Citation

Ziviani J, Kopeshke R, Wadley D. Aust. Occup. Ther. J. 2006; 53(1): 27-34.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1440-1630.2006.00537.x

PMID

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Abstract

Background and Aims: Children's declining physical activity has attracted attention from those concerned with the health and well-being of the young. The present study aims to determine if the extent of walking to and from a school with an active participation program differed from that in another school without a program.

METHOD and Results: Data from 21 parents of Grade 7 children from School A, sourced from a previous study, were compared with data from parents of Grade 7 children in School B, collected using the same questionnaire. No significant difference in the mean number of days walked to (t= 0.098, P= 0.92) or from school (t= 0.251, P= 0.80) was identified.

CONCLUSIONS: This small-scale project suggests that a mélange of variables has the potential to influence children's incidental activity levels.

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Language: en