Promoting Physical Activity Among Children and Adolescents With Disabilities: The Translation of Policy to Practice Internationally

Author:

Sit Cindy1,Aubert Salomé2,Carty Catherine3,Silva Diego Augusto Santos45,López-Gil José Francisco6,Asunta Piritta7,Palad Yves8,Guisihan Roselle8,Lee Jeongmin9,Arbour Nicitopoulos Kelly P.10,Vanderloo Leigh M.1112,Stanish Heidi13,Haegele Justin14,Urbański Piotr K.15,Pozeriene Jurate16,Hutzler Yeshayahu1718,Ng Kwok192021

Affiliation:

1. Department of Sports Science and Physical Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

2. Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance, Ottawa, ON, Canada

3. UNESCO Chair, Munster Technological University, Tralee, Ireland

4. Department of Physical Education, Sports Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil

5. Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Providencia, Chile

6. Health and Social Research Center, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, Spain

7. JAMK University of Applied Sciences, LIKES, Jyväskylä, Finland

8. Department of Physical Therapy, College of Allied Medical Professions, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines

9. Department of Sport Industry Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

10. Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

11. ParticipACTION, Toronto, ON, Canada

12. School of Occupational Therapy, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada

13. Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, USA

14. Department of Human Movement Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA

15. Department of Adapted Physical Activity, Poznan University of Physical Education, Poznan, Poland

16. Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, Lithuania

17. Levinsky-Wingate Academic Center, Wingate Campus, Netanya, Israel

18. Israel Sport Center for the Disabled, Ramat-Gan, Israel

19. Physical Activity for Health Research Cluster, Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

20. School of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland

21. Faculty of Education, University of Turku, Rauma, Finland

Abstract

Background: Physical inactivity among children and adolescents with disabilities (CAWD) is a global public health issue. Policy efforts to promote physical activity (PA) among CAWD have increased. This study summarizes the international policy trend for promoting PA among CAWD, with behavioral and policy insights specific to CAWD from country/regional indicators from the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance Matrix on Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents to determine policy translation into practice. Methods: International and national PA policy documents on CAWD were assessed. Data from the Global Matrix Para Report Cards on the behavioral and government indicators from 14 countries or regions (grouped by human development index) were reviewed and compared. Results: Policy instruments began promoting PA for CAWD in 1989 via the Convention on the Rights of the Child. International policy has been advocating PA specifically for CAWD recently. In 2020, the World Health Organization published specific PA guidelines for CAWD. Data from the 14 Para Report Car found 14 grades on the average behavioral indicator and 12 on the government indicator. A gap between the average behavioral indicator (D−) and the government indicator (C+) was found in the Para Report Card data. Conclusions: Although international policies are consistent in their attention to the needs of CAWD, national/regional policies vary. Coverage ranges from nonexistent to embedded in broader inclusion concepts. A gap in policies to promote PA of CAWD is prevalent and is more prominent in countries or regions with a lower human development index ranking.

Publisher

Human Kinetics

Subject

Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

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