Research Impact: The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study is a World Health Organization (WHO) collaborative cross-national study. The latest 2017/2018 data was compiled with the report launched on the 19th May 2020. There […]
Tag: Kwok Ng
Publication: Adapted Physical Activity through COVID-19
Research Impact: This editorial briefly discusses the field of adapted physical activity (APA) through COVID-19. Although adapted physical activity has lacked sufficient attention in the physical education and sport sciences of late, the work reaches […]
Publication: Health-related fitness monitoring practices in secondary school-based physical education programs
Research Impact: The aim of the current study was to examine the prevalence of and approaches to monitoring health-related physical fitness (HRPF) among a nationally representative sample of physical education teachers in the Republic of […]
Publication: Physical activity and screen time among children and adolescents in Kazakhstan
Research Impact: Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country in the world and there are many developments in the country, including health. In this study, data from two national data sources for international studies – Health […]
Publication: Physical Activity of Adolescents with and without Disabilities – School Health Promotion Study 2017
Research Impact: The global action plan on physical activity (GAPPA) has a target to reduce physical inactivity by 10% in 2025 and by 15% in 2030. Health promotion activities that target individuals who are insufficiently […]
Publication: Social Learning among Transplant Event Volunteers
Research Impact: The success of sport events rely heavily on volunteers. In particular games with athletes with special needs, like those with organ transplants, the volunteers require training to be competent to support the athletes. […]
Publication: Vigorous physical activity in relation to family affluence: time trends in Europe & North America
Research Impact: There has been much debate about the cost to take part in out of school physical activity among adolescents. In this paper, the research team including Kwok Ng, examined the associations between family […]
IDC 2019 Research and Design Competition Winner: Digipack Pro–Revamping Social Interactions and Supporting Physical Activity
Research Impact: The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) recently launched a competition on Interactive Design and Children (IDC) that focused on the full-body interaction in reaction to decline of children’s health. One of the emphases […]
Editorial: EUJAPA as an open access journal – Kwok Ng
Research Impact Summary: Open access publishing is a current debate in scholarly work because it is designed to give opportunity for all people to read the published research. A recent BBC Radio 4 show dedicated […]
Publication: Test-retest reliability of survey items on ownership and use of physical activity trackers
Research Impact Summary: In 2016 the most popular Christmas present in the USA was the fitbit. These wearables measures physical activity and are designed for the consumer to use for various purposes depending the product […]
