Table 1.
Baseline characteristics between the 2 intervention conditions.
| Characteristics of participants who completed the baseline survey | Control (n=282) | Intervention (n=281) | Total (N=563) | |
| Sex (N=563), n (%) | ||||
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Male | 8 (2.8) | 8 (2.9) | 16 (2.8) |
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Female | 272 (96.4) | 272 (96.8) | 544 (96.6) |
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Other | 2 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.4) |
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Prefer not to answer | 0 (0) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.2) |
| Age (years; N=563), n (%) | ||||
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19 to 24 | 26 (9.3) | 33 (11.8) | 59 (10.5) |
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25 to 30 | 72 (25.6) | 55 (19.6) | 127 (22.6) |
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31 to 40 | 71 (25.3) | 86 (30.7) | 157 (28) |
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41 to 50 | 66 (23.5) | 64 (22.9) | 130 (23.2) |
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51 to 60 | 32 (11.4) | 36 (12.8) | 61 (12.1) |
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61 to 70 | 13 (4.6) | 6 (2.1) | 19 (3.4) |
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≥71 | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.2) |
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Prefer not to answer | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.4) |
| Language (N=563), n (%) | ||||
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English | 263 (93.3) | 261 (92.9) | 524 (93.1) |
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Othera | 19 (6.7) | 20 (7.1) | 39 (6.9) |
| Role (N=563), n (%) | ||||
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ECEb | 203 (72) | 189 (67.3) | 392 (69.6) |
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ECE administrator | 75 (26.6) | 90 (32) | 165 (29.3) |
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Otherc | 4 (1.4) | 2 (0.7) | 6 (1.1) |
| Working in the field (years; N=530), mean (SD) | 10.22 (9.51) | 10.05 (9.16) | 10.14 (9.33) | |
| Working at the current center (years; N=530), mean (SD) | 6.09 (7.41) | 5.18 (5.98) | 5.63 (6.74) | |
| Province of employment (N=560), n (%) | ||||
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Alberta | 6 (2.1) | 7 (2.5) | 13 (2.3) |
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British Columbia | 129 (45.9) | 129 (46.2) | 258 (46.1) |
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Manitoba | 3 (1.1) | 2 (0.7) | 5 (0.9) |
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New Brunswick | 52 (18.5) | 44 (15.8) | 96 (17.1) |
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Newfoundland and Labrador | 8 (2.9) | 12 (4.3) | 20 (3.6) |
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Nova Scotia | 13 (4.6) | 9 (3.2) | 22 (3.9) |
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Ontario | 64 (22.8) | 66 (23.7) | 130 (23.2) |
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Prince Edward Island | 0 (0) | 2 (0.7) | 2 (0.4) |
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Quebec | 2 (0.7) | 4 (1.4) | 6 (1.1) |
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Saskatchewan | 4 (1.4) | 4 (1.4) | 8 (1.4) |
| Whether the center is licensed (N=544), n (%) | ||||
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Yes | 266 (97.4) | 264 (97.4) | 530 (97.4) |
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No | 7 (2.6) | 7 (2.6) | 14 (2.6) |
| Children at the center (N=557), n (%) | ||||
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Small: 1 to 24 | 91 (32.7) | 95 (34.1) | 186 (33.4) |
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Medium: 25 to 48 | 76 (27.3) | 78 (28.0) | 154 (27.7) |
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Large: ≥49 | 111 (39.9) | 106 (38.0) | 217 (39.0) |
| Staff at the center (N=551), n (%) | ||||
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Small: 1 to 5 | 100 (36.2) | 102 (37.1) | 202 (36.7) |
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Medium: 6 to 12 | 85 (30.8) | 91 (33.1) | 176 (31.9) |
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Large: ≥13 | 91 (33.0) | 82 (29.8) | 173 (31.4) |
| Whether the center has a designated outdoor space for children (N=557), n (%) | ||||
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Yes | 270 (97.1) | 270 (96.8) | 540 (97) |
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No | 8 (2.9) | 9 (3.2) | 17 (3) |
| Quality of the center’s outdoor space for children (N=539), n (%) | ||||
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Very good | 96 (35.6) | 88 (32.7) | 184 (34.1) |
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Good | 95 (35.2) | 110 (40.9) | 205 (38.0) |
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Acceptable | 65 (24.1) | 60 (22.3) | 125 (23.2) |
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Poor | 12 (4.4) | 11 (4.1) | 23 (4.3) |
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Very poor | 2 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.4) |
| Time children spent playing outdoors at the center (hours; N=556), mean (SD) | 2.01 (1.15) | 2.14 (1.13) | 2.08 (1.14) | |
| Feeling supported by colleagues in general (N=559), n (%) | ||||
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Yes | 253 (89.7) | 250 (90.3) | 503 (90.0) |
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No | 11 (3.9) | 14 (5.1) | 25 (4.5) |
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Feeling partially supported | 8 (2.8) | 4 (1.4) | 12 (2.1) |
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N/Ad | 10 (3.5) | 9 (3.2) | 19 (3.4) |
aArabic (n=3), Cantonese (n=3), Chinese (n=2), Croatian (n=2), Gujarati (n=2), Hindi (n=1), Hungarian (n=1), Korean (n=6), Mandarin (n=1), Minnan (a Chinese dialect; n=1), Nepali (n=1), Punjabi (n=4), Serbian (n=1), Sinhala (n=1), Sinhalese (n=1), Slovak (n=2), Spanish (n=2), Tagalog (n=2), Tamil (n=2), Turkish (n=1), and Dutch (n=1).
bECE: early childhood educator.
cIncludes childcare provider consultant (n=1), child and youth care (n=1), no ECE (n=2), classroom teacher (n=1), and instructor at college (n=1).
dN/A: not applicable; for example, the participant is the only staff member.