@article{ref1,
title="The secret sauce? Taking the mystery out of scaling-up school-based physical activity interventions",
journal="Journal of physical activity and health",
year="2024",
author="McKay, Heather A. and Kennedy, Sarah G. and Macdonald, Heather M. and Naylor, Patti-Jean and Lubans, David R.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Over the last 4 decades, physical activity researchers have invested heavily in determining &quot;what works&quot; to promote healthy behaviors in schools. Single and multicomponent school-based interventions that target physical education, active transportation, and/or classroom activity breaks effectively increased physical activity among children and youth. Yet, few of these interventions are ever scaled-up and implemented under real-world conditions and in diverse populations. To achieve population-level health benefits, there is a need to design school-based health-promoting interventions for scalability and to consider key aspects of the scale-up process. In this opinion piece, we aim to identify challenges and advance knowledge and action toward scaling-up school-based physical activity interventions. We highlight the key roles of planning for scale-up at the outset, scale-up pathways, trust among partners and program support, program adaptation, evaluation of scale-up, and barriers and facilitators to scaling-up. We draw upon our experience scaling-up effective school-based interventions and provide a solid foundation from which others can work toward bridging the implementation-to-scale-up gap.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1543-3080",
doi="10.1123/jpah.2024-0274",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2024-0274"
}