TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender differences in barriers to participation in after-school physical activities and related factors in Australian schoolchildren
T2 - a cross-sectional study
AU - Lazarowicz, Andrew
AU - O’Hara, Rebecca L
AU - Broder, Jonathan C
AU - Grunberg, Diana MS
AU - Gasevic, Danijela
PY - 2020/11/15
Y1 - 2020/11/15
N2 - Introduction:
This study investigated the gender differences in reported barriers to participation in after-school physical activity (PA) and related health and socio-behavioural factors in Australian schoolchildren.
Methods:
5001 students aged 10 to 16 years completed the health and well-being survey in 2014 indicating that they would like to participate in after-school PA. Negative binomial regression models, stratified by gender, tested the relationship of age, reported health, junk food, participation in leisure PA, TV watching, weight status and socio-economic index for area score (related factors) with the total number of barriers.
Results:
Girls were more likely to report a greater number of barriers to participation in after-school PA than boys (p<0.05). Older age was associated with a higher number of barriers in girls (B(95%CI) = 1.061 (1.032, 1.090)) but not in boys. In both boys and girls, being overweight (boys: very overweight (1.367 (1.081, 1.730)); girls: slightly overweight (1.186 (1.100, 1.278)) or very overweight (1.414 (1.197, 1.667)), compared to students that reported ‘being about the right weight’, was associated with a greater number of barriers. Schoolchildren who reported less than excellent health status perceived a greater number of barriers to after-school PA (girls: good (1.141 (1.060, 1.228)), fair (1.189 (1.070, 1.321)) and poor health (1.329 (1.093, 1.614)), boys: good health (1.166 (1.0728, 1.267))).
Conclusions:
There are gender differences in barriers to participation in after-school PA; these should be taken into account when developing programs to increase schoolchildren’s after-school PA.
So what
The prevalence of physical inactivity in Australian
adolescents is staggering. We observed that girls reported a greater
number of barriers to participation in after‐school PA than boys; and
being overweight and reporting poorer overall health was associated with
a greater number of barriers. Affordable, gender‐ and age‐specific
after‐school PA programs suitable for schoolchildren of all sizes and
abilities are needed.
AB - Introduction:
This study investigated the gender differences in reported barriers to participation in after-school physical activity (PA) and related health and socio-behavioural factors in Australian schoolchildren.
Methods:
5001 students aged 10 to 16 years completed the health and well-being survey in 2014 indicating that they would like to participate in after-school PA. Negative binomial regression models, stratified by gender, tested the relationship of age, reported health, junk food, participation in leisure PA, TV watching, weight status and socio-economic index for area score (related factors) with the total number of barriers.
Results:
Girls were more likely to report a greater number of barriers to participation in after-school PA than boys (p<0.05). Older age was associated with a higher number of barriers in girls (B(95%CI) = 1.061 (1.032, 1.090)) but not in boys. In both boys and girls, being overweight (boys: very overweight (1.367 (1.081, 1.730)); girls: slightly overweight (1.186 (1.100, 1.278)) or very overweight (1.414 (1.197, 1.667)), compared to students that reported ‘being about the right weight’, was associated with a greater number of barriers. Schoolchildren who reported less than excellent health status perceived a greater number of barriers to after-school PA (girls: good (1.141 (1.060, 1.228)), fair (1.189 (1.070, 1.321)) and poor health (1.329 (1.093, 1.614)), boys: good health (1.166 (1.0728, 1.267))).
Conclusions:
There are gender differences in barriers to participation in after-school PA; these should be taken into account when developing programs to increase schoolchildren’s after-school PA.
So what
The prevalence of physical inactivity in Australian
adolescents is staggering. We observed that girls reported a greater
number of barriers to participation in after‐school PA than boys; and
being overweight and reporting poorer overall health was associated with
a greater number of barriers. Affordable, gender‐ and age‐specific
after‐school PA programs suitable for schoolchildren of all sizes and
abilities are needed.
U2 - 10.1002/hpja.441
DO - 10.1002/hpja.441
M3 - Article
SN - 1036-1073
JO - Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals
JF - Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals
ER -