TRIAL OF ACTIVITY FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS (TAAG)

少女活动试验 (TAAG)

• 批准号: 6390968
• 负责人: Larry S. Webber
• 金额: $ 55.56万
• 依托单位: TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-09-30 至 2006-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6390968
• 关键词: academic achievement; adolescence (12-20); behavioral /social science research tag; body physical activity; cardiovascular disorder prevention; clinical research; cooperative study; culture; education evaluation /planning; exercise; female; human subject; human therapy evaluation; physical fitness; secondary schools; self concept; social behavior; women's health

Level of physical activity is a determinant of morbidity and mortality for many health problems. Although there are health benefits from sustained physical activity, there is widespread physical inactivity in the US population. Children and adolescents are more physically active than adults; however, many do not reach recommended levels of physical activity. Girls spend less time in physical activity than boys, and adolescents are less active than younger children. The decrease in physical activity among girls is particularly evident by middle school (6th to 8th grades). Girls report barriers to physical activity such as embarrassment because of lack of skills, unwillingness to "dress out", emphasis on team sports, lack of transportation, and safety issues. There have been few physical activity intervention programs for girls in this age group; hence there is an important need to develop and test the effectiveness of a coordinated school-based physical activity intervention with linkages to community agencies. The Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls (TAAG) is a multi-site, multi-component program to increase the number of minutes of moderate to vigorous activity both during and after school and to improve cardiorespiratory fitness. This will be accomplished by developing a TAAG physical education program, a TAAG health education course, and a TAAG after school physical activity program in collaboration with community partners. Six middle schools and their catchment areas will be identified in the New Orleans area. Schools will be paired based on ethnicity and socioeconomic status, and after baseline measurements (Spring 2003) on sixth-grade girls, one school in each pair will be randomized to receive all interventions and measurements while the other school receives measurements only. Measurements will be repeated annually, including the end of the intervention (Spring 2005) and after one year of follow-up (Spring 2006). TAAG has the potential to provide a sustainable program that can be disseminated to middle schools throughout the country in order to increase physical activity for girls.

体力活动水平是许多健康问题发病率和死亡率的决定因素。尽管持续的身体活动对健康有益，但美国人口普遍缺乏身体活动。儿童和青少年比成人更活跃；然而，许多人没有达到建议的身体活动水平。女孩花在体力活动上的时间比男孩少，青少年的活动量也比年幼的孩子少。女孩体力活动的减少在中学（六年级至八年级）尤为明显。 女孩们表示，她们在体育活动方面遇到了障碍，例如由于缺乏技能而感到尴尬、不愿意“盛装打扮”、强调团队运动、缺乏交通以及安全问题。针对这个年龄段女孩的体育活动干预计划很少；因此，迫切需要制定并测试与社区机构联系的、基于学校​​的协调体育活动干预措施的有效性。青春期女孩活动试验 (TAAG) 是一项多地点、多组成部分的计划，旨在增加放学期间和放学后进行中度至剧烈活动的分钟数，并改善心肺健康。这将通过与社区合作伙伴合作制定 TAAG 体育教育计划、TAAG 健康教育课程和 TAAG 课后体育活动计划来实现。新奥尔良地区将确定六所中学及其学区。学校将根据种族和社会经济地位进行配对，在对六年级女生进行基线测量（2003 年春季）后，每对学校中的一所学校将被随机分配接受所有干预和测量，而另一所学校仅接受测量。测量将每年重复一次，包括干预结束时（2005 年春季）和一年随访后（2006 年春季）。 TAAG 有潜力提供可持续的计划，该计划可以传播到全国各地的中学，以增加女孩的体育活动。