Opportunities for Extracurricular Physical Activity in North Carolina Middle Schools
Opportunities for Extracurricular Physical Activity in North Carolina Middle Schools
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DOI：
10.1123/jpah.8.5.597
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发表时间：
2011-07-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Bocarro, Jason N.
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作者：
Edwards, Michael B.;Kanters, Michael A.;Bocarro, Jason N.
背景资料：本研究的目的是评估北卡罗来纳州青少年在课外中学环境中进行体育活动的机会，并比较不同社区类型的机会。研究方法：数据分析的基础上，电子问卷的结果分发到431所学校的样本，回应率为75.4%（N = 325）。结果：几乎所有的学校提供校际体育，而不到一半的学生提供校内或非竞争性活动。只有35%的学校提供“开放式健身房”，而24%的学校为残疾学生提供课外活动。总体而言，43.4%的学校为参加课外体育活动的学生提供特殊交通工具。农村地区的学校提供的课程和支持通常比城市化地区的学校少。超过三分之二的农村学校除了校际体育之外没有提供课外活动。结论：学校可以是体育活动的重要场所。北卡罗来纳州的中学，特别是农村学校，在提供研究人员和政策团体建议的课外体育活动计划方面做得不够。“课外体育活动的可及性较低可能部分导致该州身体活动不足的程度较高。
Background: This study's purpose was to assess the opportunities for North Carolina adolescents to be physically active in extracurricular middle school environments and to compare opportunities across community types. Methods: Data were analyzed based on the results of an electronic questionnaire distributed to a sample of 431 schools with a response rate of 75.4% (N = 325). Results: Nearly all schools offered interscholastic sports while fewer than half offered intramurals or noncompetitive activities to students. "Open gym" was offered at only 35% of schools, while 24% of schools offered extracurricular activities to students with disabilities. Overall, 43.4% of schools offered special transportation to students who participated in some extracurricular physical activities. Schools in rural areas generally offered fewer programs and had fewer supports than schools located in more urbanized areas. Over two-thirds of rural schools offered no extracurricular programs other than interscholastic sports. Conclusions: Schools can be important settings for physical activity. North Carolina's middle schools and its rural schools in particular, are falling short in efforts to provide extracurricular physical activity programming recommended by researchers and policy groups.' Lower accessibility to extracurricular physical activities may partially contribute to higher levels of physical inactivity found in the state.