferences among urban indigenous Australians /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2005. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19402.pdf.
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Kiken, Laura G. "Knowledge and Perceived Ambiguity of Physical Activity Recommendations and Physical Activity in Men and Women in the United States." Also available to VCU users at:, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10156/2192.
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Jette, Shannon. "Governing risk, exercising caution : western medical knowledge, physical activity and pregnancy." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/14840.
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In contemporary Western society, the messages regarding exercise during pregnancy are conflicting and confusing. Long-standing cautions about the dangers of over-exertion intermingle with entreaties to engage in moderate physical activity in order to have a healthier baby with a reduced risk of developing various chronic diseases. These medical messages then co-mingle with advice from family and friends as well as with images of the fit, pregnant 'yummy mummy' circulating in popular culture. The
purpose of this dissertation is to trace history, untangle meanings and demonstrate shifting 'truth' claims about the active pregnant body, also considering how the various messages in circulation might be experienced as simultaneously empowering and
oppressive by their intended audience, the pregnant woman. With these goals in mind, I draw upon the Foucauldian tools of archaeological and genealogical analysis to examine how knowledge regarding exercise during pregnancy has been produced over the past century, and how the messages put forth by the medical profession (and circulating within consumer culture) have functioned to regulate the activities of pregnant women. I also enlist the analytical tool of 'governmentality' (Foucault, 2003; O'Malley, 2008) to examine the place of exercise
during pregnancy within the larger governmental apparatus of Western society over the past century. This approach provides a key insight as to why the ideas and messages about physical activity and pregnancy are so confusing: since the late nineteenth century, exercise during pregnancy has been framed as both a problem and a solution to the larger biopolitical aims of governance, aims which themselves have changed from a concern with the collective strength of the nation-state to a (neo-liberal) concern with the cost of unhealthy bodies. By situating maternal exercise within the larger governmental complex and closely examining the 'rules of formation' that allow particular statements (at certain times) to be accepted as 'truth' or 'knowledge' as well as showing how these 'truths' turn into a form of practicing power, my project illustrates the contingency of ideas regarding maternal exercise and troubles taken-for-granted ways of thinking about the active, pregnant body.
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Faktor, Marc Dylan. "Health-related physical fitness, knowledge, and administration of the Canadian physical activity, fitness and lifestyle approach." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/15891.
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Research suggests that individuals who have increased fitness knowledge via health education are more likely to be physically active and fit. In addition, an individual’s health literacy is suggested to play a substantial role towards the acquisition of health knowledge. However, literature delineating the relationship between health knowledge, health literacy, and the components of health-related physical fitness is scarce and inconsistent. The Canadian Physical Activity, Fitness and Lifestyle Approach (CPAFLA) represents a series of standardized fitness testing procedures developed by the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology. In addition, the CPAFLA provides important health-related information to individuals intended to promote healthy lifestyle activities. To-date, the influence of the CPAFLA on health-related physical fitness knowledge and the components of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) regarding physical activity has yet to be examined. One large study examining two distinct sub-questions was conducted. The first question examined objectively the relationship between health-related physical fitness knowledge, health literacy, and health-related physical fitness in 34 participants (18 F, 16 M; 19-49 years). Knowledge was examined using the FitSmart, while health literacy and physical fitness were assessed via the Newest
Vital Sign and the CPAFLA, respectively. Results indicated that knowledge was a
significant correlate (r=O.40, p
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Kendle, Christine Burky. "Evaluation of adolescent attitudes and knowledge toward nutrition, physical activity, self esteem, and body image." The Ohio State University, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1407158006.
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Thomas, Jack Ray II. "Dietary Intakes, Physical Activity Patterns, Nutritional Knowledge/Attitude, and Weight Change of Graduates of Division I College Football Programs." The Ohio State University, 1999. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1392806662.
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Smith, Joanna. "Can a physical education intervention with Year 2 children influence their perceptions, knowledge, and choices about physical activity? : a research project report." Thesis, University of Canterbury. School of Educational Studies and Human Development, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2866.
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The purposes of this study were to examine (a) what views Year 2 hold about
physical activity, (b) how they perceive their own ability, and how much
effort they give, with regard to physical activity, and (c) how they explain the
importance of being physically active. In addition, a physical education (PE)
intervention was put in place to see if it would change the children's
perceptions, choices and knowledge in regard to physical activity. Two
groups of four Year 2 children from a private city school took part in
individual and group interviews before and after the teaching intervention.
Results indicated that the children viewed physical activity, PE and physical
fitness, positively. The children in this study held high self-perceptions of
their ability to do physical activity and sport and attributed their abilities to
previous physical experiences and effort. Before the teaching intervention the
children's knowledge of concepts of health related physical activity were
vague and incomplete. Following the eight-week intervention the children in
this group were able to answer the knowledge questions accurately and in
detail.
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Haslem, Elizabeth Bailey. "The Relationship Between Health-Related Fitness Knowledge, Perceived Competence, Self-Determination, and Physical Activity Behaviors of High School Students." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2014. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4386.
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The purpose of this study was (a) to test a hypothesized model of motivation grounded in the Self-Determination Theory within the context of conceptual physical education (CPE), and (b) to explore the strength and directionality of perceived competence for physical activity as a possible mediator for health-related fitness knowledge and actual physical activity behaviors. Participants were 280 high school students who were at the end of a CPE course. Participants completed the Behavioural Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire–2, the Godin Leisure–Time Exercise Questionnaire, the Perceived Competence Scale, and a Health-Related Fitness Knowledge Questionnaire. Structural equation modeling analysis was used to explore the relationships between the variables of health-related fitness knowledge, perceived competence, motivation, and physical activity. The analysis resulted in a modified model that showed a relationship between perceived competence and physical activity, mediated by introjected and identified regulation. Implications and recommendations for physical education professionals are made.
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Cengiz, Cevdet. "Effects Of A Social-ecological Intervention On Physical Activity Knowledge Level And Behaviors Of Students In Rural Settings." Phd thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613371/index.pdf.
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This study examined the effects of social-ecological intervention on physical
activity (PA) knowledge level and behaviors of rural middle school students. A
pre-test post-test control group design was constructed. In addition, qualitative
data was collected by focus group discussions after the post-test in experimental
group. Two schools from similar rural settings were identified as experimental
and control schools. In total 62 students from 6, 7, 8 grades of these schools
participated in this study. Experimental school PA environment was changed
based on the social-ecological model (SEM) with a focus on intrapersonal,
interpersonal, community level, organizational factors, and public policies
related with PA. Turkish version of health related fitness (HRF) knowledge test,
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pedometer, exercise stages of change, PA self-efficacy, social support, and PA
enjoyment questionnaires were used to gather information for the dependent
variables for the present study. A focus group discussion was implemented in
experimental school. Repeated Measures ANOVA was used for the numerical
data analysis. Focus group transcriptions were analyzed by content analysis
method. According to HRF knowledge and PA analysis, experimental school
students significantly improved their HRF knowledge scores, PA levels, social
support compared to the control group students (p<0.05). Focus groups results supported the quantitative findings. In conclusion, this study indicated the value of SEM in improving the health related fitness knowledge, PA level and social support of students in rural context. Improving the rural school context for PA promotion by SEM is strongly recommended.
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McInvale, Kathleen. "Exploring the Nutrition and Physical Activity Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Low-Income Parents of Peruvian Preschool Children." FIU Digital Commons, 2017. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3218.
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Obesity and related chronic diseases are emerging public health issues among children in Peru, where more than 13 percent of children five years and younger are overweight or obese. Although parents have been identified as one of the most important determinants of healthy weight in young children, there are no known studies that have explored the perceptions of Peruvian parents regarding obesity prevention. This study assessed the nutrition and physical activity knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of Peruvian parents, and sought to determine if there is a relationship between their knowledge, attitudes and behaviors. The cross-sectional survey study sampled 204 parents of three and four-year-old children attending five preschools in a resource-poor Southern Lima setting. The Pen-3 cultural model guided the assessment of parental characteristics using the BAQ-HH survey across three domains; knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding diet and physical activity. Additional data was abstracted from school records to assess children’s BMI and compare parental perceptions of child’s weight with child’s measured weight status. Parent respondents were predominantly female (86%) between 20 and 39 years old (85.1%). Less than one third (30.5%) were receiving information about nutrition or physical activity. Data was available for 147 children of the participants, 53.7 % were female with a mean age of 49.4 months and a mean BMI of 16.7. Nearly half the children (41.3%) exceeded healthy weight. Parents demonstrated healthy knowledge and behaviors, but unhealthy attitudes. Parental knowledge and attitudes were predictive of behaviors (F(2,166)=5.826, p=0.004, R2=0.066). The majority (56.6%) of Peruvian parents accurately perceived their child’s weight status but 9.6% of parents of overweight and obese children were able to do so. Understanding the nutrition and physical activity knowledge and perceptions of Peruvian preschooler parents can advance local and national health ministry and public health obesity prevention initiatives for young children.
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Juniper, Kelly Cherie. "A theoretical approach to understanding the physical activity behavior of African American college women." Oklahoma City : [s.n.], 2002. http://library.ouhsc.edu/epub/theses/Juniper-Kelly-Cherie.pdf.
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Ramalingam, NithyaPriya Shivanthi. "Exploration of training as an implementation strategy to promote physical activity within community settings: research, theory, and practice." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/95051.
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The prevalence of inactivity remains high, with more than 80 percent of adults failing to meet physical activity guidelines. Numerous evidence-based interventions for physical activity promotion have been developed and tested to address this need, but are typically not scaled-up and sustained in the intended practice setting. Many of these physical activity promotion programs suggest community-based delivery, often requiring researchers to train delivery personnel on intervention components. However, there is a paucity of detail on for whom, under what conditions, and how training mechanism are effective in practice.
The purpose of this research was to explore the questions related to the research, theory, and practice of training. For research, a mixed-methods exploration of delivery personnel characteristics and perceived barriers and facilitators before and after program delivery or non-delivery was conducted. For theory, a systematic review of physical activity trainings for community-based delivery personnel was conducted in the literature to determine the characteristics of those who were trained, the structural and mechanistic components of said trainings, and the effectiveness of these trainings. For practice, a case-study of existing training in a community based setting was conducted to determine training processes that are likely to be successful in the real world and to evaluate the feasibility of an observational tool for physical activity trainings.
The results of this dissertation show that delivery personnel characteristics and skillset may impact the acceptability, appropriateness, and effectiveness of training. They also provide preliminary support for the inclusion and importance of peer support within physical activity trainings to increase the number and representativeness of people trained and increase comfort with the training material. Further, descriptions of training for in-person physical activity programs in community settings are vague and inadequate making them difficult to replicate. Taken together, these studies provide avenues for future research and practice to develop an evidence-base for training mechanisms.Ph. D.
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Thomas, Jack Ray. "Dietary intakes, physical activity patterns, nutritional knowledge/attitude, and weight change of graduates of Division I College Football Programs /." The Ohio State University, 1998. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1488190109870851.
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Fitzpatrick, Stephanie L. "Health Knowledge & Health Behavior Outcomes in Adolescents with Elevated Blood Pressure." Scholarly Repository, 2011. http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_dissertations/589.
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The purpose of this current study was to examine the influence of cardiovascular health knowledge on dietary and physical activity changes in 15-17 year olds with elevated blood pressure. The sample consisted of 167 adolescents randomized into one of three treatment conditions (minimal, moderate, or intense). Each adolescent completed a fitness test (peak VO2), 24-hour dietary recall, 7 Day Activity Recall (kilocalories expended per day), Self-efficacy Questionnaire, and Stages of Change Questionnaire every three months. The Health Knowledge Assessment was given at baseline and at post-intervention. Classical test theory, confirmatory factor analysis, and item response theory frameworks were applied to examine psychometric properties of the Health Knowledge Assessment. Structural equation modeling was used to examine the change in health behaviors and the relationship with health knowledge, self-efficacy, and readiness for change. The 34-item Health Knowledge Assessment had good internal consistency and the items loaded onto a single factor at pretest and posttest. Furthermore, there was a good distribution of easy, moderate, and hard items at pretest, but additional hard items were needed at posttest. There were no treatment condition differences in level of health knowledge at pretest. The intense condition had significantly higher health knowledge than the minimal and moderate conditions at posttest; level of health knowledge for the moderate condition was significantly higher than the minimal condition at posttest. Level of nutrition knowledge at posttest was not associated with any of the dietary intake variables nor was level of exercise knowledge associated with the two physical activity variables at post-intervention. However, there was a marginally significant association between level of nutrition knowledge and nutrition self-efficacy at posttest. Nutrition self-efficacy and nutrition readiness for change at posttest were also associated with a decrease in sugar consumption at post-intervention. Implications of this study suggest that a cardiovascular health intervention for adolescents with elevated blood pressure, consisting of group sessions and/or individual sessions over the course of three to six months, was effective in terms of increasing cardiovascular health knowledge, self-efficacy, and readiness for change. Nonetheless, the role that health knowledge plays in health behavior change needs to be further examined.
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Palmer, Stephen E. "The Effects of the Web-Based Instructional Unit Healthy Hearts on Fifth Grade Children's Physical Activity Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26415.
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Substantial resources are being directed towards use of the Internet in K-12 Education with over $2.25 billion annually distributed to K-12 schools from the Federal government alone (Maiden & Beckham, 1999). In 1998, 90% of schools had Internet access while only 2% of funds spent on software in K-12 schools were directed towards Web-based courseware (Jerald & Orlofsky, 1999). The Web-based instructional module Healthy Hearts was developed as a self-contained instructional unit delivered over the Internet, popularly referred to as â e-Learningâ , for fifth grade students to use as part of the classroom curriculum. Healthy Hearts teaches children about risk factors associated with heart disease, including physical activity, tobacco, and nutrition. After piloting and formatively evaluating Healthy Hearts in two fifth grade classrooms, Elliott (1997) made recommendations for future modification and implementation. No research regarding effects the Web-based instructional unit Healthy Hearts has on fifth grade children exists. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact Healthy Hearts has on fifth grade childrenâ s physical activity knowledge, attitudes, and behavior.
Participants included 233 fifth grade boys and girls and 11 teachers who implemented Healthy Hearts during Spring 2001. A repeated measures experimental-control design was employed to measure Healthy Hearts effects on physical activity knowledge, attitudes, and behavior. The questionnaire used for this study included three attitude items adapted from Sport, Play, and Active Recreation for Kids (SPARK) (Sallis, Alcaraz, McKenzie, & Hovell, 1999a), six criterion referenced knowledge items developed from Healthy Hearts objectives, and a Weekly Activity Checklist to assess physical activity behavior, which was developed and validated for SPARK (Sallis et. al., 1993a). Classroom teachers administered the baseline test before students began using the module. For five weeks following the baseline test, the group 1 engaged in Healthy Hearts lessons by going to a computer lab for 45 minutes twice a week while group 2 participated in regularly scheduled classroom activities. After group 1 finished Healthy Hearts, both groups completed test 1 and then teachers from group 2 implemented Healthy Hearts with their classes. When group 2 finished using Healthy Hearts, both groups completed test 2. Dependent variables were physical activity knowledge, attitude, and behavior with group as independent variables. Other independent variables included school socioeconomic status, time allocated to Healthy Hearts, non-Healthy Hearts instruction time for related objectives, and speed of Internet connection.
Repeated measures ANOVA revealed significant effects of Healthy Hearts on physical activity knowledge and attitude, however Healthy Hearts had no significant effects on behavior. Results of this study indicate Healthy Hearts could be an effective means of using the Internet to deliver health and physical activity instruction to fifth grade children, and suggest a need for further design, development, and evaluation of Healthy Hearts.Ph. D.
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Knox, Emily C. "Motivational considerations of mass media messages used to promote more physical activity and less sedentary behaviour : what messages should be used?" Thesis, Loughborough University, 2014. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/16345.
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Physical activity guidelines have become a focal point of mass media messages promoting physical activity to the adult population. Messages regarding sedentary behaviour have also emerged. Further, Chapter 3 identified knowledge of just 18% within a large sample of highly educated and employed UK adults. Of concern is the further finding that knowledge is likely to be higher within this group than within the general population and many groups within society may therefore have even lower knowledge. As many individuals are seemingly not likely to know the current physical activity guidelines, disseminating messages to promote them appears to be a reasonable strategy. However, Chapter 1 of this thesis highlighted the lack of research investigating the efficacy of messages designed around physical activity guidelines. Chapters 4, 5 and 6 began to explore some of the possible motivational implications of messages prominent in mass media campaigns promoting physical activity guidelines. Chapter 4 describes a cross-sectional study which compared the effects of messages using the threshold of 150 minutes a week with a generic message on perceived benefits of physical activity. Messages were representative of those found in mass media campaigns. Those receiving a threshold message held significantly less positive views of the benefits of physical activity at durations below 150 minutes a week. While a threshold message may be motivationally damaging in certain contexts, they tend not to be provided in isolation. Intensity of physical activity i.e. moderate-to-vigorous (MVPA) is another key aspect of physical activity guidelines featured in mass media campaigns. Subsequently, Chapter 5 employed an online survey of highly educated adults to investigate associations between threshold and generic messages describing MVPA as either walking or using a physiological description, with motivational constructs. Interestingly, the message incorporating a threshold was motivationally advantageous when MVPA was described as walking. On the other hand, inactive adults tend to overestimate their physical activity with walking behaviour being serially overestimated. This could result in reduced motivation to engage in MVPA. The influence of regular walking speed on misperceptions was therefore investigated in Chapter 6. Further, accurate knowledge of physical activity requirements has been theorised to reduce misperceptions. Chapter 6 reports findings that regularly slow walkers are more likely to overestimate their physical activity levels while knowledge of guidelines has no effect. This leaves a complex picture of the motivational qualities of messages promoting physical activity guidelines. Finally, Chapter 7 describes a content analysis which broadens the investigation of mass media messages by scrutinising the introduction of messages promoting reductions in sedentary behaviour. Sticking closely to guidelines, combining messages on sedentary behaviour with those on physical activity, the relative omission of standing and the demonisation of sitting emerged as common themes. This thesis highlights the problem of low knowledge of physical activity guidelines within a sample of UK adults and points towards a lack of evidence-based messaging. With knowledge being low, the provision of a threshold is desirable on an informational level. The provision of walking as an exemplar appears to make the threshold more amenable, however, for inactive adults the use of this exemplar in messages may lead to overestimation of physical activity and decrease motivation. Clearly, the motivational implications of these messages are complex and require further investigation.
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Nalusiba, Aisha. "Level, knowledge of and barriers and facilitators for physical activity among students at Makerere University Business School in Kampala, Uganda." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-329368.
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Jenkins, Katherine Turley. "A School-Based Intervention’s Impact on Children’s Knowledge and Self-Efficacy Related to Physical Activity and Nutrition: A Pilot Study." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2014. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5255.
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Childhood obesity has become epidemic in the United States. One of the best places to combat this problem is within the school system. The purpose of this study was to examine changes in exercise self-efficacy, science interest, and science knowledge of children who participated in a school-based anatomy and healthy lifestyle intervention called Anatomy Academy. In this pilot study, 212 study participants were recruited from 5th and 6th grade children enrolled in one of three charter schools who participated in our 7-week intervention, Anatomy Academy. Children completed four questionnaires pre and post intervention: (1) a science knowledge questionnaire, (2) a science interest questionnaire, (3) an exercise self-efficacy questionnaire, and (4) a demographic questionnaire. A statistically significant difference was found in participants’ pre and post test scores on the science knowledge questionnaire. Anatomy Academy was well received by children, parents, and faculty and provides helpful curriculum for science and physical education classes.
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Johnston, Weldon Byron, of Western Sydney Nepean University, and Faculty of Education. "The relationship between senior primary school teachers' attitudes, knowledge and participation with respect to physical activity and their students' cardiovascular fitness levels." THESIS_FE_XXX_Johnston_W.xml, 1998. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/374.
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One of the multitude of factors that can influence the cardiovascular components of children's health related fitness is the classroom teacher's knowledge of attitudes toward and personal participation rate with repect to physical activity. This study explored the possibility of a relationship existing between these teacher variables and children's health-related fitness levels. Nineteen Year Five and Year Six teachers from four suburban Sydney primary schools completed a physical activity attitudinal survey designed to ascertain their background knowledge of minimum physical activity requirements, their involvement rates, both as partcipants and as leaders of physical activity and their attitudes toward physical activity. A physical activity questionnaire was completed by 509 students in classes taught by the nineteen teachers. Results of survey and questionnaire are given and the issue is explored in some depthMaster of Education (Hons)
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Kruger, Karlien. "The use of a musical play in the transfer of knowledge on nutrition, a healthy lifestyle and the prevention of obesity / K. Kruger." Thesis, North-West University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4249.
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Background: South Africa is experiencing a unique double burden of disease due to the nutrition transition, facing diseases related to both under and over nutrition. Childhood obesity is associated with a poor childhood diet, physical inactivity and sedentary lifestyle. Promoting healthy eating and physical activity is important. Promoting healthy eating patterns and regular activity are essential components of lifestyle modification of children. An obesity prevention programme with elements of music and dance for children aimed at improved nutritional knowledge to combat ignorance ofhealthy diets and highlight importance ofphysical activity seemed to be an ideal solution.
Aim :The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a novel nutrition intervention programme based on the South African food-based dietary guidelines (SAFBDG; musical play) on the transfer of nutritional knowledge towards a healthy lifestyle (healthy dietary behaviour and physical activity) in primary school children. Methods: Children (n=203; boys=93; girls=110), aged 6 to 12 years from different ethnic groups were recruited. Participation was voluntary. Only children whose parents/guardians gave written informed consent were included. Children were randomly assigned to a control group (n=99) exposed to the standard school nutrition curriculum and to an experimental group (n=104) who also participated in a musical play with short messages based on the SAFBDG for two sessions a week for five weeks. After each session pamphlets on the relevant SAFBDG message were given to the children to take home. At the end of the intervention the children performed the musical play for their parents/guardians. At baseline demographic information was obtained, anthropometrical measurements taken, a validated nutritional knowledge questionnaire administered and a 24-hour dietary recall completed. All measurements except the demographic questionnaire were repeated after the intervention.
Results: Overall nutritional knowledge of the children exposed to the musical play increased with statistical and practical significance [11.9% (p < 0.05) versus. 11.1% (d> 0.05)]. Children 6 to 12 years consumed more grains and less dairy, vegetables, :fruit and meat than the recommended intakes. No measurable changes occurred in food group consumption after the intervention except for :fruit intake which increased in girls aged 8 -10 years in the experimental group (p < 0.05). Boys and girls aged 6 12 years have inadequate intakes « 67% of the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA)) of calcium, vitamins A, C, D, and B12, iron and folate. No statistically significant changes anthropometrical measurements were found after the intervention. Z-scores showed that children from the lower grades (grade 1 3) were more prone to stunting while children from the higher grades (grade 4 -6) were more prone to be obese. Furthermore, a high prevalence of overweight and obesity was found amongst white boys, whereas stunting was more prevalent amongst black boys and girls.
Conclusion: The results of the study showed that the musical play based on the SAFBDG improved overall nutritional knowledge in a group of primary school children. Diet quality based on food group recommendations and nutrient intakes remained low which suggests that other factors apart from nutritional knowledge influenced food choices and, therefore, the diet quality in this group of children.Thesis (M.Sc. (Nutrition))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2010.
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Johnston, Weldon Byron. "The relationship between senior primary school teachers' attitudes, knowledge and participation with respect to physical activity and their students' cardiovascular fitness levels : a thesis /." View thesis, 1998. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030826.100108/index.html.
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Pratiwi, Puspa Setia. "Knowledge-based approach for personalisation in health e-coaching system: Case study on physical activity promotion for individuals with brain impairments." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2021. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/213213/1/Puspa_Pratiwi_Thesis.pdf.
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This research constitutes a knowledge-based approach for selecting suitable health e-coaching strategies and goals. This research needs to acquire the knowledge from health experts in selecting and deciding on relevant physical activity program strategies and goals that need to be available to increase physical activities among individuals with brain impairments. A 'proof-of-concept' prototype has confirmed the feasibility of the proposed knowledge-based approach collected from health experts. A comprehensive evaluation, consisting of both expert-based and user-based validations to the prototype, was conducted. The outcome of the evaluation indicates that PHE-COACH can generate correct outputs compared with health experts' decisions.
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Dapi, Nzefa Leonie. "Socioeconomic and sex differences in adolescents' dietary intake, anthropometry and physical activity in Cameroon, Africa." Umeå : Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå university, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-30773.
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Rampou, Mpai Tshidisegang Tshwaro. "Physical activity and non-communicable disease risk factors: knowledge and perceptions of youth in a low resourced community in the Western Cape." University of the Western Cape, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6919.
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Magister Artium (Sport, Recreation and Exercise Science) - MA(SRES)The prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the rising cause of mortality globally. Physical inactivity, unhealthy diet, tobacco use, and excessive alcohol consumption are common NCDs risk factors contributing to premature death, related to NCDs worldwide. Youth’s lack of knowledge and misconception on physical activity (PA) and NCDs risk factors, aids the growing burden of NCDs globally. Thus, the purpose of this study is to explore the knowledge and perception of youth in a low-resourced community in the Western Cape Province. A qualitative methodological approach was adopted for data collection, using a qualitative exploratory study design. Convenience sampling was used to select the female youth participants, aged 18-35 years old from, Vrygrond in the Western Cape Province. Focus group discussions were steered by means of a semi-structured interview plan to guide the discussion about perceptions and knowledge of PA and NCDs risks factor. Trustworthiness was used to review information and to assess accuracy of findings. The discussions were analysed using Atlas.Ti8. Results indicated that the female youth were reasonably knowledgeable about the term PA. However, they lacked sufficient knowledge with regards to NCDs, indicating that participants are uninformed about NCDs and their risk factors in their community and local healthcare centres. Female youth’s socio-economic environment had an influence impact on their perceptions and decisions made with regards to PA and preventing them from engaging in NCDs risk factors. Furthermore, there were various barriers hindering the female youth from participating in PA and preventing them from engaging in NCDs risk factors. Results of this study will inform policy at the provincial, and national level, to provide cost effective and sustainable educative intervention programmes that address the youth misconception on physical activity and NCDs risks factor. Creation of awareness can positively influence beliefs and promote healthier practices, therefore making it crucial to understand NCDs risks factor implications on health, in lieu to combating the onset of NCDs.
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Kincheloe, Lauren M. "College: A Time to Increase Knowledge and Attenuate Health? A Study into College's Influences on Students' Alcohol Consumption, Physical Activity, and Diet." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1339431346.
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Clevenger, Kimberly A. "Impact of the Teaching HENRY (Healthy Exercise and Nutrition Recommendations for Youth) Intervention on Physical Activity Knowledge and Behavior in Rural Appalachia." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1428876396.
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Ljungberg, Angelica. "Fysisk aktivitet och hälsosam kost : Vad har grundskoleelever fått med sig för kunskaper från skolan?" Thesis, Karlstads universitet, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-28585.
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Černiavskaja, Jelena. "Gimnazijos mokinių kūno kultūros žinių poveikis jų naudos supratimui ir fizinių ypatybių kaitai." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2014. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2014~D_20140721_133203-38448.
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Dabartinėje bendrojo ugdymo mokykloje žinių teikia visi dėstomi mokomieji dalykai, kartu ir kūno kultūra. Pradinio ir pagrindinio ugdymo bendrosiose programose (2008) nurodoma, kad, kūno kultūra ugdo ne tik judesių kultūrą, bendrąsias žmogaus vertybes, bet ir gyvenimo įgūdžius. Siekiama, kad mokinys, įgydamas žinių, geriau suvoktu ugdymo, sveikatinimo, taikomąją ir sportinę mokyklinės kūno kultūros funkcijas.
Zuozienė (1998), Kardelio, Kavaliausko, Balzerio (2001) tyrimai rodo, kad tiek tarybiniu laikotarpiu, tiek atkūrus šalies nepriklausomybę mokinių kūno kultūros teorinis rengimas buvo ir yra tik deklaratyvaus pobūdžio: per kūno kultūros pamokas mokytojai labiau orientuoja berniukus lavinti fizines ypatybes, mergaites – siekti sveikos gyvensenos. Taip siaurinamos kūno kultūros žinios. Todėl tampa aktualu skatinti mokinių domėjimąsi kūno kultūros žiniomis, bei jų poveikio naudos supratimui.
Problema. Kyla mokslinė problema kaip ir kuo tikslinga skatinti I-os gimnazijos klasės mokinių susidomėjimą kūno kultūros žiniomis ir jų supratimą.
Tyrimo hipotezė. Per kūno kultūros pamokas išsiaiškinamos temos apie fizinį aktyvumą, sveiką mitybą, fizines ypatybes ir jų naudą žmogui gali paveikti mokinio (-ės) supratimą apie šiuos dalykus ir skatinti tiriamų fizinių ypatybių teigiamą kaitą.
Tyrimo objektas. I-os klasės gimnazijos mokinių kūno kultūros žinių poveikis.
Tyrimo subjektas. I-os klasės abiejų lyčių mokiniai.
Tyrimo tikslas. Ištirti I-os klasės gimnazijos mokinių kūno... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]In the contemporary school of general education all the study subjects provide learners with knowledge. Physical education is not an exception either. General Curricular of Primary and Basic Education (2008) point out that physical education focus on development of not only culture of movement but also on that of common human values and life skills. Attempts are made to enable a school student, who acquires knowledge, to better perceive functions of education and health promotion as well as applied and sport functions of school physical education. The research conducted by Zuozienė (1998), Kardelis, Kavaliauskas and Balzeris (2001) revealed that theoretical preparation of school learners' physical education has been of declarative nature both in the soviet time and after the restoration of Lithuania‘s independence: during lessons of physical education teachers orient boys towards development of their physical qualities, whereas girls are encouraged to acquire skills of healthy lifestyle. Thus, knowledge of physical culture is narrowed. Therefore, the enhancement of school learners’ interest in knowledge of physical education and understanding of the benefit of its effect have become topical. The problem of the research. The research problem is raised how to purposefully stimulate interest of the first year gymnasium learners in knowledge of physical education and its understanding and what measures may be applied. The hypothesis of the research. The themes of physical... [to full text]
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Brousseau, Jennifer Megan. "The effects of knowledge translation through peer versus student trainers on exercise self-efficacy and physical activity levels in people with spinal cord injury." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/61225.
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Background: A spinal cord injury (SCI), results in a myriad of serious secondary health complications including cardiovascular disease, obesity, and pressure sores due to immobility. These health conditions could be reduced by improving fitness and mobility by participation in physical activity (PA) and exercise. However the SCI population has been found to have the lowest levels of PA when compared to the general population. The reasons for this have been attributed to the many extrinsic barriers that those living with an SCI face daily, including cost, transportation, and lack of adapted equipment or facilities. In May 2013, the Physical Activity Research Centre (PARC) at ICORD opened its doors in an effort to reduce the extrinsic barriers, however, this did not address the many intrinsic barriers to exercise participation, including lack of motivation, time, and knowledge about where or how to exercise. Previous studies have indicated that the preferred messenger for the delivery of PA knowledge includes peers, and health service providers. Here, our goal was to investigate whether peers can change PA behavior and bring this knowledge to action.
Methods: In this pilot randomized controlled trial, ten individuals with a SCI were randomly assigned to meet with a peer or student trainer (control) to discuss the PA guidelines for SCI. After the initial intervention, we investigated the effectiveness of peer trainers, compared to student trainers, to translate the PA guidelines to a SCI participant. We then instructed participants to meet with their peer/student trainer as desired for the remainder of the 3-month study. Exercise self-efficacy and overall PA levels were compared between baseline, week 1 and week 12. During an exit interview we explored the effect on intrinsic barriers to exercise along with participant satisfaction with the study.
Results: Overall no statistically significant findings were detected between groups, however nearly all participants scored well on knowledge acquisition and are now meeting the recommended PA guidelines.
Conclusion: Our findings suggest that student trainers could be as effective as peer trainers as it relates to overcoming intrinsic barriers and increasing overall PA within the SCI population.Education, Faculty of
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O'Donnell, Christy Ann. "Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding nutrition and physical activity in relationship to body mass index among rural 8, 9, and ten year old children." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2006.
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Du, Wenjie (James). "EXAMINING THE INCREMENTAL EFFECTS OF PARTICIPANT SPORTING EVENTS IN PROMOTING ACTIVE LIVING: CREATING ACTIONABLE KNOWLEDGE TO TACKLE A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2017. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/428449.
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Tourism and SportPh.D.
Using a theoretical synergy between the Psychological Continuum Model (PCM) and Behavioral Ecological Model (BEM), the current dissertation research provides empirical evidence to support that organized participant sporting events can play a significant role in building a healthier community. First, using a proprietary U.S. community-based panel data from 2008 to 2014, study 1 examines the incremental effects of participant sporting events (PSE) in promoting active living at the population level. Panel regression with an instrumental variable approach and Multigroup Latent Growth Curve Analysis were administered. The key findings included (1) these population-based interventions have the capacity to impact population health at the state level; (2) such an influence significantly varies across the United States contingent upon a state’s economic development and the geographical region to which a state belongs. In study 2, the Multilevel Mediation Analysis was conducted with a spatially clustered cross-sectional data in 2014. The findings revealed that the access to exercise opportunities at the state level represents the underlying mechanism through which various forms of participant sporting events have the ability to elicit positive effects on health with respects to mental health, physical health, and physical activity participation at the county level. The findings suggested that PSEs represent effective public health platform to create healthier communities through integrating physically active leisure into population’s everyday routines. Overall, empirical results also help us better understand the importance of effectively leveraging community sporting events to deliver required health benefits to the general public and create practical guidelines to inform policy formation on resource allocation.
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Mozūrienė, Ilona. "Intervencija į bendrojo lavinimo mokyklos XI-XII klasių mergaičių kūno kultūros programą: fizinio aktyvumo integruoto ugdymo modelis." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2005. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2005~D_20050520_151808-25809.
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Negative tendencies to change of pupils’ physical activity, health and physical fitness, as well as lack of motivation for physical activity have determined topicality of our work.
Research subject – content of theoretical knowledge of physical education of 11th-12th-formers. Research objective – to create a model of integrated physical activity development (theory and practice) for 11th-12th-formers (girls) of comprehensive school.
Research tasks: 1. To evaluate topicality of content of theoretical knowledge presented in the general physical education curricula for 11th-12th forms and education standards from the aspect of increase of schoolchildren’s physical activity and health improvement. 2. To prepare a cluster of theoretical knowledge of physical education curriculum for 11th-12th-forms of comprehensive school and to make its appraisal. 3. To evaluate strong and weak points of the schoolchildren’s knowledge according to the cluster content. 4. To integrate the prepared cluster of theoretical knowledge with the content of practical lessons.
Hypothesis – intervention in the content of theoretical knowledge of general physical education curriculum of comprehensive school is one of ways to create a model of integrated education prompting physically active behaviour of senior pupils.
The following research methods were applied in the work: analysis of literature sources; intervention method; questionnaire; testing; mathematical statistics.
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Gamboa, Luisyana De Amor. "The Perceptions, Knowledge, Benefits and Barriers of Hispanics Regarding the Dietary Guidelines for Americans." UKnowledge, 2015. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/foodsci_etds/37.
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Background: Hispanics are the largest minority group in the U.S. and by the year 2060 the number of Hispanics is projected to double. They are disproportionately affected by obesity and chronic diseases which translate into decreased quality of life, loss of work opportunities and perceptions of injustice for the Hispanic population. The Dietary Guidelines (DG) provide information to help Americans make healthy food and physical activity choices and if followed can be a means of reducing the health disparity gap. However, culturally relevant recommendations specific to Hispanics’ health and nutritional habits are often lacking. The purpose of this study was to examine Hispanics’ knowledge, perceptions, benefits and barriers to the recommendations in the DG for Americans, Choose MyPlate, and the Department of Health and Human Services physical activity guidelines.
Methods: A qualitative research design was used. Focus groups were conducted in Spanish and audiotapes were transcribed and then, translated into English. Thematic analysis was used to identify different key concepts subgrouping these topics according to common emergent themes.
Results: A total of 24 participants took part in the study. Participants viewed healthy eating in terms of portion sizes. They viewed the DG as helpful but felt they needed more information to follow the guidelines. Several barriers were identified in following the MyPlate: lack of availability of healthy, fresh, inexpensive grocery options in Hispanic neighborhoods. Participants described the benefits of physical activity as related to improved mental health and quality of life such as looking and feeling better.
Conclusion and Implications: Promoting nutrition education that is culturally and linguistically appropriate for Hispanics might help facilitate the adoption of the DG and MyPlate recommendations. Also, improving the design of existing low-income neighborhoods is still a challenge to improve participation in physical activity among Hispanics’.
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Silva, João Paulo da. "Conhecimento sobre as recomendações internacionais de atividades física em adolescentes escolarizados no Estado de Sergipe." Universidade Federal de Sergipe, 2015. http://ri.ufs.br:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/4932.
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The knowledge is a necessary way for individuals begin to make decisions based on the knowledge acquired, so, it is very important to convey in the school environment, through a different methodology, the recommendations of physical activity for the adolescents have the possibility to increase knowledge about the recommendations. The objective of this study was to verify the prevalence and factors associated with knowledge about international recommendations for physical activity in educated adolescents in the state of Sergipe. The study was transversal character with a compound sample of 3992 (2448 female and 1544 male) adolescents in the state of Sergipe, aged between 14 and 19 years. The variables of study were verified through a self-administered questionnaire, using the descriptive analysis (frequency, chi-square) and Inferencial (crude and adjusted regression binary logistic). The results of this study show high prevalence of adolescents who ignore the components: frequency (85.2%), duration (69.4%), session (72%) and intensity (81.5%) of physical activity recommendations, but also, 99.8% ignore the general physical activity recommendations. In the analysis between the sexes, boys present to have more knowledge than girls. The component frequency, female adolescents, the night shift and considered sedentary were more likely to ignore the recommendations, taking the adolescents of the 3rd year most likely to know the recommendations. The component duration, of the female sex, adolescents of the 3rd year and considered sedentary were more likely to know the recommendations, taking adolescents with 3-4 years of school lag most likely to aware of the recommendations. As, in relation to session, girls, students aged between 16-17 and 18-19 years old and studying in 2nd year were more likely to ignore of the recommendations. And, in the intensity component, girls were more likely to ignore the recommendations. Conclude that the adolescents had high prevalence in relation to ignorance of the physical activity recommendations and, that some sociodemographic variables and physical activity level showed significant associations, with some separate or combined form of variables influencing the level of knowledge of the sergipano adolescents.O conhecimento é um caminho necessário para que os indivíduos comecem a tomar decisões a partir do conhecimento adquirido, assim, é de suma importância transmitir no ambiente escolar, através de uma metodologia diferenciada, as recomendações de atividade física, para que os adolescentes tenham a possibilidade de aumentar o conhecimento sobre as recomendações. Objetivou-se verificar a prevalência e fatores associados ao conhecimento sobre as recomendações internacionais de atividade física em adolescentes escolarizados no Estado de Sergipe. O estudo foi de caráter transversal com amostra composta por 3992 (2448 feminino e 1544 masculino) adolescentes no Estado de Sergipe, com idade entre 14 a 19 anos. As variáveis do estudo foram verificadas através de um questionário auto-administrado, utilizando a análise descritiva (frequência, Qui-Quadrado) e Inferencial (regressão logística binária bruta e ajustada). Os resultados deste estudo apontam para alta prevalência de adolescentes que desconhecem os componentes: frequência (85,2%), duração (69,4%), sessão (72%) e intensidade (81,5%) das recomendações de atividade física, como também, 99,8% desconhecem as recomendações de atividade física geral. Na analise entre os sexos, os meninos apresentaram ter mais conhecimento em relação às meninas. No componente frequência, os adolescentes do sexo feminino, do turno noturno e considerados sedentários tiveram mais chance de desconhecerem as recomendações, tendo os adolescentes do 3º ano com mais chance de conhecerem as recomendações. No componente duração, o sexo feminino, adolescentes do 3º ano e considerados sedentários apresentaram mais chance de conhecerem as recomendações, tendo os adolescentes com 3-4 anos de atraso escolar com mais chance de desconhecerem as recomendações. Já, em relação a sessão, as meninas, alunos com idade entre 16-17 e 18-19 anos e que estudam no 2º ano tiveram mais chance de desconhecerem as recomendações. E, no componente intensidade, as meninas apresentaram mais chance de desconhecerem as recomendações. Conclui-se que os adolescentes tiveram alta prevalência em relação ao desconhecimento das recomendações de atividade física e, que algumas variáveis sociodemográficas e nível de atividade física apresentaram associações significativas, tendo algumas variáveis de forma separada ou agrupada influenciando o nível de conhecimento dos adolescentes sergipanos.
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Acosta, Elisabete Bongalhardo. "Os conhecimentos acerca de atividade física, saúde e ambiente dos trabalhadores das equipes do programa saúde da família." reponame:Repositório Institucional da FURG, 2005. http://repositorio.furg.br/handle/1/2813.
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A atividade física é uma das formas de manifestação humana no que se refere ao movimento, é apenas um conteúdo da educação física que compreende a cultura corporal de pessoas e coletivos e se apresenta como um caminho de possibilidades na construção da saúde, que não pode ser vista sem os seus aspectos socioambientais. O presente estudo tem por objetivo principal, identificar os conhecimentos sobre atividade física, saúde e ambiente, através do processo de trabalho das equipes do Programa de Saúde da Família no município do Rio Grande. Foi realizada uma pesquisa de corte transversal orientada por caráter descritivo-exploratório e analítico-quantitativo que estudou os conhecimentos referentes à atividade física, a saúde e ao ambiente das equipes que compõe atualmente o Programa de Saúde da Família (PSF) no município do Rio Grande, buscando uma visão geral dessa realidade. Nessa perspectiva foi construído um questionário contendo dez questões de com quatro alternativas ou mais cada utilizando uma escala crescente de importância com notas de zero a dez, e uma questão aberta. Participaram do estudo 122 trabalhadores (médicos, enfermeiros, técnicos e agentes). O processo de análise identificou um conhecimento prévio desses trabalhadores sobre atividade física, saúde e ambiente, mas ainda percebese um enraizamento de conceitos de natureza biológica, foi possível também visualizar de um programa de saúde pública/coletiva em funcionamento efetivo e conhecer o perfil dos trabalhadores atuantes nesses serviços. Neste sentido a Educação Física pode contribuir para desmistificar alguns conceitos na relação atividade física, saúde e ambiente proporcionando que o trabalhador se concretize como sujeito e conseqüentemente cidadão e ator, cumprindo seu papel.
Physical activity is one of the ways of human manifestation that refers to movement. It is a content of the physical education that comprehends the corporal culture of people and groups and it presents itself as a path of possibilities in the construction of health, but it can not be seen without its social- environmental aspects. The present study aims to identify the knowledge on physical activity, health and environment, through the process of work of the team members of the Family Health Program in the city of Rio Grande. A traverse cut survey guided by descriptive – exploratory and analytical-quantitative character was accomplished and it studied the knowledge regarding to physical activity, health and environment of the team members who work nowadays at the Family Health Program in the city of Rio Grande, searching for a general view of their reality. In that perspective a questionnaire containing 10 questions with four or more alternative answers using a growing scale of importance with grades from zero to ten, and an opened question .122 workers took part in the study (doctors, nurses, technicians and health agents).The analysis process identified the workers previous knowledge on physical activity, health and environment but it was also noticed that most concepts have a biological basis .It was also possible to visualize a public health program in effective operation and to know the profile of the workers acting in those services. In this sense Physical Education can contribute to demystify some concepts in the relationship physical activity, health and environment enabling the worker to become a citizen and consequently being able to accomplish his role in society.
La actividad física es una de las formas de manifestación humana en lo que se refiere al movimiento, es solamente un contenido de la educación física que comprende la cultura corporal de las personas y de los colectivos y se presenta como un camino de posibilidades en la construcción de la salud, que no puede ser vista sin sus aspectos socio-ambientales. El presente estudio tiene por objetivo principal, identificar los conocimientos sobre la actividad física, salud y ambiente, através del proceso de trabajo de los equipos del Programa de Salud de la Familia en la ciudad de Rio Grande. Fue realizada una pesquisa de corte transversal orientada por carácter descriptivo-exploratorio y analítico-cuantitativo que estudió los conocimientos referentes a la actividad física, la salud y al ambiente de los equipos que componen actualmente el Programa de Salud de la Familia (PSF) en la ciudad de Rio Grande, buscando una visión general de esa realidad. En esa perspectiva fue construido un cuestionario conteniendo diez cuestiones con cuatro alternativas o más cada utilizando una escala creciente de importancia con notas de cero a diez, y una cuestión abierta. Participaron del estudio 122 trabajadores (médicos, enfermeros, técnicos y agentes). El proceso del análisis identificó un conocimiento previo de eses trabajadores sobre la actividad física, salud y ambiente, pero todavía se percibe un arraigamiento de los conceptos de naturaleza biológica, también fue posible visualizar en un programa de salud pública/colectiva en funcionamiento efectivo y conocer el perfil de los trabajadores actuantes en esos servicios. En este sentido la Educación Física puede contribuir para desmitificar algunos conceptos relacionados con la actividad física, salud y ambiente proporcionando que el trabajador se concretice como sujeto y consecuentemente ciudadano y actor, cumpliendo su papel.
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Knight, Jason Anthony. "An Anatomy Based Health Education Curriculum Taught by Medical Students May Improve High School Students Health Knowledge." Yale University, 2006. http://ymtdl.med.yale.edu/theses/available/etd-06282006-110025/.
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To date, few high school based interventions have been shown to have lasting effects on adolescents' health behaviors. The need for health interventions targeting adolescents is underscored by data showing that several health behaviors with significant short and long term adverse effects begin in early adolescence and become progressively more prevalent toward late adolescence. This project tested the efficacy of a novel anatomy based health education curriculum at increasing health knowledge. The course was taught by first year Yale medical students. The curriculum placed emphasis on nutrition, physical activity and infectious disease. Forty Juniors from Career High School visited Yale's anatomy lab once every two weeks for ten hour-long sessions. In addition to visits to the anatomy lab, students completed two class projects, one covered nutrition and the other focused on exercise. Four additional sessions at Career High School were dedicated to the class projects. Pre and post test analysis showed an improvement in health knowledge with a thirteen percentage point improvement on a standardized health knowledge survey. The students' performance was compared to a control cohort of thirty-one students who were not exposed to the curriculum. Students exposed to the curriculum had a nineteen percentage point advantage compared to control students who had not been exposed. Curriculum efficacy as demonstrated by this small cohort validate further testing with larger cohorts and more vigorous controls as well as separate testing to measure changes in health behavior attributable to curriculum exposure.
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Vieira, Douglas Eduardo de Brito [UNIFESP]. "Conhecimento sobre epilepsia entre estudantes de educação física na cidade de São Paulo." Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2009. http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/9249.
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Publico-00274.pdf: 630935 bytes, checksum: 03c24aa635088287a56753665b611dbd (MD5)Epilepsia é uma desordem neurológica caracterizada por crises recorrentes não provocadas que afetam pessoas de todas as idades. Um problema importante no cuidado da epilepsia é a falta de profissionais qualificados. Como o exercício físico é normalmente prescrito e acompanhado por professores de Educação Física, a proposta deste estudo foi avaliar o conhecimento dos estudantes de Educação Física em relação à epilepsia a fim de fornecer informações efetivas das precauções e conhecimento dos efeitos positivos do exercício físico na epilepsia. Neste sentido, este estudo avaliou o conhecimento geral dos estudantes de educação Física geral sobre epilepsia através de um questionário. Setecentos e cinqüenta e cinco estudantes de Educação Física de ambos os sexos responderam ao questionário. O questionário foi dividido em 3 partes: 1- Conhecimento geral sobre epilepsia, 2- Experiência prévia sobre epilepsia e 3- Conhecimento em relação a restrições para pessoas com epilepsia. Os estudantes responderam adequadamente quase todas as questões da primeira parte do questionário. Entretanto, na segunda parte do questionário, de forma geral, eles não mostraram ter experiência prévia sobre epilepsia. Com relação a restrições as pessoas com epilepsia abordada na terceira parte do estudo, as respostas adequadas variaram entre os participantes. Nossos resultados mostram uma falta de adequada informação dos estudantes de Educação Física sobre epilepsia. Um aprimoramento deste conhecimento poderia contribuir para a melhora dos cuidados necessários para as pessoas com epilepsia.
Epilepsy, a chronic disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures, affects people of all ages. This study aimed to assess physical educators’ general knowledge about epilepsy. One hundred thirty-four physical educators of both gender answered a questionnaire. The majority of professionals interviewed believe that a seizure is an abnormal electrical discharge of the brain, persons having convulsions will not necessarily present epilepsy, believe that epilepsy is a cerebral chronic disease that can not be cured or controlled, and believe that people with epilepsy have difficulties of learning. Questions concerned previous professional experience with epilepsy showed that more than half of those interviewed have seen a seizure and have access to some information about epilepsy. Thus, 37 professionals have a friend or relative with epilepsy, 19 have a student with epilepsy, and 39 helped someone during seizures. Our findings reveal a lack of physical educators’ appropriate information about epilepsy. Improvement of physical educators’ knowledge about epilepsy might contribute to the improvement of epilepsy care/management.
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Cederholm, Tove, and Sara Palmdal. "Fysisk aktivitet vid graviditetsdiabetes." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Fysioterapi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-384305.
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Bakgrund: Graviditetsdiabetes är den vanligaste metabola sjukdomen hos gravida. Sjukdomen ökar drastiskt relaterat till ökat stillasittande. Åtgärder inkluderar kostråd, råd om fysisk aktivitet, stöd att förbättra levnadsvanor samt vid behov insulinbehandling. Trots att forskning visar att fysisk aktivitet har flera positiva effekter på graviditetsdiabetes är mindre än hälften av populationen så fysiskt aktiva som de rekommenderas vara. För att bättre kunna stötta dessa kvinnor i sitt fysiska aktivitetsbeteende behövs mer information om deras kunskap och utfallsförväntningar avseende fysisk aktivitet. Syfte: Att undersöka hur fysiskt aktiva gravida med graviditetsdiabetes är, vilken kunskap och vilka utfallsförväntningar de har avseende fysisk aktivitet vid graviditetsdiabetes samt undersöka eventuella samband mellan kunskap, utfallsförväntningar och fysisk aktivitetsnivå. Metod: Observationsstudie av icke experimentell design genomfördes med webbenkät skapad i Google Forms. Bekvämlighetsurval från specialistmödravården samt sluten Facebook-grupp. Resultat: Majoriteten ägnade mindre än 30 minuter åt fysisk träning en vanlig vecka, uppfyllde inte rekommendationerna för vardagsmotion samt var stillasittande hela dagen. Majoriteten av deltagarna hade mer än häften rätt på kunskapsfrågorna och var säkra på att fysisk aktivitet är hälsosamt. Korrelationsberäkningarna var inte statistiskt signifikanta. Slutsats: Deltagarna hade kunskaper och höga utfallsförväntningar avseende fysisk aktivitet men låg fysisk aktivitetsnivå. Ytterligare forskning krävs för att undersöka eventuell korrelation.Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is the most common metabolic disease in pregnant women. GDM increases drastically related to sedentary behaviour. Treatment includes dietary advice, advice on physical activity and if necessary, insulin therapy. Objective: The purpose was to examine how physically active women with GDM are, their knowledge and outcome expectations on physical activity during GDM and whether there is any correlation between knowledge, outcome expectations and level of physical activity. Method: Observation study of non-experimental design was performed with a web-based questionnaire created in Google Forms. Study participants from Specialistmödravården at Akademiska sjukhuset Uppsala and a closed Facebook group. Results: The majority devoted less than 30 minutes to physical exercise a regular week, did not meet the recommendations for everyday exercise and were sedentary throughout the day. Most of the participants answered more than half of the questions correctly and were confident that physical activity is healthy. No significant correlations were found. Conclusion: The study participants had knowledge and high outcome expectations regarding physical activity, but their physical activity level was low. Further research on correlations is required.
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Marzi, Isabel, and Anne Kerstin Reimers. "Children’s Independent Mobility: Current Knowledge, Future Directions, and Public Health Implications." MDPI AG, 2018. https://monarch.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A33155.
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Environmental changes significantly impact health behavior. Active travel behavior is mostly affected by increasing motorization, urban sprawl, and traffic safety. Especially for children, active and independent travel can contribute to physical activity, social and motor development, and other health-related outcomes. A reduced number of children engaging in independent mobility over the last 20 years demanded researchers to further examine the construct of children’s independent mobility. By examining relevant literature, this narrative review aims to provide the current state of knowledge on children’s independent mobility, and identify future directions in research, as well as practical implications. From a public health perspective, considering children’s independent mobility in intervention programs is recommended, since it is associated with numerous health and environmental benefits. To develop interventions, multilevel socio-ecological influences on children’s independent mobility are widely examined; however, evidence is limited due to heterogeneous measurements and a lack of high-quality prospective studies. To oppose the decline in children’s independent mobility, further analysis using comparable measures is needed to understand the determinants of children’s independent mobility and to enable international comparison.
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Moniz, Rubina. "Conhecimento acerca dos benefícios e recomendações para a prática de atividade física: relação com o nível de atividade física autorreportada em indivíduos com diabetes tipo 2." Master's thesis, Escola Superior de Saúde, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/4308.
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Dissertação de Mestrado em Fisioterapia, ramo Saúde PúblicaAtualmente a prática de regular de atividade física é mencionada na literatura como uma estratégia fundamental no tratamento da diabetes tipo 2, com influencia positiva na redução das comorbilidades associadas a esta doença. (Sigal et al., 2006; Praet & van Loon, 2009). No entanto, e apesar deste reconhecimento, a maioria da população com diabetes tipo 2, apresenta baixos níveis de atividade física que na literatura têm sido relacionados com conhecimento deficitário ou inadequado acerca dos benefícios e das recomendações para a mesma (Madden, et. al., 2009). Este estudo foi realizado com o objetivo de determinar o nível de atividade física e de avaliar a sua associação com o conhecimento acerca dos benefícios da atividade física e recomendações específicas para a sua prática. Trata-se de um estudo observacional, de natureza descritiva e do tipo Survey (estudo de levantamento) realizado com uma amostra de 50 indivíduos recrutados a partir da consulta de diabetes de uma Unidade de Saúde Familiar da região de Setúbal. A recolha de dados foi feita através da aplicação conjunta, e de uma só vez, de três questionários (Questionário de caracterização sócio-demográfica; versão portuguesa do International Physical Activity Questionnaire - IPAQ; Questionário de Avaliação de Conhecimentos acerca dos benefícios e recomendações específicas da prática regular de atividade física), adaptados ao método de entrevista telefónica. Os resultados revelaram que a maioria dos participantes tinham baixos níveis de atividade física (60%), apesar de demonstrarem bons conhecimentos acerca dos benefícios da sua prática regular (67%). Nas analises exploratórias verificou-se uma associação estatisticamente significativa entre as variáveis, “género” (p= 0,045) e “existência de recomendação para a prática do exercício por parte de um profissional de saúde” (p=0,017), com os conhecimentos acerca dos benefícios da prática regular de atividade física. São os indivíduos do género feminino e com a existência de recomendação para o exercício por parte dos profissionais de saúde, que tendem a demonstrar um nível mais elevado de conhecimento acerca dos benefícios da atividade física.
Abstract: The practice of physical activity has been referred in the research literature as a key strategy in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), with positive influence in reducing its associated complications (Sigal et al., 2006; Praet & van Loon, 2009). However, the majority of people with T2DM, presents low levels of physical activity, which has been associated, with poor knowledge about its benefits and/or about the current guidelines’ recommendations for that practice (Madden, et. al., 2009). The purpose of this study was to determine the level of physical activity, in a sample of T2DM patients, and to assess its relationship with knowledge of physical activity benefits and knowledge about specific recommendations for the practice of physical activity. An observational descriptive study was carried out with a sample of 50 T2DM participants, recruited from the medical consultation of one of the Familiar Health Units in the Setúbal Region. Three aggregated questionnaires sociodemographic questionnaire, Portuguese version of the International Physical Questionnaire- IPAQ; Knowledge evaluation about physical activity benefits and specific recommendations for regular physical activity practice Questionnaire) were administrated by telephone interview, all at the same time. The study’s findings showed that the majority of the participants had low levels of physical activity (60%), regardless their appropriate knowledge concerning the benefits of regular physical activity (67%). The results of this study have also shown that participants have a poor and/ or inappropriate knowledge concerning the specific physical activity recommendations that have a positive impact in this specific condition. The exploratory analyses revealed a statistically significant association between an appropriate knowledge about the benefits of physical activity and both “gender” (p=0,045) and “recommendation for physical activity practice by an health professional” (p=0,017). Female participants, who received recommendations for regular physical activity, showed higher levels of knowledge concerning the benefits of being physically ative. The study’s findings suggest that T2DM patients need appropriate information and knowledge about how they should practice physical activity.Practising physical activity following current specific recommendations about the mode, frequency, intensity and duration has a positive effect on the management of T2DM.
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Björnsdotter, Göransson Sofia, and Jenna Kullberg. "Hur möblerar ni bort spring? Vi möblerar för spring! : En studie av pedagogers syn på fysisk aktivitet i förskolan." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Lärarutbildningen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-35432.
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The purpose of the study is to investigate preschool teachers’ knowledge and experiences of physical activity in the preschool indoor environment. To clarify this, we ask the following questions: What view of the concept of physical activity do preschool teachers has? What perceptions are made visible when preschool teachers interpret the objective in the curriculum? What didactic opportunities do preschool teachers see to carry out physical activity in the indoor environment? What norm-critical perspectives are visible in the preschool teachers’ answers? In our study we have chosen to use phenomenography as our theoretical method. We want to see if there are patterns in the preschool teachers’ answers, if they have similar experiences or knowledge, or they differ. Our study is therefore based on a qualitative research effort with both interviews and observations as a collection method. Our collected material has then been analyzed using our theoretical method and previous research to visualize the preschool teacher’s conceptions of the world around them. Our study´s main theme is therefore based on a scientific, didactic and cultural perspective. Our study shows that the knowledge and the definition of physical activity vary between preschool teachers which further affect how it is implemented. Children thus have different access to physical activity depending on which preschool they go in and what knowledge preschool teachers have. Preschool teachers varying interpretations of the objective in the curriculum have been shown to contribute to the design of the didactic learning environment. Missing knowledge probably leads to the objectives of the curriculum being interpreted on the basis of individual perceptions. Preschool teachers’ knowledge to physical activity and their norms and values will contribute to the emotional culture of which children become a part of. Therefore, norm-critical perspectives, intercultural leadership and child view have been relevant to our study. Our results have shown that norms on health and body ideals form preschool teachers' childcare and physical activity views. Preschool teachers show that despite obstacles, they focus on possibilities instead of limitations.
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de, Jersey Susan Jane. "Are we missing opportunities? Understanding health behaviours associated with overweight in pregnancy." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2013. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/61090/1/n2131943_deJersey_Thesis_April2013_FINAL_cleancopy.pdf.
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While maternal obesity, excess pregnancy weight gain and lifestyle behaviours are associated with future overweight for both mothers and babies, there is limited research on how best to intervene. An evidence base that identifies behavioural influences is crucial to the development of effective interventions. This thesis aims to gain an understanding of maternal behavioural outcomes of healthy eating, physical activity and gestational weight gain (GWG), the psychosocial influences on these and to examine differences according to pre-pregnancy weight status.
The New Beginnings Healthy Mothers and Babies Study was a prospective observational study using the PRECEDE-PROCEED model of health promotion planning as a framework. A consecutive sample of 715 women was recruited. Height and weight were measured and women completed questionnaires at approximately 16 and 36 weeks gestation. This thesis presents three chapters of original research across four study domains.
While healthy eating was widely regarded as important during pregnancy and had become more so, there was more variability in attitudes towards physical activity. Ninety-two percent of participants achieved the maximum knowledge score relating to the influence of nutrition on pregnancy. However, 8% and 36% respectively knew how many serves of fruit and vegetables should be consumed daily. Six percent of participants met the recommendations for fruit consumption, 4% achieved the recommended vegetable intake and 44% achieved sufficient physical activity. There were few differences between healthy and overweight women for measures of physical activity and healthy eating.
Many predisposing, reinforcing and enabling factors with a positive influence on health behaviours were lower in women commencing pregnancy overweight and those factors with a negative influence on health behaviours were higher when compared to healthy weight women. Some of these antecedents to health behaviours that were different according to prepregnancy weight status were associated with diet quality and physical activity. While self efficacy was consistently associated with diet quality and physical activity for both weight groups, other associations between specific predisposing, reinforcing and enabling factors differed with behaviour and weight status group. These results highlight the complexity of supporting behaviour change in a one-size-fits-all approach.
Sixty-four percent of participants gained weight outside of recommendations.
Compared to healthy weight women, those women who were already overweight at the beginning of pregnancy were more likely to gain too much weight (30% vs 56%, p<0.001). Only 35% of participants reported their correct recommended weight gain. Excess GWG was associated with few predisposing factors, however, these were not consistent between prepregnancy weight status groups.
Less than 50% of women reported sometimes/usually/always receiving advice from health professionals relating to healthy eating, physical activity or GWG. These results indicate that there are opportunities to improve the advice and support provided by health care professionals in the antenatal period.
Evidence from this PhD research suggests that there is a need for effective prevention and management of excess weight in pregnancy. Effective management of this problem is likely to require a multidisciplinary approach with multi-level strategies. Importantly, the strategies may need to be tailored according to pre-pregnancy weight status.
Collectively, the evidence derived from this thesis suggests that opportunities to support healthy lifestyles and prevent future overweight are being missed during pregnancy.
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Chapman, Tonya M. "A comparison of the body mass index (BMI), dietary habits, body perception, physical activity patterns, and nutrition knowledge and opinions of fourth grade students from Wells County, Indiana, in 2003-04 and 2005-06." Virtual Press, 2007. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1380097.
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This study examined the BMI, dietary habits, body perception, physical activity patterns, and nutrition knowledge and opinions of 599 fourth grade public school students in Wells County, Indiana, in 2003-04 and 2005-06. Participants completed the School Physical Activity and Nutrition (SPAN) survey and had their height and weight measured. Almost half (49.9%) of the participants were at risk for or were overweight. More than one-quarter (29.1 %; n=91) normal weight students perceived they did not weigh enough. At risk for overweight children were more likely to participate in exercise that did not raise their heart rate than normal weight children. Normal weight children participated in more cardiovascular-raising activity than overweight children did. Students engaged in significantly more cardiovascular exercise in 2005-06 than in 2003-04. Students "usually" spent 3.4 ± 2.0 hours per day in screen time. Interventions that encourage healthy eating and physical activity would benefit students in this community.Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
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Prissel, Rose Janet. "The Potential Impact of Nutrition Education Courses Accepted by the Parent Aware Program on Nutritional and Physical Activity-Related Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior Among Childcare Providers and Preschoolers' Parents Whom These Childcare Providers Serve." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2016. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/28008.
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Recently Minnesota (MN) adopted Parent Aware, a childcare quality four star rating system. At the top-star rating, nutrition and childhood obesity prevention education is recommended. However, little is known of its impact on childhood obesity. The purpose of this study is to identify the impact of Parent Aware towards nutrition knowledge, behavior, and attitudes of childcare providers and the parents they serve. A quantitative analysis was conducted using a survey in 2015. Seven hundred and seven childcare providers responded to the questionnaire. The parent survey had 123 responders. There were no significant nutrition knowledge, attitude, or behavioral differences between childcare providers who were part of Parent Aware and those who were not part of Parent Aware. There was a significant difference in nutrition offerings to preschoolers between childcare providers and parents. This study highlights the impact childhood obesity education is providing to all childcare providers.
Keywords: Childcare Provider, Parent, Preschooler, Childhood Obesity
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Вржесневський, Іван Іванович, Володимир Трофимович Ємец, and Віктор Леонидович Корчинський. "Психолого-педагогические предпосылки, позволяющие идентифицировать педагогику физических усилий и двигательной активности как отдельное направление в педагогической науке." Thesis, Российский государственный профессионально-педагогический университет, 2017. http://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/26204.
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Перспективы физического воспитания в современном обществе неизбежно связаны с поиском фундаментального обоснования соответствующего направления в педагогике. В статье предлагается попытка идентификации педагогики физических усилий двигательной активности как отдельного направления в педагогической науке.Prospects physical of education in society modernity inevitably search with fundamental justification this direction in pedagogy. In Article attempt invited Identification pedagogy physical powers and impellent activity separately direction in science.
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Silva, Rita de Fatima da. "Atividade motora adaptada : o conhecimento produzido nos programas Stricto Sensu em Educação Física no Brasil." [s.n.], 2009. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/274781.
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Orientador: Paulo Ferreira de AraujoTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação Fisica
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Resumo: As Universidades brasileiras, em seus estatutos estabelecem três funções específicas: o Ensino, a Pesquisa e a Extensão. Estas Universidades necessitam criar, desenvolver, organizar, preservar, transmitir o saber acadêmico-científico e a cultura por meio do ensino e da pesquisa, para formar profissionais aptos ao exercício da investigação científica, para o desempenho do magistério e das demais profissões, articulando-se ainda, com a comunidade, na busca do desenvolvimento de suas atividades acadêmicas. Nos últimos anos, tem havido um interesse crescente em relação à pesquisa em Atividade Motora Adaptada. Outro fato também observável é que as pesquisas que discutem a produção do conhecimento científico nos programas estrito senso em Educação Física no Brasil têm enfocado áreas de concentração e linhas de pesquisa diversas, mas não privilegiam a Atividade Motora Adaptada. Um ponto relevante de investigação, então, é verificar o conhecimento produzido em Educação Física envolvendo a Atividade Motora Adaptada, nos programas de mestrado e doutorado, reconhecidos e recomendados pela Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior. Para tal investigação utilizou-se Levantamento bibliográfico com análise de conteúdo, onde foram analisados um grande número de estudos e reduzidos a princípios básicos. Os dados coletados foram organizados em categorias: Categorias Teórica, divida em subcategoria - Tematização; subcategoria - área de Concentração, Linha de Pesquisa; subcategoria - Autores, Orientadores e Data de Defesa; Categoria Metodológica: subcategoria - Coleta de Dados: Técnicas de pesquisa, Instrumentos Utilizados e Procedimento Metodológico; subcategoria - Grupo de Foco, sendo posteriormente tratados a partir de grelhas de análise. Nessa pesquisa o termo Atividade Motora Adaptada foi compreendido como a busca de adequação de meios para se executar uma tarefa diante da ausência ou da impossibilidade de se usarem os meios convencionais1. E dessa forma ligado a grupos especiais, como: em condição de deficiência (física, motora, física sensorial e mental). Num primeiro momento, portanto, foi realizada a análise das dissertações e teses a partir dessas categorias e num segundo momento a análise de elementos oriundos das mesmas, estabelecendo, por sua vez, generalizações a partir de condicionantes históricos, políticos e sociais, compreendendo o período de 1986 até o ano de 2008, nos cursos de Educação Física, no Brasil. No caso específico da Educação Física e Atividade Motora Adaptada, não se pode ignorar que mudanças significativas vêm ocorrendo, principalmente após a Organização das Nações Unidas ter instituído o ano de 1981 como o Ano Internacional da Pessoa Portadora de Deficiência, o que contribuiu para a estruturação de um perfil para esse campo de conhecimento: Acontece predominantemente em áreas de concentração biológicas; Compõem o quadro de pesquisadores cento e vinte e três pessoas com produção na área estudada- 35 professores orientadores que possibilitaram a titulação de sessenta e oito mestres e vinte doutores; As temáticas envolvem como grupos de foco, preferencialmente adultos, seguidos pelo de crianças e posteriormente adolescentes; A pesquisa stricto sensu em Educação Física envolvendo AMA representa um espaço ainda novo, uma vez que a primeira dissertação data de 1986 (USP); A UNICAMP aponta como a IES com maior produção na área (53 pesquisas), seguida pela UFRGS (11 pesquisas), pela USP (6 pesquisas), pela UCB e UGF (4 pesquisas cada uma), pela UNESP e UFSC (3 pesquisas cada uma), pela UDESC e UFPR (com 2 pesquisas cada uma); Apenas duas IES possuem uma linha de pesquisa específica para tratar das questões inerentes à pesquisa em Educação Física envolvendo a AMA- UNICAMP e UFRGS. O que se somando ao tempo que já desenvolvem pesquisa na área, favorece uma maior produção; Somam-se aos pontos anteriormente citados como determinantes para que a pesquisa stricto sensu em Educação Física assim se estruture os seguintes: sua alocação na área 21, área da saúde; os critérios de avaliação das produções estabelecidos pela CAPES; a recente chegada da população em condição de deficiência como sujeito da pesquisa stricto senso, em EducaçãoFísica; nas bibliografias indicadas (o que pode-se perceber por meio dos testes padronizados), notoriamente influenciadas pela visão norte-americana de deficiência; A pesquisa stricto sensu em Educação Física envolvendo AMA, mostra-se corajosa uma vez que aborda justamente aquele em condição de desvantagem em relação aos movimentos padrões, estabelecidos ao longo da construção da Educação Física. Contudo, é importante salientar que esse perfil tem se construído como produto e processo de um grande complexo contextual amplo e dinâmico, com diversos fatores contribuintes, o que esse estudo levou em conta.
Abstract: In Brazil, the bylaws of Universities set forth three specific purposes: Education, Research and Extension Courses. Such universities must create, develop, organize, preserve and foster academic and scientific knowledge and culture, through education and research, in order to train professionals who are able to conduct scientific research, teach, and practice other professions, as well as work with the community, in order to develop academic activities. In recent years, there has been growing interest in the research of Adapted Motor Activity. Another observable fact is that the studies, which discuss the production of scientific knowledge in post graduation and doctorate programs in Physical Education in Brazil focus on several fields and lines of research, but have not prioritized Adapted Motor Activity. Therefore, a relevant research theme would be to survey the knowledge produced in relation to Adapted Motor Activity, within the masters and doctorate programs, in Physical Education, recognized and recommended by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel). In order to conduct such a survey, a review of the literature in the field, as well as an analysis of the content, was conducted, whose aim was to analyze a large number of studies and list their basic principles. The data collected were organized into categories: Theory, divided into subcategories - Theme; Area of Concentration, Line of Research; Authors, Advisors and Date of Presentation; Methodological: Data Collection: research techniques, Methodological tools and procedures used; Focus Group. These were further processed by analysis grids. For the purpose of the present work Adapted Motor Activity is defined as the effort to adapt the means to execute a task in the absence of conventional means or inability to use them. 2 In this manner it is related to special groups, as those people with disabilities (physical, motor, physical sensorial and mental). At first, the analysis of dissertations and theses, between 1986 and 2008, of the Courses in Physical Education in Brazil, was conducted based on the abovementioned categories, and later the focus was on the analysis of elements obtained, and the establishment of generalizations based on historical, political and social determinants. The significant changes that have taken place, particularly in the field of Physical Education and Adapted Motor Activities, cannot be ignored, especially since the UN instituted 1981 as the International Year for Disabled Persons, which contributed for the establishment of a profile in this field of study. Studies have been produced mainly in the area of Biological Sciences; there are 123 researchers, who produce work in this area, 35 are professors/thesis advisors, who in turn give orientation to 68 graduate and 20 doctorate students; the themes are focused on groups which mainly involve, in that order, adults, then children, and adolescents. Research in Physical Education in relation to AMA represents a fairly new field, as the first dissertation was presented in 1986 (USP). UNICAMP is the Higher Education Institution with the most prolific production in the area (53 studies), followed by UFRGS (11 studies), USP (6 studies), UCB and UGF (4 studies each), UNESP and UFSC (3 studies each), UDESC and UFPR (with 2 studies each); only two Higher Education Institutions have a specific line of research to deal with issues related to AMA in the field of Physical Education - UNICAMP and UFRGS. This fact and the amount of time dedicated to research in the area, has fostered a greater production in those institutions. Besides the previously mentioned determinants of the manner through which research in Physical Education is structured, are also the following points: the allocation of the field in area number 21, Health; the evaluation criteria for production established by CAPES (Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel); and the recent discovery of the disabled population as research subjects, in Physical Education; in the listed Bibliography (as can be verified with standardized tests), notably influenced by the North American notion of disability. The research about AMA in Physical Education has been bold as it focuses on individuals who are in disadvantage in relation to standard movements, established during the evolution of Physical Education. However, it is important to emphasize that this profile has been constructed as both a product and a process in a contextual complex that is much more comprehensive and dynamic, with many contributive factors, which have been taken into account in the present study.
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Atividade Fisica, Adaptação e Saude
Doutor em Educação Física
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Viazovskienė, Beata. "Kauno Technologijos Universiteto pirmo ir antro kursų studentų mitybos įvertinimas." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2007. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2007~D_20070803.100538-19874.
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Darbo tikslas: Įvertinti Kauno Technologijos Universiteto pirmo ir antro kurso studentų mitybos įpročius bei žinias apie sveikos mitybos principus.
Darbo uždaviniai:
1. Įvertinti studentų mitybos įpročius.
2. Įvertinti studentų žinias apie sveikos mitybos principus.
Tyrimo metodai: anoniminės anketinės apklausos pagalba buvo siekiama išsiaiškinti studentų žinias apie sveiką mitybą, maitinimos ypročius bei rėžimą, fizinį aktyvumą.Tyrime dalyvavo Kauno technologijos universiteto pirmo ir antro kursų 310 studentų, pasirinktų atsitiktine tvarka.
Rezultatai: Studentų mityba nėra sveika. Kad mityba yra sveika – pažymėjo 2,58 proc. iš visų apklaustųjų. Studentų tarpe yra populiarus greitas maistas. Dažniausiai studentai nurodė, jog sveikai maitintis jiems trukdo laiko stoka. Apklausti studentai maitinasi nereguliariai, 18,39 proc. nesilaikė mitybos režimo. Taip pat skyrėsi valgymų skaičius ir paskutinio valgymo laikas. Tik 12,3 proc. studentų (vyrų 24,0 proc. ir moterų 4,3 proc.) valgo 5 ir daugiau kartų per dieną. Tris – keturis kartus dienoje valgo 66,4 proc. apklaustų vaikinų ir 74,1 proc. merginų. Vaikinai paskutinį kartą dienoje linkę valgyti vėliau nei merginos, nepriklausomai nuo jų gyvenamosios vietos. Vaikinai gyvenantis su tėvais, nuomojame bute ar bendrabutyje dažniau nei merginos valgo vėliau nei 20 val., merginos paskutinų kartą dienoje valgo iki 20 val.
Nustačius ryšį tarp paskutinio valgymo dienoje ir kūno masės indeksą, matome, jog studentai priskirti II – ai... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]Aim of the study is to investigate peculiarities of Kaunas University of Technology students’ nutrition. Objectives: 1. Investigate peculiarities of students’ nutrition. 2. Investigate students’ news about nutrition. Methods. An anonymous survey using a specially designed questionnaire was carried out on 310 first – second - year students of the Kaunas University of Technology. The questionnaire was used for investigation of peculiarities of students’ nutrition, healthy nutrition knowledge, and physical activity. Results. The nutrition of students is irregular; differ in time and number of meals. Only 12,3 percent (males 24,0 percent and females 4,3 percent) eats 5 and more times per day. Three – four times per day are eating 66,4 percent males and 74,1 percent females. Students stated that they don‘t have time for healthy nutrition. Males are eating later last time per day than females. Mostly females last time per day eats till 8 p.m. and males after 8 p.m. It doesn‘t related to their living place. There was established coherence between last time eating per day and body mass index (BMI), students who are at the second group by BMI (BMI-18,5-24,9) last time per day are eating till 6 p.m. Students who have overweight are eating last time per day after 8 p. m. Students consumed insufficient amounts of bread, potatoes, cereals, and other products that constitute the basis of the pyramid of healthy nutrition. The largest part of vegetable oil using first group students by BMI... [to full text]
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Moniz, Rubina Luisa Teixeira. "Conhecimento acerca dos benefícios e recomendações para a prática de atividade física: relação com o nível de atividade física autorreportada em indivíduos com diabetes tipo 2." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. UNL, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/9113.
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RESUMO: Atualmente a prática de regular de atividade física é mencionada na literatura como uma estratégia fundamental no tratamento da diabetes tipo 2, com influencia positiva na redução das comorbilidades associadas a esta doença. (Sigal et al., 2006; Praet & van Loon, 2009). No entanto, e apesar deste reconhecimento, a maioria da população
com diabetes tipo 2, apresenta baixos níveis de atividade física que na literatura têm
sido relacionados com conhecimento deficitário ou inadequado acerca dos benefícios e das recomendações para a mesma (Madden, et. al., 2009). Este estudo foi realizado com o objetivo de determinar o nível de atividade física e de avaliar a sua associação com o conhecimento acerca dos benefícios da atividade física e recomendações específicas para a sua prática. Trata-se de um estudo observacional,
de natureza descritiva e do tipo Survey (estudo de levantamento) realizado com uma
amostra de 50 indivíduos recrutados a partir da consulta de diabetes de uma Unidade
de Saúde Familiar da região de Setúbal. A recolha de dados foi feita através da
aplicação conjunta, e de uma só vez, de três questionários (Questionário de
caracterização sócio-demográfica; versão portuguesa do International Physical
Activity Questionnaire - IPAQ; Questionário de Avaliação de Conhecimentos acerca dos benefícios e recomendações específicas da prática regular de atividade física),
adaptados ao método de entrevista telefónica.
Os resultados revelaram que a maioria dos participantes tinham baixos níveis de
atividade física (60%), apesar de demonstrarem bons conhecimentos acerca dos
benefícios da sua prática regular (67%). Nas analises exploratórias verificou-se uma
associação estatisticamente significativa entre as variáveis, “género” (p= 0,045) e
“existência de recomendação para a prática do exercício por parte de um profissional
de saúde” (p=0,017), com os conhecimentos acerca dos benefícios da prática regular
de atividade física. São os indivíduos do género feminino e com a existência de
recomendação para o exercício por parte dos profissionais de saúde, que tendem a
demonstrar um nível mais elevado de conhecimento acerca dos benefícios da
atividade física. Os resultados mostram igualmente que apesar de não existir uma associação estatisticamente significativa entre o conhecimento acerca das recomendações
específicas para a prática da atividade física (recomendações para o modo, frequência
duração e intensidade da atividade física), e o nível de atividade física autorreportada,
a maioria dos participantes desconhece estas recomendações (70,3%).
Estes resultados sugerem a necessidade de realizar programas educativos dirigidos a
este aspeto ou de incluir este tipo de informação nas recomendações dos profissionais de saúde para a prática regular de atividade física em indivíduos com diabetes do tipo 2. -----------ABSTRACT:The practice of physical activity has been referred in the research literature as a key
strategy in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), with positive
influence in reducing its associated complications (Sigal et al., 2006; Praet & van
Loon, 2009). However, the majority of people with T2DM, presents low levels of
physical activity, which has been associated, with poor knowledge about its benefits
and/or about the current guidelines’ recommendations for that practice (Madden, et.
al., 2009).
The purpose of this study was to determine the level of physical activity, in a sample
of T2DM patients, and to assess its relationship with knowledge of physical activity
benefits and knowledge about specific recommendations for the practice of physical
activity. An observational descriptive study was carried out with a sample of 50
T2DM participants, recruited from the medical consultation of one of the Familiar
Health Units in the Setúbal Region. Three aggregated questionnaires
(sociodemographic questionnaire, Portuguese version of the International Physical
Questionnaire- IPAQ; Knowledge evaluation about physical activity benefits and
specific recommendations for regular physical activity practice Questionnaire) were
administrated by telephone interview, all at the same time.
The study’s findings showed that the majority of the participants had low levels of
physical activity (60%), regardless their appropriate knowledge concerning the
benefits of regular physical activity (67%). The results of this study have also shown
that participants have a poor and/ or inappropriate knowledge concerning the specific
physical activity recommendations that have a positive impact in this specific
condition.
The exploratory analyses revealed a statistically significant association between an
appropriate knowledge about the benefits of physical activity and both “gender”
(p=0,045) and “recommendation for physical activity practice by an health
professional” (p=0,017). Female participants, who received recommendations for
regular physical activity, showed higher levels of knowledge concerning the benefits
of being physically ative.
The study’s findings suggest that T2DM patients need appropriate information and
knowledge about how they should practice physical activity. Practising physical activity following current specific recommendations about the mode, frequency,
intensity and duration has a positive effect on the management of T2DM.
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Li, Ian Anthony Rosas. "Personal Informatics and Context: Using Context to Reveal Factors that Affect Behavior." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2011. http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/100.
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Personal informatics systems help people collect and reflect on behavioral information to better understand their own behavior. Because most systems only show one type of behavioral information, finding factors that affect one’s behavior is difficult. Supporting exploration of multiple types of contextual and behavioral information in a single interface may help.
To explore this, I developed prototypes of IMPACT, which supports reflection on physical activity and multiple types of contextual information. I conducted field studies of the prototypes, which showed that such a system could increase people’s awareness of opportunities for physical activity. However, several limitations affected the usage and value of these prototypes. To improve support for such systems, I conducted a series of interviews and field studies. First, I interviewed people about their experiences using personal informatics systems resulting in the Stage-Based Model of Personal Informatics Systems, which describes the different stages that systems need to support, and a list of problems that people experience in each of the stages. Second, I identified the kinds of questions people ask about their personal data and found that the importance of these questions differed between two phases: Discovery and Maintenance. Third, I evaluated different visualization features to improve support for reflection on multiple kinds of data. Finally, based on this evaluation, I developed a system called Innertube to help people reflect on multiple kinds of data in a single interface using a visualization integration approach that makes it easier to build such tools compared to the more common data integration approach.
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Silva, Vera Maria de Lima. "Ciências por investigação : uma abordagem para brincadeiras na educação infantil." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFABC, 2016.
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Orientadora: Profa Dra Maria Candida Varone de Moraes CapecchiDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do ABC, Programa De Pós-Graduação em Ensino, História, Filosofia das Ciências e Matemática, 2016.
A Educação Infantil (EI) no Brasil já assumiu diferentes funções ao longo da sua história: assistencialista, compensatória e preparatória, até tornar-se primeira etapa da Educação Básica, com a publicação da Constituição Federal de 1988. Tantas transformações neste percurso, desencadearam e possibilitaram discussões pautadas em concepções de ensino que consideram a prática dialogada, como elemento vital na construção de saberes histórica e socialmente constituídos. Neste contexto e aliadas às vertentes teóricas construtivistas, as vivências individuais dos pequenos ajudaram a provocar reflexões e novas posturas, tanto para os alunos, quanto para os professores. É nesse universo de ressignificação de saberes que este trabalho se estrutura. Focamos o olhar sobre o ensino de ciências na EI, numa investigação que busca identificar indícios de Alfabetização Científica (AC) nos registros e discussões dos pequenos na escola e, também, averiguar práticas pedagógicas que favoreçam este aspecto. Para tanto, apresentamos uma sequência didática (SD) elaborada a partir de uma brincadeira do conhecimento físico, escolhida pelas crianças: bolinhas de sabão, com o intuito de favorecer a vivência prática, o questionamento e as discussões como elementos chave, na construção de aprendizagens dos assuntos das ciências. Esta é uma pesquisa de abordagem qualitativa e os dados foram obtidos através de múltiplas fontes, como rodas de conversa registradas em áudio e vídeo, fotos e registros produzidos pelas crianças nas quatro etapas da SD. A análise dos dados foi embasada nas competências científicas propostas por Furman (2009), nos indicadores de Alfabetização Científica elaborados por Sasseron e Carvalho (2008),) e nos tipos de conteúdo descritos por Zabala (2008). Assim, identificamos a presença de indícios de AC na EI, contemplando os três instrumentos de análise usados nesta empreitada.
The Children Education (CE) in Brazil has assumed different functions along its history: welfarist, compensatory and preparatory until become the first step on Basic Education after published of the Federal Constitution on 1988. Many transformations on this trajectory started and supported discussions based on teaching concepts that consider the dialectic practice as vital element on building of social and historical established knowledge. On this context and allied to theoretical constructive view, the living experiences of the children help to achieve reflection and new behavior from teachers and students. It is on this universe of redefinition of meaning of knowledge that this work has been based on. We focus our vision on science teaching on CE, on an investigation that seeks to identify traces of Scientific Literacy (SL) on the records and discussions of the children at school and also to evaluate pedagogical practices that support this aspect. For this purpose, we present a Didactic Sequence (DS) based on a joke of physical knowledge chosen by the children - soup bubbles - intending to ease the practical experience, the questioning and discussions, as key elements for building the Science subject learning. This is a research with qualitative approach. The data was achieved from multiple sources such as conversation groups recorded on audio and video, pictures and records produced by children on all five steps of DS. The data analysis was inspired on the indicators of Scientific Literacy made by Sasseron e Carvalho (2008), on the scientific competences proposed by Furman (2009) and on the types of content by Zabala (2008). We have identified presence of traces of Science Literacy (SL) on Children Education (CE) on the three analysis instruments used on this research.