The Sydney Playground Project: Popping the bubblewrap-unleashing the power of play: A cluster randomized controlled trial of a primary school playground-based intervention aiming to increase children's physical activity and social skills

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bundy, Anita C ^a   Naughton, Geraldine ^b   Tranter, Paul ^c   Wyver, Shirley ^d   Baur, Louise ^a   Schiller, Wendy ^e   Bauman, Adrian ^a   Engelen, Lina ^a   Ragen, Jo ^a   Luckett, Tim ^a   Niehues, Anita ^a   Stewart, Gabrielle ^a   Jessup, Glenda ^a   Brentnall, Jennie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BULLYING; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECREATION; SCHOOL; SOCIALIZATION;

BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEW SOUTH WALES; OVERWEIGHT; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SCHOOLS; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 80052183434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-680     Document Type: Article

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