Table 2.
Ranking of challenges and barriers to the development of physical fitness surveillance/monitoring systems for children and adolescents according to the responses of the expert panel (n = 16)
| Main barriers and challenges | Rank | Mean ranking |
|---|---|---|
| Government support (convincing governments and decision makers to employ national surveillance systems in the country) | 1 | 3.2 |
| Financial support (lack of financial resources, funding, grants) | 2 | 3.1 |
| Public health priority (it is not considered a public health priority agenda) | 3 | 2.9 |
| Logistical support (data collection and managing data entry from multiple sources) | 4 | 2.7 |
| Schools support (barriers to obtaining collaboration from managers and schools) | 5 | 2.6 |
| Participation rate (having difficulty achieving adherence in some countries) | 6 | 2.2 |
| Standardization of tests (need to standardize tests to allow comparison) | 7 | 1.8 |
| Human resources (difficulty in training the work team and physical education teachers) | 8 | 1.7 |
| Ethical and legal (personal data protection legislation and political and cultural barriers) | 9 | 1.5 |
| Lack of literature on physical fitness (lack of substantial results on physical fitness related to the health of children and adolescents) | 10 | 1.2 |