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  title info:
    title: Equipment Availability in the Home and School Environment
    sub title: Its Relationship on Physical Activity in Children
  name:
    name part: Montandon, Kristi Ann
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Outley, Corliss Wilson
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  name:
    name part: Texas A & M University
    role:
      role term: degree granting institution.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2013
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (131 pages)
  abstract: Over the past three decades, instances of childhood obesity have tripled in the United States and are recognized as a serious public concern that requires action. Environmental factors have been identified as potential influences on the physical activity behavior of children; availability of equipment is one of these factors. The overall purpose of this dissertation was to examine availability of equipment as an environmental influence on a child's physical activity behavior. The two environments where children spend the major of time, home and school, were evaluated for equipment availability and increased physical activity. Three studies were conducted to complete this purpose. In Manuscript 1, a systematic literature review was conducted, which included electronic databases as well as reference lists and author's works as relevant. Only studies which measured home and school environments as factors in physical activity of children ages 5-12 were included. The review was conducted to determine the theoretical framework most used. Of the thirty-one studies reviewed, 67% showed little or no theoretical framework driving the study. Theoretical framework and models based on theory is needed to advance the field and this body of literature. In Manuscript 2, a systematic literature review was conducted which included electronic databases as well as reference lists and author's works as relevant. Only studies which measured home and school environments and highlighted the availability of equipment as a factor in physical activity of children ages 5-12 were included. Of the twenty-one studies reviewed, only 14% clearly defined "equipment" and how it was measured for the particular study. With multiple definitions and confusion when comparing studies, standardization in this area is desperately needed. Manuscript 3, analyzed data from a larger study, NIH, Student Wellness Assessment and Advocacy Project (SWAAP), conducted in Waller county Texas, 2010. The results demonstra…
  note: by Kristi Ann Montandon.
  note: "Major Subject: Recreation, Park, and Tourism Sciences"
  note: Includes vita.
  note: Doctor of Philosophy Texas A & M University 2012 http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148319
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Text (Dissertation)
  subject:
    topic: Major Recreation, Park, and Tourism Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Youth
  subject:
    topic: Physical Activity
  subject:
    topic: Equipment
  subject:
    topic: Recreation
  identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/148319
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 140113
    record change date: 20151206090953.0
    record identifier: in00003429977
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng