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Global Matrix 3.0 physical activity report card for children and youth: a comparison across Europe by T. Coppinger; K. Milton; E. Murtagh; D. Harrington; D. Johansen; J. Seghers; T. Skovgaard; A. Chalkley is a Health Professions article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Objectives: The global matrix of report card grades on physical activity serves as a public health awareness tool by summarising the status of child and youth physical activity prevalence and action. the objectives were to: (1) provide a detailed examination of the evidence informing the 'school' and 'community and environment' indicators across all participating european global matrix 3.0 countries; (2) explore the comparability of the grades for these two indicators across europe; (3) detail any limitations or issues with the methods used to assign grades; and (4) provide suggestions on how future grading of the indicators could be improved. ## Study design: A comparative review of published methods on the grading of global matrix 3.0 indicators across european countries. ## Methods: Key documents relating to the european countries involved in the 2018 global matrix 3.0 were collated and a template used to extract data for both the 'school' and 'community and environment' indicators. ## Results: Seventeen of the 20 european report card countries (85%) had a grade for schools, and 15 countries (75%) had a grade for community and environment. all countries considered between one

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Author
T. Coppinger; K. Milton; E. Murtagh; D. Harrington; D. Johansen; J. Seghers; T. Skovgaard; A. Chalkley
Publisher
Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0033-3506)
Published
2020
Language
EN
Field
Health Professions (Health Sciences)