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Title: | Implementing Change to Arrest the Decline in Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity (MVPA) for Adolescent Girls in Two Rural and Regional High Schools: A Case Study Approach | Contributor(s): | Miller, Judith A (author) ; Puglisi, Lauren (author); Perry, Janine (author) | Publication Date: | 2012 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/11935 | Abstract: | Inactivity has been linked to a range of lifestyle conditions such as hypertension, type II diabetes and cardiovascular disease (World Health Organisation, 2009). Engagement in physical activity and in sport has been consistently reported to decline as the general population ages (Telama et al., 2005). In particular, the age of adolescence has been identified as a time of decreasing physical activity most often at a greater rate than adjacent age groups (Booth et al., 1997; Trost et al., 2002; Webber et al., 2008). However, for adolescent girls, the decline in moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) has been greater than their male peers specifically in New South Wales (NSW), Australia (Hardy, Okely & Booth, 2008). Physical activity and participation rates are lower in outer regional and remote areas of Australia when compared to participants living in metropolitan settings, and females in rural settings are the most inactive of all groups (AIHW, 2012: 206). Adolescent girls residing in rural contexts are emerging as being at a disadvantage when it comes to practicing healthy lifestyle choices (McKenzie et al., 2004). A lack of physical activity is one of the most modifiable risk factors related to the morbidity and mortality health outcomes of individuals (Brown et al., 2007; Warburton et al., 2006). In addition, physical and mental health is enhanced through regular physical activity, and general emotional well-being is reported to be heightened for all active age groups (Steptoe & Butler, 1996). | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 22(3), p. 53-72 | Publisher: | Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia (SPERA) | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 1839-7387 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 130308 Gender, Sexuality and Education 130210 Physical Education and Development Curriculum and Pedagogy 139999 Education not elsewhere classified |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 390406 Gender, sexuality and education 390111 Physical education and development curriculum and pedagogy 399999 Other education not elsewhere classified |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 930401 Management and Leadership of Schools/Institutions 930402 School/Institution Community and Environment 939904 Gender Aspects of Education |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 160204 Management, resources and leadership 169999 Other education and training not elsewhere classified 160202 Gender aspects in education |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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