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Training Early Childhood Educators to Increase Children's Physical Activity: The TEACH-Preschooler Study

NCT05359536 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 145

Last updated 2024-03-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study aims to determine the effect of delivering a physical activity e-learning course to early childhood educators on young children's physical activity and sedentary behaviour while at childcare. It is hypothesized that levels of physical activity will increase and levels of sedentary behaviours will decrease during time spent in childcare in a sample of children who attend early childcare centres where early childhood educators have completed the physical activity e-learning course compared to children in centres where early childhood educators are randomized to not receive the intervention. Differences in changes in several secondary outcomes including fundamental movement skills, parent's perceptions of children's fundamental movement skills, children's cognitive development, emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention, peer relationship problems and prosocial behaviours will also be examined.

Conditions

  • Physical Activity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Training Early Childhood educators in PA

The four module e-learning course was developed using the Delphi technique and covers physical activity and sedentary guidelines, physical activity and sedentary behaviours in the childcare environment, how to promote physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviours in young children, and a resource library.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Western University, Canada

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Months
Max Age
60 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-06-20
Primary Completion
2023-08-28
Completion
2023-08-28

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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