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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: New Dir Youth Dev. 2014 Fall;2014(143):57–78. doi: 10.1002/yd.20104

Table 3. Increases and Decreases of Staff Physical Activity Promotion Behaviors During Scheduled Physical Activity Time from Baseline to Post-assessment.

Percent of scans observed during scheduled physical activity time

Summer 2011 Summer 2012 Summer 2013 Δ From baseline to final assessment

Physical Activity Promoting Staff Behavior
 Staff leading or instructing physical activity 9.5 14.3 19 9.5
 Staff verbally promoting physical activity 2.9 4.8 10.9 8.0
 Frontline staff engaged in physical activity with children (i.e. playing the game) 25.4 20.4 36.8 11.4
 Choice provided (i.e. more than one activity opportunity provided) 9.4 1.9 11.5 2.1
 Small game (i.e. games with less than 10 children participating) 0 1.7 3.6 3.6
 Girls only physical activity opportunity 0.6 2.1 3.6 3.0
Physical Activity Discouraging Staff Behavior
 Staff verbally discouraging physical activity 2.3 1.3 2 -0.3
 Withholding physical activity as a consequence of misbehavior 2.1 1.6 1.0 -1.1
 Children standing in line and waiting for turn 18.9 7.8 14.9 -4.0
 Playing elimination game (i.e. children eliminated from PA opportunities) 8.5 7 5.5 -3.0
 Frontline staff giving instructions 10.9 11.4 11.9 1.0
 Frontline staff disciplining children 2.1 2.3 2.5 0.4
 Idle-time (i.e. children waiting for direction from staff with no specific task) 53.1 18.2 10.7 -42.4

Percentages are adjusted means based on multilevel mixed effects linear & nonlinear regression

Bolded numbers are statistically significant changes at p < 0.05

Based on 8,348 SOSPAN scans over 98 program days in the Summer of 2011, 2012, and 2013