Table 3 Changes in physical activity practices and service manager knowledge of physical activity recommendations over time by area
| Â | Intervention area | Comparison area | Â | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Outcome | Baseline | Follow-up | p 1 | Baseline | Follow-up | P 2 | Interaction P 3 |
| Â | 2009 | 2010 | Â | 2009 | 2010 | Â | Â |
1. Services with a physical activity policy | 21% | 49% | <0.01* | 34% | 38% | 0.31 | <0.01 |
a) Physical activity policy referring to child fundamental movement skills development | 86% | 87% | 0.77 | 80% | 85% | 0.42 | 0.72 |
b) Physical activity policy referring to limits on small screen recreation and TV | 45% | 82% | <0.01* | 60% | 65% | 0.54 | <0.01 |
c) Physical activity policy referring to physical activity training for staff | 63% | 86% | <0.01* | 60% | 68% | 0.38 | 0.07 |
2. Services conducting daily fundamental movement sessions with recommended components | 13% | 21% | <0.01* | 13% | 12% | 0.87 | 0.08 |
3. Time spent on structured physical activities (mean hours, standard deviation) | 1.3 (1.0) | 1.5 (1.0) | 0.02* | 1.5 (1.1) | 1.6 (1.0) | 0.25 | 0.65 |
4. Services where all staff usually participate in free active play (role modeling) | 58% | 65% | 0.09 | 61% | 69% | 0.13 | 0.95 |
5. Services where all staff usually provide verbal prompts for physical activity | 72% | 74% | 0.52 | 69% | 72% | 0.44 | 0.90 |
6. Services where children are allowed to watch Small screen recreation less than once per week | 23% | 22% | 0.73 | 19% | 17% | 0.62 | 0.89 |
7. Services where children participate in seated activities for no longer than 30 minutes at a time | 62% | 63% | 0.84 | 59% | 62% | 0.64 | 0.82 |
8. Services with staff trained in physical Activity | 29% | 76% | <0.01* | 37% | 43% | 0.21 | <0.01 |