Research Impact: Higher levels of typical school provision of physical education, physical activity and sports, may significantly impact physical activity behaviours and health in adolescents with particularly favourable outcomes for physical activity participation, body mass index, social support from peers to participate in physical activity and enjoyment of physical education in girls and somatic health complaints and enjoyment of physical education in boys. Therefore, it is suggested that higher levels of typical school provision of physical education, physical activity and sports, that encompass whole school, systems-based approaches via personnel dedicated to provision, alignment with the curricular learning outcomes, accessibility and maintenance of facilities and equipment, availability of school sports teams and budget, school ethos, advocating for active transport to schools and the development of partnerships to promote physical education, physical activity and sports, may be a suitable supplementary strategy to impact the physical activity behaviours and health of adolescents.
Rocliffe, P., O’ Keeffe, B. T., Sherwin, I., Mannix-McNamara, P., & MacDonncha, C. (2023). The Impact of Different Levels of Typical School Provision of Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sports on Adolescent Physical Activity Behaviors, Health and Wellbeing. Youth, 3(4), 1330–1362. https://doi.org/10.3390/youth3040084
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