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Outline

• PA levels of girls women
• Commonly identified barriers and facilitators
  associated with engagement in PA
• Key policies/documents, agencies working to
  address issues, plus relevant websites

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Physical Activity Levels

• High proportions of children are active at
  recommended levels BUT significant minority take
  little or no PA AND many of these are girls.
• Sharp decline in PA among girls after age 10.
• Other low active groups include low
  socio-economic BME overweight/obese.
• School PE/sport generally increasing active
  travel to school declining.

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Main Barriers and Facilitators

• Barriers
• social pressure to conform (e.g. wanting to fit
  in)
• negative experience of the school environment
  (e.g. PE kit showers)
• negative experiences of sports and/or facilities
• having to perform (display competence) in public
  and in front of peers
• being forced to compete with others
• fear of sexual or racial harassment

• Facilitators
• social and family influences (e.g. active
  siblings supportive parents)
• enjoyment and socialisation (e.g. opportunity to
  extend friendship networks)
• intrinsic and extrinsic rewards (e.g. a means to
  a socially desirable body type)
• demonstrating competence (e.g. receiving praise
  and encouragement increased confidence)
• Successful behaviour change is more likely if the
  intervention targets girls alone, is aimed at
  older girls, and focuses solely on PA

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Relevant Policies, Documents,Agencies Websites

• NICE Reviews on PA and Children (2008)
• DoH PA Booklets (2007)
• Association for Physical Education
• www.afpe.org.uk
• Youth Sport Trust www.youthsporttrust.org
• British Heart Foundation
• www.healthyschools.gov.uk
• www.need2know.co.uk

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Case Study 1

• Get Girls Active/Girls Allowed
• Daniel Keefe and Lindsay Boardman,
• Pensby School Sport Partnership

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Case Study 2

• Targeted Physical Activity Programme
• for Adolescent Girls Across Scotland
• Elinor Dickie,
• Health Improvement Programme Officer,
• and Jo Surcouf,
• Girls on the Move Development Worker,
• Youth Scotland

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Group Discussion

• What practical suggestions do you have for
  improving physical activity recruitment and
  retention among the target group? Draw upon your
  own experiences of what has worked.
• What are the barriers to implementing these
  practical suggestions?
• What support/training do practitioners need to
  help make these suggestions happen in practice?