Factors Influencing the Performance of Volunteers Who Provide Physical Activity in Middle Schools

Increasing physical activity among youth represents a national health goal, and using volunteer activity providers at schools offers one possible solution. This paper describes results from a program to recruit volunteer physical activity providers in middle schools. Twenty‐one volunteers provided 8...

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Published in:The Journal of school health 2002-04, Vol.72 (4), p.147-151
Main Authors: Strelow, Jamie S., Larsen, Judith S., Sallis, James F., Conway, Terry L., Powers, Holly S., McKenzie, Thomas L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Analysis of Variance
California
Child
Education volunteers
Educational Environment
Female
Health aspects
Health Priorities
Humans
Incentives
Interpersonal Relations
Junior high school students
Linear Models
Male
Middle Aged
Middle and junior high school students
Middle School Students
Middle School Teachers
Middle Schools
Motivation
Nursing
Performance evaluation
Physical Activities
Physical Activity Level
Physical education
Physical education and training
Physical Education and Training - organization & administration
Program Evaluation
School Community Relationship
School Health Services - organization & administration
Sex Factors
Students - psychology
Time Factors
Volunteer workers in education
Volunteers
Volunteers - organization & administration
Volunteers - psychology
Workforce
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Summary:Increasing physical activity among youth represents a national health goal, and using volunteer activity providers at schools offers one possible solution. This paper describes results from a program to recruit volunteer physical activity providers in middle schools. Twenty‐one volunteers provided 850 physical activity hours at seven schools, including 575 activity sessions and 7,186 student contacts. Volunteers who received incentives offered more minutes of activity, conducted more activity sessions, reached a greater number of students, and logged more student‐minutes of physical activity than those who received none. Male volunteers provided more activity minutes than female volunteers, but females were marginally more successful in engaging female students. Results can help guide schools to more effectively increase student physical activity throughout the school day. (J Sch Health 2002;72(4):147–151)
ISSN:0022-4391
1746-1561
DOI:10.1111/j.1746-1561.2002.tb06534.x