Trial reportPloS one2019
The Youth-Physical Activity Towards Health (Y-PATH) intervention: Results of a 24 month cluster randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Comparative effectiveness of school-based physical activity interventions on moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in children and adolescents: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Interventions for promoting physical activity among adolescents in school settings: systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of global health · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness and promising behavioral change techniques in interventions aimed at promoting physical activity in adolescents: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 12 to 18 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Features of effective staff training programmes within school-based interventions targeting student activity behaviour: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Pooled it
- School-based physical activity programs for promoting physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents aged 6 to 18.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a medical exercise prescription to promote physical activity in children: a pragmatic randomized trial in primary care.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Trial
- Feasibility of the Promoting Pupils' Physical Literacy (3PL) intervention: Does it work? Will it work?Pilot and feasibility studies · 2026Article
- The "play gap": socioeconomic stratification in pediatric physical activity and its long-term health implications.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Impact of School-Based Physical Activity Intervention on Obesity and Physical Parameters in Children: A Systematic Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Can Recreational Soccer Improve Physical Literacy Dimensions Among Adolescents with High Cardiometabolic Risk?Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Physical activity in childhood and adolescence and future depressive symptoms: an 11-year prospective cohort study.European journal of public health · 2023Article
- The Effectiveness of a Physical Literacy-Based Intervention for Increasing Physical Activity Levels and Improving Health Indicators in Overweight and Obese Adolescents (CAPACITES 64).Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Motor Competence Among Irish Adolescents: An Investigation of Sex Differences and Relatedness Between Fundamental Movement Skills and Functional Movement.Perceptual and motor skills · 2023Article
- Effects of an 8-Week Intervention Targeting the Veridicality of Actual and Perceived Motor Competence Among Irish Adolescents in Project FLAME.Perceptual and motor skills · 2021Article
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Abstract
Low levels of physical activity in youth are an issue internationally, with the age related decline in levels over the adolescent period of particular concern. This study evaluated a multi-component school-based intervention (Y-PATH: Youth-Physical Activity Towards Health), focused on halting the age-related decline in physical activity of youth in early adolescence. A cluster randomized controlled trial in 20 post primary schools (10 control, 10 intervention) was conducted. Data were collected from all 20 schools at baseline (2013), and 12 months (2014), and from 10 of these schools (5 intervention) at 24 months (2015). The setting was mixed gender post primary schools residing in the greater area of Dublin, Ireland. Principals from each school were asked to nominate one first year class group attending their school in September 2013 to participate in the study (N = 564). Intervention schools implemented the Y-PATH whole school intervention, comprising teacher component, parent component, and PE component; while control schools continued with usual care. The main outcome measure was accelerometer derived average minutes of daily moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA). Data were analysed from October 2015 -November 2017. At baseline 490 participants were assessed (mean age 12.78y ± .42). Results of the multilevel regression analysis confirmed that there was a significant time intervention effect, and this was predominantly contributed by the difference between control and intervention groups within females. Findings support the case for national dissemination of the Y-PATH intervention so that the knowledge learned can be translated to routine practice in schools.
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