Zahra Akbari-Chehrehbargh, Sedigheh Sadat Tavafian, Ali Montazeri
The Back-care Behavior Assessment Questionnaire (BABAQ) for schoolchildren: development and psychometric evaluation
BMC public health
providing individual populationlevel data childrens physical fitness pf crucial public health education priority however national fitness monitoring surveillance systems currently practice internationally aim summarize current european pf monitoring surveillance systems schoolaged children provide experiencebased guidelines design systems fitback network consists experts diverse backgrounds common interest improve accessibility pf monitoring young people globally fitback network identified compared national regional pf monitoring surveillance systems currently operation across europe formulated 10step approach designing establishing ones system based analysis experienced strengths weaknesses opportunities threats monitoring childhood fitness identified total eight pf monitoring systems finland france galicia spain hungary lithuania portugal serbia slovenia fitback network recommends following steps designing establishing ones system 1 set mission statements aims 2 involve stakeholders 3 utilize scientific background 4 governance structure 5 ensure sufficient funding 6 data management planning 7 provide meaningful feedback 8 conduct pilot testing 9 plan implementation process 10 invest communication stakeholders study provides updated overview best practices schoolaged childrens fitness monitoring surveillance europe additionally offers 10step approach assist creation similar systems europe globally