Scoping Review on Interventions for Physical Activity and Physical Literacy Components in Brazilian School-Aged Children and Adolescents

Valter Cordeiro Barbosa Filho, Wallingson Michael Gonçalves Pereira, Bianca de Oliveira Farias, Thereza Maria Magalhães Moreira, Paulo Henrique Guerra, Ana Carolina Melo Queiroz, Victor Hugo Santos de Castro and Kelly Samara Silva
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Valter Cordeiro Barbosa Filho: Post-Graduate Program in Collective Health, Ceara State University, Fortaleza 60714-903, Brazil
Wallingson Michael Gonçalves Pereira: Post-Graduate Program in Collective Health, Ceara State University, Fortaleza 60714-903, Brazil
Bianca de Oliveira Farias: Post-Graduate Program in Collective Health, Ceara State University, Fortaleza 60714-903, Brazil
Thereza Maria Magalhães Moreira: Post-Graduate Program in Collective Health, Ceara State University, Fortaleza 60714-903, Brazil
Paulo Henrique Guerra: Federal University of Fronteira Sul, Chapeco 89802-112, Brazil
Ana Carolina Melo Queiroz: Post-Graduate Program in Collective Health, Ceara State University, Fortaleza 60714-903, Brazil
Victor Hugo Santos de Castro: Post-Graduate Program in Collective Health, Ceara State University, Fortaleza 60714-903, Brazil
Kelly Samara Silva: Research Center for Physical Activity and Health, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis 88040-900, Brazil

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 16, 1-16

Abstract: This scoping review mapped the existing evidence on interventions to promote physical activity (PA) and/or components of physical literacy (PL) in Brazilian school-aged children and adolescents. Nine electronic databases and gray literature were consulted in May 2020, with no limit on year or language. School-based intervention studies (6 to 18 years old, primarily) that assessed PA or PL components (PA-related factors or attributes) were eligible. The studies were stratified by children (<12 years of age) and adolescents (?12 years of age). A total of 63 documents were included, which refer to 42 different intervention studies. Twenty-five interventions focused on adolescents and 17 on children. The most-used strategies in the interventions were changes in physical and environmental education classes, extracurricular PA sessions, and health education. No study has analyzed all components of PL or evaluated PL using specific protocols or instruments. PA attributes were the most studied components (30 studies). This review identified the need to conduct interventions with strategies that target all components of PL, representing important elements for a research agenda that underlies school interventions that contribute to an active lifestyle.

Keywords: physical literacy; physical activity; intervention; children; adolescents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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