Table 3.
Association between ECE Center Changes and Change in Child Physical Activity at ECE center (n = 49 children)a
| Maximum Score |
SB minutes/hour | TPA minutes/hour | MVPA minutes/hour | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beta | SE | p-value | Beta | SE | p-value | Beta | SE | p-value | ||
| ECE Center Practice | ||||||||||
| Active Play (minutes) | −0.12 | 0.05 | 0.02* | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.02* | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.48 | |
| Television viewing (minutes) | 0.21 | 0.28 | 0.46 | −0.21 | 0.28 | 0.46 | −0.08 | 0.10 | 0.39 | |
| Non-television screen-time (minutes) | 0.25 | 0.10 | 0.02* | −0.25 | 0.10 | 0.02* | −0.10 | 0.04 | 0.06 | |
| Total Screen-time (minutes) | 0.21 | 0.11 | 0.06 | −0.21 | 0.11 | 0.06 | −0.09 | 0.05 | 0.10 | |
| ECE Center Environment | ||||||||||
| Active Opportunities | 20 | −1.09 | 0.71 | 0.13 | 1.09 | 0.71 | 0.13 | 0.22 | 0.52 | 0.67 |
| Sedentary Opportunities | 20 | 0.60 | 0.92 | 0.52 | −0.60 | 0.92 | 0.52 | −0.28 | 0.32 | 0.37 |
| Sedentary Opportunities-Revised | 20 | −1.21 | 0.64 | 0.06 | 1.21 | 0.64 | 0.06 | 0.54 | 0.22 | 0.02* |
| Sedentary Environment | 20 | 0.86 | 0.73 | 0.38 | −0.86 | 0.73 | 0.38 | 0.50 | 0.40 | 0.21 |
| Portable Play Environment | 20 | −0.56 | 0.83 | 0.50 | 0.56 | 0.83 | 0.50 | 0.02 | 0.28 | 0.93 |
| Fixed Play Environment | 20 | −0.45 | 1.01 | 0.65 | 0.45 | 1.01 | 0.65 | − 0.07 | 0.35 | 0.83 |
| ECE Center Staff Behavior | ||||||||||
| Staff Behaviors | 20 | 0.08 | 0.96 | 0.93 | −0.08 | 0.96 | 0.93 | 0.04 | 0.29 | 0.88 |
| PA Training and Education | 20 | −0.01 | 0.81 | 0.98 | 0.01 | 0.81 | 0.98 | −0.03 | 0.26 | 0.89 |
| ECE Center Policy | ||||||||||
| PA Policyb | 20 | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||
| Total EPAO Score | 160 | −0.21 | 0.24 | 0.72 | 0.21 | 0.24 | 0.72 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.67 |
SB Sedentary Behavior, TPA Total Physical Activity, MVPA Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity, PA Physical Activity, EPAO Environmental Policy Assessment and Observation; aAssessed using mixed models account for baseline child sex, age, race, BMI percentile, and baseline score, and clustering within center. p < 0.05*; bPA Policy is noted “N/A” as there were no changes in score from baseline to follow-up, and no change to evaluate