Arjun Agarwal, Rukmini Banerji, Peter Boone, Diana Elbourne, Ila Fazzio, Chris Frost, Madan Gopal, Sridevi Karnati, Rakhi Nair, Harshavardhan Reddy, Padmanabh Reddy, Dropti Sharma, Sajjan Singh Shekhawat, Siddharudha Shivalli
Protocol for a cluster randomised trial in Madhya Pradesh, India: community health promotion and medical provision and impact on neonates (CHAMPION2); and support to rural India's public education system and impact on numeracy and literacy scores (STRIPES2)
Trials
study evaluated healthrelated physical education program fourth fifthgrade students designed increase physical activity physical education classes outside school seven schools assigned three conditions quasiexperimental design healthrelated physical education taught physical education specialists trained classroom teachers students classes compared control classes analyses conducted 955 students complete data students spent minutes per week physically active specialistled 40 min teacherled 33 min physical education classes control classes 18 min p 001 2 years girls specialistled condition superior girls control condition abdominal strength endurance p 001 cardiorespiratory endurance p 001 effects physical activity outside school healthrelated physical education curriculum provide students substantially physical activity physical education classes improved physical education classes potentially benefit 97 elementary school students