Implementing active play standards: A qualitative study with licensed childcare providers in British Columbia, Canada
| dc.contributor.author | Buckler, E. Jean | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mâsse, Louise C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Faulkner, Guy E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Puterman, Eli | |
| dc.contributor.author | McConnell-Nzunga, Jennifer | |
| dc.contributor.author | Naylor, Patti-Jean | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-26T17:37:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-07-26T17:37:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | With an increasing number of children attending regular early childhood education and care (ECEC), this setting presents an opportunity to develop physical activity habits and movement skills of children. These behaviours play an important role in the development and well-being of children. In 2017, an Active Play Standard was introduced in British Columbia, Canada, to mandate practices related to physical activity, screen time and movement skill development in licensed ECEC. A capacity-building initiative including training and online resources was released alongside these guidelines to support implementation. The purpose of this study was to qualitatively examine the barriers and facilitators ECEC practitioners faced in implementing the standard, and to explore the role of the capacity-building initiative. Data were collected via semi-structured telephone interviews with educators (n = 23). Data were coded using thematic analysis and sorted into three major themes influencing provision of physical activity opportunities: attributes and impact of the Active Play standard and capacity-building workshop, characteristics of providers and characteristics of ECEC settings. Future studies should consider targeting factors including organizational culture and climate, and provider capacity to provide physical activity and fundamental movement skill programming, and support for facility level policies and collaborative planning processes that create a positive physical activity culture. | |
| dc.description.reviewstatus | Reviewed | |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Faculty | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The Appetite to Play initiative was developed and implemented under the leadership of Child Health BC in collaboration with public health, early years and education stakeholders and with key partners, YMCA of Greater Vancouver, Childhood Obesity Foundation and Sport for Life Society. It is now also delivered in partnership with the BC Recreation and Parks Association (BCRPA). The initiative supports Healthy Families BC, the government’s health promotion strategy that focuses on leadership and health improvement for British Columbian families and their communities. The initiative was funded through BC’s Physical Activity Strategy, Active People Active Places, which is designed to guide and stimulate coordinated policies, practices and programmes in physical activity that will improve the health and well-being of British Columbians, and the communities in which they live, learn, work and play. The strategy was funded by the BC Ministry of Health in partnership with the BC Alliance for Healthy Living. The Appetite to Play funding included support for the evaluation. The evaluation was further supported by grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Grant 435-2017-1140, Sport Canada Research Initiative, a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Impact Fellowship (J.M.-N., Post-doctoral recipient), and a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Doctoral Research Award FRN 140729 (E.J.B., PhD recipient). L.M.C. receives salary support from the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Buckler, E. J., Mâsse, L. C., Faulkner, G. E., Puterman, E., McConnell-Nzunga, J., & Naylor, P. J. (2023). Implementing active play standards: a qualitative study with licensed childcare providers in British Columbia, Canada. Health Promotion International, 38(3), daac036. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daac036 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daac036 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1828/16876 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Health Promotion International | |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Canada | |
| dc.subject | childcare | |
| dc.subject | activity | |
| dc.title | Implementing active play standards: A qualitative study with licensed childcare providers in British Columbia, Canada | |
| dc.type | Article |