Table V.
Characteristics of high & low STEPs for HE-PA implementers in the treatment group and control programs
| All intervention programs | All control programs | Physical activity |
Healthy eating |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Implementation (n = 7) | Low implementation (n = 3) | High implementation (n = 4) | Low implementation (n = 6) | |||
| Child characteristics | ||||||
| Race/Ethnicity (%) | ||||||
| White non-Hispanic | 64.6 | 48.4 | 65.0 | 67.0 | 53.0 | 74.8 |
| African American | 29.7 | 44.7 | 30. 2 | 30.9 | 41.4 | 21.6 |
| Other | 5.7 | 6.9 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 5.6 | 3.6 |
| Age (years, M, SD) | 7.9 (±1.8) | 8.1 (±1.8) | 7.8 (±1.7) | 8.0 (±1.8) | 7.8 (±1.7) | 7.8 (±1.7) |
| ASP characteristics | ||||||
| Average number of children enrolled baseline (M, SD) | 89.5 (±52.0) | 87.0 (±47.8) | 112.9 (±44.8) | 39.0 (±16.5) | 99.0 (±49.6) | 85.2 (±56.9) |
| Average number of children enrolled post-assessment (M, SD) | 76.3 (±45.9) | 86.4 (±39.5) | 94.7 (±41.7) | 33.3 (±18.2) | 77.5 (±44.5) | 75.5 (±51.1) |
| Average percent of population in poverty (M, SD)a | 13.3 (±15.6) | 17.5 (±10.2) | 8.3 (±10.2) | 25.2 (±21.9) | 10.1 (±13.8) | 15.5 (±17.6) |
| Average available indoor space (M, SD)b | 13,043 (±12,788) | 9,544 (±7,642) | 17,567 (±12,860) | 2,487 (±971) | N/A | N/A |
| Average available outdoor space (M, SD)b | 199,075 (±229,785) | 218,273 (±320,146) | 259,096 (±250,652) | 59,027 (±84,241) | N/A | N/A |
| Average used indoor space baseline (M, SD)b | 9,400 (±10674) | 4,241 (±5,545) | 12,567 (±11,439) | 2,010 (±1762) | N/A | N/A |
| Average used outdoor space baseline (M, SD)b | 40,488 (±49,690) | 67,009 (±56,616) | 51,425 (±55,993) | 14,967 (±17,595) | N/A | N/A |
| Average used indoor space post-assessment (M, SD)b | 4,422 (±5,249) | 2,735 (±3,305) | 6,159 (±5,427) | 371 (±642) | N/A | N/A |
| Average used outdoor space post-assessment (M, SD)b | 57,521 (±65,496) | 65,496 (±37,801) | 64,268 (±67662) | 41,781 (±63,447) | N/A | N/A |
| Faith based programs | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| (located in churches, synagogues, or places of worship) | ||||||
| School based programs | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| (located at schools) | ||||||
| Community based programs | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| (located at boys and girls clubs, recreational parks, etc.) | ||||||
| Average healthy eating policy environment (M, SD)d | 6.4 (±3.9) | 9.1 (±4.2) | N/A | N/A | 7.0 (±3.6) | 6 (±4.3) |
| Average physical activity policy environment (M, SD)d | 8.1 (±3.5) | 9.1 (±2.4) | 9.0 (±3.6) | 6.0 (±2.6) | N/A | N/A |
| Program leader and staff characteristics | ||||||
| Average number of program leaders from baseline to post-assessment (M, SD) | 1.6 (±1.3) | 1.6 (±0.8) | 2.3 (±1.0) | 1.0 (±0.0) | 2.3 (±1.0) | 1.7 (±1.0) |
| Program leader educational attainment | ||||||
| High school diploma | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Some college | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Bachelor’s degree | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Graduate degree | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Average number of trainings for program leader per year (M, SD)c | 1.5 (±1.6) | 2.1 (±1.8) | 2.0 (±1.7) | 0.3 (±0.2) | 2.3 (±2.1) | 0.9 (±1.1) |
| Average number of staff employed (M, SD) | 4.5 (±2.6) | 2.9 (±1.4) | 5.6 (±2.4) | 2.0 (±1.0) | 4.8 (±2.8) | 4.3 (±2.8) |
| Number of trainings for staff per year (M, SD)c | 2.4 (±2.7) | 2.0 (±1.9) | 1.6 (±1.5) | 4.2 (±4.3) | 1.5 (±1.2) | 2.9 (±3.3) |
aBased on 2010 census data
bIn square feet
cAll trainings including HE-PA and other content
dTaken from the Healthy Afterschool Activity and Nutrition Documentation instrument [26]. Physical activity policy environment range of possible scores 0–20. Healthy eating range of possible scores 0–34.