The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a change of school system on physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour in pre-early adolescents. Methods Fifteen schools in Victoria, Australia were recruited at random from the bottom two strata of a five level socio-economic scale....
This paper reports on data for 2,044 students aged 12 to 17 years from 35 schools in Victorian metropolitan areas (Melbourne and Geelong), for which tobacco outlet density and cigarette price information is available. The student participation rate for these 35 schools was 78%. The main ...
The researchers selected two different schools (one school for the control groups and another for the experimental groups) to avoid interaction between students from the two groups. 6.1 Research Instruments In this research, two types of instruments were used: questionnaires (PSI-Ar) to measure the...
Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong 3220, Australia * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Submission received: 21 August 2018/Revised: 14 September 2018/Accepted: 14 September 2018/Published: 17 September 201...