Teenage recommendations to improve physical activity for their age group: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is recommended that young people should engage in 60 min of moderate-to-vigorous activity (MVPA) a day for health benefits, but few teenagers actually meet this recommendation. Policy-makers play a vital role in designing physical activity initiatives, but they generally do this with little or no input from the intervention recipients. This study explores the recommendations made by teenagers to improve activity provision, uptake and sustainability of physical activity engagement for both themselves and their peers.

Methods

Thirteen focus groups were carried out in seven secondary schools in South Wales, United Kingdom. Participants (n = 78) were recruited from a larger mixed-method randomised control trial, which involved the implementation of a voucher scheme

SUBMITTER: James M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5859389 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature