Foued Maaoui, Imen Moumni, France Arboix-Calas, Ines Safra, Samia Menif
Emotional and behavioral attitudes of Tunisian youth towards childhood leukemia: health education and primary prevention in perspective
BMC public health
quasiexperimental clustercontrolled design used test impact comprehensive school physical activity program cspap professional development changes school physical activity pa offerings moderatetovigorous physical activity mvpa sedentary behaviors 914 yearold children school two groups louisiana elementary middle school physical education teachers n129 attended cspap summer workshop 95 2012intervention 34 2013control assessed school pa offerings teacherreported pre mid post 20122013 school year intervention teachers received cspap support implementing new school pa programs mvpa sedentary behaviors assessed accelerometry baseline post sample 231 intervention 120 control students 16 different schools multivariate analysis covariance indicated intervention teachers reported significantly pa offerings school 335 vs 237 involve staff 143 vs 090 threelevel mixed model regressions stratified sex indicated students overall spent less time mvpa time sedentary school effects significantly blunted among intervention students especially boys study provides preliminary evidence cspap professional development programs influence schoollevel pa offerings offset studentlevel declines mvpa increases sedentary behavior