Come Alive Outside: Findings from a Community-Based Physical Activity Passport Program
Conference Year
January 2022
Abstract
Purpose: Present findings from the Come Alive Outside physical activity passport program.
Methods: Passports were distributed to children pre-kindergarten to 6th grade (N=196) in Rutland County, VT in Summer 2018, Winter 2018-2019, and Summer 2019. Descriptive statistics of activities from returned passports were calculated.
Results: An average of 9.65 activities across the 3 seasons were completed with the highest average (14.05) in Summer 2019. Visiting local parks and outdoor exploration activities were the most popular.
Conclusions: Results from this community-based program suggest offering incentives to stay active outdoors may be an effective way to increase physical activity participation among children.
Primary Faculty Mentor Name
Connie L. Tompkins
Status
Graduate
Student College
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Program/Major
Human Functioning and Rehabilitation Science
Primary Research Category
Health Sciences
Come Alive Outside: Findings from a Community-Based Physical Activity Passport Program
Purpose: Present findings from the Come Alive Outside physical activity passport program.
Methods: Passports were distributed to children pre-kindergarten to 6th grade (N=196) in Rutland County, VT in Summer 2018, Winter 2018-2019, and Summer 2019. Descriptive statistics of activities from returned passports were calculated.
Results: An average of 9.65 activities across the 3 seasons were completed with the highest average (14.05) in Summer 2019. Visiting local parks and outdoor exploration activities were the most popular.
Conclusions: Results from this community-based program suggest offering incentives to stay active outdoors may be an effective way to increase physical activity participation among children.