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Active by Design

Verena Trend Public Health Interventions Manager, London Borough of Camden

Susanne Tutsch Erect Architecture with Wayward Plants

Jennette Emery-Wallis Land Use Consultants

Daniel Aggio University College London

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Fact

Physical activity guidelines for adults :

150mins moderate activity over a

week

Question

How many people here think they’ve

achieved the guidelines?

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Problem

Physical Inactivity in Young People in London Borough of

Camden

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Encouraging physical activity in primary

age pupils

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Tackling physical inactivity in girls

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HAVERSTOCK SCHOOL

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OBSERVATION

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ENGAGEMENT

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ENGAGEMENT WITH GIRLS

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SKETCH DESIGN

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Dr Mark Hamer UCL-PARG

Dr Courtney Kipps ISEH

Dr Lee Smith UCL-PARG

Dan Aggio UCL-PARG

Monitoring and evaluation

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Previous research

Playtime can account for up to 25% of the school day

Playground interventions can have a positive impact on PA levels

during playtime

Long term effects…

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Working hypothesis

1. New playgrounds will increase physical activity levels and reduce sedentary time

2. Increased physical activity levels will improve physical function/health and mental wellbeing.

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Time line

May 2014

Ethics /

recruitment

June 2014

Baseline

assessment

Playground

building Follow up I Follow up II

August 2014 Autumn 2014 Summer 2015

319 children tested from whole classes (age

5 – 15 years); 1 secondary, 4 primary and 1

infant school

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Actigraph accelerometer

Records intensity of free living activity on

3 axes

Time stamped

Worn on a belt around the waist during

waking hours for 7 days

Not worn during water-based activities or

sleep

Well validated; used in large scale studies

with children/adolescents

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Compliance

84% met the criteria – 500

mins of wear time on 1 day to

be included in the analysis

Those not meeting this criteria

likely to be used in school day

analyses

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Fitness tests – circuit layout

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