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Difficulty in remembering to wear the accelerometers
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• Keeping the accelerometers in a visible place when they are taken off at night
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• Allowing parents to opt in/out of a text reminder service was seen as a positive way to remind parents to wear the accelerometers
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• Making wearing the accelerometers a habit
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Lack of understanding about the accelerometers
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• Spend more time explaining why parents are asked to wear the accelerometers
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• Having the information translated into parents’ native language
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The accelerometers being uncomfortable or not practical to wear (for parents and children)
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• Choosing to wear clothes with belt loops
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Children feeling targeted at school due to being only child wearing the accelerometer
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• Support from teachers and school staff
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• Providing information on the project/physical activity for the whole class
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• Wearing the accelerometer underneath the school uniform
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• Asking the whole class to be involved in the project
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Children refusing to wear the accelerometers
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• Parents encouraging their child to wear the monitor
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• Some children were naturally interested and proud to wear the accelerometer
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Increasing motivation to wear the accelerometer for parents and children: Provision of data feedback
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• Many parents and children were interested in seeing the results from the accelerometers
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• Promoting to parents at the initial data collection that they will get feedback on their data
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• Knowing if their child was getting enough PA compared to the recommendations, knowing if they’d increased PA over the 3 time points, and having a comparison of other people or the average were all of interest
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