Step-Count Promotion Through a School-Based Intervention

Stuart M. Shore, Michael L. Sachs, Joseph P. DuCette and Joseph R. Libonati

Clinical Nursing Research, 2014, vol. 23, issue 4, 402-420

Abstract: The purpose was to determine the effects of a school-based pedometer intervention (SBPI) on daily accrued steps, academic performance, attendance, tardiness, and fitness performance in middle school students. Students from one, public middle school were assigned to a control ( n = 46) or a 6-week SBPI ( n = 46). Both groups recorded daily accrued pedometer steps. Grade point average (GPA), tardiness, absenteeism, and physical fitness scores were assessed. While baseline daily accrued step-counts were similar ( p = NS), SBPI significantly increased daily accrued step-counts versus control ( p

Keywords: exercise; child and adolescent health; physical fitness and sport; health educators (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773813485240

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