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A school-based intervention to promote physical activity among adolescent girls: Rationale, design, and baseline data from the Girls in Sport group randomised controlled trial by Anthony D Okely; Wayne G Cotton; David R Lubans; Philip J Morgan; Lauren Puglisi; Judy Miller; Jan Wright; Marijka J Batterham; Louisa R Peralta; Janine Perry is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Background Physical activity levels decline markedly among girls during adolescence. School-based interventions that are multi-component in nature, simultaneously targeting curricular, school environment and policy, and community links, are a promising approach for promoting physical activity. This report describes the rationale, design and baseline data from the __Girls in Sport__ group randomised trial, which aims to prevent the decline in moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) among adolescent girls. ## Methods/Design A community-based participatory research approach and action learning framework are used with measurements at baseline and 18-month follow-up. Within each intervention school, a committee develops an action plan aimed at meeting the primary objective (preventing the decline in accelerometer-derived MVPA). Academic partners and the State Department of Education and Training act as critical friends. Control schools continue with their usual school programming. 24 schools were matched then randomized into intervention (n = 12) and control (n = 12) groups. A total of 1518 girls (771 intervention and 747 control) completed baseline assessments (86% r
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- Author
- Anthony D Okely; Wayne G Cotton; David R Lubans; Philip J Morgan; Lauren Puglisi; Judy Miller; Jan Wright; Marijka J Batterham; Louisa R Peralta; Janine Perry
- Publisher
- BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); London: BioMed Central, 2001-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 1471-2458)
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)