Karen de Brum
Insights in Public Health: An Island-Wide Community Food Assessment in Lana'i, Hawai'i: A High School Student-Centered Project
Hawai'i journal of medicine & public health : a journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health
school recess offers students break rigors immobility academic learning chance social interaction play physical activity recess literature based elementary schools little attention older students early adolescents also need school breaks study offers first findings organize time best support developmental needs middle schoolers study explores middle school breatktime 3 schools california uses observations interviews student survey conducted 2018 data coded thematically analyzed findings indicate tradeoff socialization physical activity among students falls along age gender lines adults viewed roles mainly safety monitors including physical emotional safety aware limitations breaktime offerings generally included access outdoor alternative indoor spaces attributed options lack resources findings demonstrate complexities organizing breaktime space early adolescents middle schools must plan breaks attention developmentally appropriate activities including games sports well opportunities kinds social interactions safe supportive environments