School-based Multilevel Intervention to Promote Physical Activity of Children and Adolescents in Pakistan: A Social-Ecological Perspective

Abstract

This study focuses on developing an intervention strategy based on the social-ecological model’s individual, interpersonal, and organizational levels for increasing adolescents’ physical activity in Pakistan. An 8-week intervention was carried out for 618 school students in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, using the social-ecological approach. Using a quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental design, self-report assessments were given before and after the intervention. The intervention group received weekly leaflet deliveries of the intervention materials. To confirm the intervention effects under pre- and post-test conditions, repeated measure analysis of variance was used. The findings indicate that there was a significant intervention effect for the intervention group’s participation in physical activity compared to the control group from the baseline (M = 12.01, SD = 0.136) to the 8-week post-test (M = 16.30, SD = 0.125). In Pakistan, the social-ecological model-based intervention has successfully and sufficiently increased physical activity among schoolchildren and adolescents.

Presenters

Moazzam Tanveer
Consultant/Assistant Professor, Allied Health Sciences and Sports Sciences, Health Services Academy Park Road, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan

Ejaz Asghar
Head of Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Health Services Academy, Islamabad, Pakistan

Details

Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

Sport and Health

KEYWORDS

Social-Ecological Model; Physical Activity; Quasi-Experimental; School-Based; Intervention