Journal
BMJ OPEN
Volume 12, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066962
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PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; Community child health
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- Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation through the Women and Children's Health Research Institute
- Killam Accelerator Research award
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The study aims to examine the efficacy of the PLAYshop programme in increasing preschool-aged children's physical literacy, including fundamental movement skills and motivation and enjoyment. The study will recruit families with preschool-aged children from Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, and implement the intervention through educational training, resources, material support, and follow-up support.
IntroductionThe PLAYshop programme is a novel, brief, theory-based, parent-focused physical literacy intervention in early childhood designed to address the major public health issue of childhood physical inactivity. The primary objective of this study is to examine the efficacy of the virtually delivered PLAYshop programme in increasing preschool-aged children's physical literacy, including fundamental movement skills and motivation and enjoyment.Methods and analysisThis study aims to recruit 130 families with preschool-aged children (3-5 years) from Alberta and British Columbia, Canada who will be randomised to an intervention or control group. The PLAYshop programme is informed by the Capability, Opportunity, Motivation, Behavior (COM-B) model and includes four intervention strategies: (1) educational training via a 60min virtual synchronous workshop, (2) educational resources via handouts, (3) material resources via a goody bag of basic active play equipment and (4) follow-up support via access to a digital app with an online toolkit and four biweekly booster lessons (1-week, 3-week, 5-week and 7-week follow-up). To assess the primary outcome of physical literacy, five fundamental movement skills (overhand throw, underhand throw, horizontal jump, hop, one leg balance) will be measured virtually at baseline and 2-month follow-up using the Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD) and the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-Second Edition (MABC-2) tools. Additionally, children's motivation and enjoyment will also be assessed at baseline and 2-month follow-up by: (1) parental-report using items from the Preschool Physical Literacy Assessment (PrePLAy) and (2) self-report using an adapted Five Degrees of Happiness Likert scale for children. The control group will receive the PLAYshop programme after the 2-month follow-up.Ethics and disseminationThe protocol was approved by the University of Alberta (00093764) and University of Victoria (16-444) Research Ethics Boards. Findings will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, social and traditional media and a circulated infographic.Trial registration numberNCT05255250.
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