The Expansion of a Parent-focused Physical Literacy Intervention for Early Childhood Called PLAYshop

Summary

The PLAYshop program is a novel, brief, theory-based, parent-focused physical literacy intervention, that can help mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical activity of children from diverse and vulnerable families who have been disproportionally affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Primary Research Question: Among vulnerable families (e.g., lower socioeconomic status), does the PLAYshop program increase parental capability, opportunity, and motivation to support preschool-aged children's physical literacy development, compared to controls?

Conditions

• Motor Activity
• Parent-Child Relations
• Child Development

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

PLAYshop Program

The intervention includes: 1. Educational Training - the 60 min virtual/hybrid workshop will be delivered by a trained facilitator. Parents will be introduced to physical literacy via education, group discussion, and active participation in fundamental movement skills (FMS) based activities with their child. 2. Distribution of Education Resources- Parents will be provided with physical literacy and physical activity printed resources. 3. Material resources -parents will also be provided a bag of inexpensive active play equipment (e.g., ball, bean bag, balloons). 4. Provide Follow-up Support- After the workshop, participants will gain access to an app with an online toolkit including new active play ideas, tips, and equipment they can make at home for active play. Additionally, participants will receive four bi-weekly booster lessons that include key workshop messages, support and encouragement for parents, reflection and check-in questions, and new activities to try with their child.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Victoria

  collaborator OTHER

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• University of Alberta

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Valerie Carson, PhD · University of Alberta

• Patti-Jean Naylor, PhD · University of Victoria

• Ryan Rhodes, PhD · University of Victoria

• Sam Liu, PhD · University of Victoria

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

3 Years

Max Age

5 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-07-18

Primary Completion

2024-02-06

Completion

2024-02-06

Countries

• Canada

Study Locations