Rationale and study protocol of the EASY Minds (Encouraging Activity to Stimulate Young Minds) program: Cluster randomized controlled trial of a primary school-based physical activity integration program for mathematics

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Riley, Nicholas ^a,b   Lubans, David R ^a,b   Holmes, Kathryn ^a,b   Morgan, Philip J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Mathematics; On task behaviour; Physical activity; Primary school; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STUDENT;

CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84908072276     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-816     Document Type: Article

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