Outcomes of a School-Based Intervention (Rescate) to Improve Physical Activity Patterns in Mexican Children Aged 8–10 Years
HEALTH EDUCATION RESEARCH
Vol.25 no.6 2010
Pages 1042–1049
Advance Access publication 24 September 2010
Outcomes of a school-based intervention (RESCATE) to improve physical activity patterns in Mexican children aged 8–10 years
E. Colın-Ramırez1, L. Castillo-Martınez1*, A. Orea-Tejeda1,
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A. Vergara-Castaneda2, C. Keirns-Davis3 and A. Villa-Romero4
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Heart Failure Clinic, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion ‘Salvador Zubiran’, Mexico City 14000, Mexico,
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Asociacion Mexicana Para la Prevencion de Insuficiencia Cardiaca, Mexico City 03100, Mexico, 3Department of Medicine,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA and 4Public Health Department, Medical School, Universidad
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Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City 04510, Mexico
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*Correspondence to: L. Castillo-Martınez, Providencia 1218-A 402 Col. del Valle, Benito Juarez, CP 03100 Mexico D.F.,
Mexico. E-mail: caml1225@yahoo.com
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Abstract
Introduction
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of an intervention program on the patterns of physical activity in 8- to 10-year-old Mexican children from lower socioeconomic status. This study performed a randomized controlled field trial in 498 children aged 8–10 years from 10 public schools of low socioeconomic status in
Mexico City. Schools were randomly assigned to intervention (n 5 5) or control (n 5 5) groups and followed up during 12 months. Physical and sedentary activities were assessed at the beginning of the program and after 6 and 12 months. At the end of follow-up, there was a significant increase in the performance of moderate physical activity
(MPA) among children in intervention group who had not performed MPA at baseline any day of the week (40%, P 5 0.04) but not in the control group (8%, P 5 not significant). The intervention group also showed a significant reduction in the proportion of children who spent more than 3 hours a
Vol.25 no.6 2010
Pages 1042–1049
Advance Access publication 24 September 2010
Outcomes of a school-based intervention (RESCATE) to improve physical activity patterns in Mexican children aged 8–10 years
E. Colın-Ramırez1, L. Castillo-Martınez1*, A. Orea-Tejeda1,
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A. Vergara-Castaneda2, C. Keirns-Davis3 and A. Villa-Romero4
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1
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Heart Failure Clinic, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion ‘Salvador Zubiran’, Mexico City 14000, Mexico,
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Asociacion Mexicana Para la Prevencion de Insuficiencia Cardiaca, Mexico City 03100, Mexico, 3Department of Medicine,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA and 4Public Health Department, Medical School, Universidad
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Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City 04510, Mexico
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*Correspondence to: L. Castillo-Martınez, Providencia 1218-A 402 Col. del Valle, Benito Juarez, CP 03100 Mexico D.F.,
Mexico. E-mail: caml1225@yahoo.com
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Abstract
Introduction
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of an intervention program on the patterns of physical activity in 8- to 10-year-old Mexican children from lower socioeconomic status. This study performed a randomized controlled field trial in 498 children aged 8–10 years from 10 public schools of low socioeconomic status in
Mexico City. Schools were randomly assigned to intervention (n 5 5) or control (n 5 5) groups and followed up during 12 months. Physical and sedentary activities were assessed at the beginning of the program and after 6 and 12 months. At the end of follow-up, there was a significant increase in the performance of moderate physical activity
(MPA) among children in intervention group who had not performed MPA at baseline any day of the week (40%, P 5 0.04) but not in the control group (8%, P 5 not significant). The intervention group also showed a significant reduction in the proportion of children who spent more than 3 hours a
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