Table 3.
Number of publications reporting on each health outcome, grouped by settings and by evidence stage. N = 303 health outcomes in 247 publications
| Physical health | Social health | Mental health | Number of publications* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical activity | Motor skills | Weight status | ||||
| Number of publications | 192 | 15 | 12 | 54 | 30 | 247 |
| School | ||||||
| Descriptive and exploratory studies | 78 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 98 |
| Feasibility and pilot studies | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| Efficacy and effectiveness studies | 16 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| Repetition studies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| School overalla | 107 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 12 | 130 |
| ECEC | ||||||
| Descriptive and exploratory studies | 35 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 51 |
| Feasibility and pilot studies | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Efficacy and effectiveness studies | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Repetition studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ECEC overalla | 44 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 62 |
| Public Open Space | ||||||
| Descriptive and exploratory studies | 37 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 46 |
| Feasibility and pilot studies | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Efficacy and effectiveness studies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Repetition studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Public open space overalla | 43 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 55 |
| Healthcare | ||||||
| Descriptive and exploratory studies | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Feasibility and pilot studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Efficacy and effectiveness studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Repetition studies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Healthcare overalla | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
ECEC Early Childhood Education and Care
aOne publication can include multiple outcomes, and multiple settings. For that reason, the numbers in each row, for each outcome, for each stage of evidence, do not necessarily sum to the overall numbers