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A school-based physical activity promotion intervention in children: rationale and study protocol for the PREVIENE Project
Background
The lack of physical activity and increasing time spent in sedentary behaviours during childhood place importance on developing low cost, easy-toimplement school-based interventions to increase physical activity ...
School-based intervention to improve the mental health of low-income, secondary school students in Santiago, Chile (YPSA): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
(BIOMED CENTRAL LTD, 2011-02-19)
Background: Depression is common and can have devastating effects on the life of adolescents. Psychological interventions are the first-line for treating or preventing depression among adolescents. This proposal aims to ...
Enhancing Joint Attention Skills in Children on the Autism Spectrum through an Augmented Reality Technology-Mediated Intervention
In the present study, the effects of an intervention based on an augmented reality technology called Pictogram Room were examined. The objective of the intervention was to improve the responding to joint attention (RJA) ...
Effectiveness of MOVI-KIDS programme on health-related quality of life in children: Cluster-randomized controlled trial
(John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2024)
Far transfer to language and math of a short software-based gaming intervention
(National Academy Of Sciences, 2014-04)
Executive functions (EF) in children can be trained, but it remains unknown whether training-related benefits elicit far transfer to real-life situations. Here, we investigate whether a set of computerized games might yield ...
Two-year controlled effectiveness trial of a school-based intervention to prevent obesity in Chilean children
(2009)
Objective: Obesity prevalence among Chilean children is 19?4%. The present study
aimed to assess the effectiveness of a school-based obesity prevention programme.
Design: Non-randomized controlled study. The intervention ...
Improving physical fitness and emotional well-being in adolescents of low socioeconomic status in Chile: results of a school-based controlled trial
(OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2005)
Regular physical activity is associated with a reduced risk of all-cause mortality, and mortality due to cardiovascular disease and cancer. Among adolescents, physical activity is associated with benefits in the prevention ...
Agreement between GT3X accelerometer and ActivPAL inclinometer for estimating and detecting changes in different contexts of sedentary time among adolescents
(2019-01-01)
Background: This investigation aimed to analyze the agreement between the GT3X accelerometer and the ActivPAL inclinometer for estimating and detecting changes in sedentary behavior of different contexts among adolescents. ...
Study protocol and baseline characteristics of SCHOOL IN ACTION program on support to physical activity and healthy lifestyles in adolescents
(Elsevier B.V., 2020-03-01)
Physical activity promotes positive effects on people's health, but most adolescents do not engage in sufficient physical activity to receive the benefits. Studies suggest that school-based interventions can be effective ...