Worldwide physical education and school-based physical activity interventions: a systematic review protocol

Abstract Overview

Background: The Global Observatory for Physical Education (GoPE!)[1] intends to answer the need to strengthen the provision of quality physical education (PE) and school-based physical activity (PA). GoPE! aims to identify and summarize available interventions within the school setting per country, their characteristics and effectiveness, and highlight gaps that could be addressed through future research. To inform the first round of GoPE! Country Cards a systematic umbrella review was conducted[2]. For the second round of GoPE! Country Cards, the focus will be to evaluate primary intervention studies systematically.

Purpose: To present the systematic review protocol to inform the ‘PE and school-based PA interventions research’ dimension of the second set of the GoPE! Country Cards.

Methods: This protocol was developed under the PRISMA-P guidelines for systematic review protocols. A search will be conducted through four databases (Web of Science, Pubmed, Scopus, and EBSCO), aiming to include interventions (1) with participants aged 5 to 17 enrolled in school, (2) conducted primarily within the school, and (3) focusing on PA measurements, regardless of the study design. Only studies published in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and French, from 2000 onwards will be included.

Results: Data collected will be summarized and inform the second set of Country Cards on the type of intervention, specifically: (1) PE interventions, (2) active transportation, (3) active classes/breaks, (4) active recess, and (5) extra-curriculum PA. The GoPE! Country Cards will classify each country’s contribution to PE and school-based PA research.

Conclusions and practical implications: A systematic review of interventions within the school setting is needed to enhance research capacity and to address the gap between the scientific research field and practical strategies implemented to enhance PA among children and adolescents.

Funding: None.

References:
1Martins et al. 2023. J Phys Act Health, 20(7):573. doi:10.1123/jpah.2023-0099
2Martins et al. 2023. Open Science Framewor. doi:https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2023-0099

Additional Authors

Name: Michael Pratt

Affiliation: School of Medicine, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

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Name: Marcos Onofre

Affiliation: Centro de Estudos em Educação, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana e UIDEF, Instituto de Educação, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

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Name: Andrea Ramirez Varela

Affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, UTHealth Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA; Center for Pediatric Population Health, Department of Pediatrics at McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA

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Name: Andressa Sobrinho

Affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

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Name: João Martins

Affiliation: Centro de Estudos em Educação, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana e UIDEF, Instituto de Educação, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

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Name: Dean Dudley

Affiliation: Macquarie School of Education, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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Name: João Costa

Affiliation: Sports Studies and Physical Education Programme, School of Education, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

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Name: Pedro C. Hallal

Affiliation: Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA

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Name: Rafael Tassitano

Affiliation: Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA