Impact of the Play Active policy intervention on early childhood educator's sedentary behaviour‐related practices, psychosocial influences and meeting policy recommendations: Results from a pragmatic cluster randomized trial
Authors' conclusion
Educators appeared to adhere to best-practice guidelines for children's sedentary behaviour in ECEC. Clear evidence informed policy, standards and legislation to maintain children's low levels of sedentary behaviours in ECEC is warranted.
Study context
- Population
- Early childhood education and care (ECEC) services in Perth, Western Australia; educator-reported outcomes
- Participants
- 81 ECEC services
- Comparison
- Play Active ECEC policy intervention vs control
- Primary endpoint
- Educator-reported changes in adherence to sedentary behaviour policy recommendations, practices and psychosocial influences related to children's sedentary behaviour
Methodological detailspragmatic, cluster randomized, Analysis: descriptive statistics and generalized linear mixed-effects models
- Pragmatic
- Cluster randomized
- Analysis: descriptive statistics and generalized linear mixed-effects models
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Adherence to sedentary behaviour policy recommendations, educator practices and psychosocial influences
- High at baseline; did not significantly change in response to the Play Active policy intervention
Original publication
Impact of the Play Active policy intervention on early childhood educator's sedentary behaviour‐related practices, psychosocial influences and meeting policy recommendations: Results from a pragmatic cluster randomized trial. Pediatr Obes. Published 11 March 2025. doi:10.
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