Child Care Setting and Its Association With Policies and Practices That Promote Physical Activity and Physical Literacy in the Early Years in British Columbia

Physical activity (PA) is critical to early child development, and child care is a key setting for promotion. The authors investigated differences in daily PA and sedentary behavior practices as well as physical environments between family child care (FCC) and group child care (GCC) settings for chi...

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Published in:Journal of physical activity & health 2020-04, Vol.17 (4), p.429-434
Main Authors: McConnell-Nzunga, Jennifer, Weatherson, Katie A, Masse, Louise, Carson, Valerie, Faulkner, Guy, Lau, Erica, McKay, Heather, Temple, Viviene, Wolfenden, Luke, Naylor, Patti J
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Language:English
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Child care
Exercise
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Summary:Physical activity (PA) is critical to early child development, and child care is a key setting for promotion. The authors investigated differences in daily PA and sedentary behavior practices as well as physical environments between family child care (FCC) and group child care (GCC) settings for children aged 3-5 years in Canada. Group child care (n = 581) and FCC (n = 357) managers completed surveys assessing the implementation of PA promoting practices and description of their environments. Crosstabulation and chi-square tests of association were used to examine differences between GCC and FCC. The prevalence of facilities implementing 120 minutes of active play (odds ratio [OR] 2.23; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.58-3.15),
ISSN:1543-3080
1543-5474
DOI:10.1123/jpah.2019-0215