Wearing, Thinking, and Moving: Testing the Feasibility of Fitness Tracking with Urban Youth

Autor/inn/en	Schaefer, Sara E.; Ching, Cynthia Carter; Breen, Heather; German, J. Bruce
Titel	Wearing, Thinking, and Moving: Testing the Feasibility of Fitness Tracking with Urban Youth
Quelle	In: American Journal of Health Education, 47 (2016) 1, S.8-16 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1932-5037
DOI	10.1080/19325037.2015.1111174
Schlagwörter	Physical Fitness; Urban Youth; Physical Activity Level; Focus Groups; Life Style; School Districts; Barriers; Information Technology; Health Education; Health Behavior; Mixed Methods Research; Measurement Techniques; After School Programs; Middle School Students; Program Descriptions; Student Motivation; Student Attitudes; Poverty; Body Composition; Minority Group Students; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leistungsfähigkeit; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Jugend; Lebensstil; School district; Schulbezirk; Informationstechnologie; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Messtechnik; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Schulische Motivation; Schülerverhalten; Armut; Kalifornien
Abstract	Background: Wearable and mobile technologies are often used by people who wish to document their own health and lifestyle behaviors. The feasibility of health tracking among youth is unclear, particularly in low-resource communities where health strategies stand to have the greatest impact. Methods: Youth (n = 24) enrolled in an afterschool program in an urban school district were provided Fitbit physical activity monitors. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected over 6 months; logged data from Fitbit.com were examined to assess physical activity patterns and level engagement with the technology and focus groups were conducted to assess motivators and barriers to use. Results: Data logs revealed low continuous engagement that declined over time. Qualitative findings suggest that, when youth wore their devices, they noticed and engaged with their real-time device data in reflective ways. Some aspects of the device's form factor were problematic for these youth, and technology access, environmental constraints, and motivation were also barriers to continuous engagement. Translation to Health Education Practice: Taken together, these mixed methods findings suggest that effecting sustainable changes in youth behavior through health tracking alone is challenging. Adequate training, programmatic/staff support, technology access, and motivation may help sustain ongoing use and engagement. We recommend that health tracking in similar contexts be situated within educational curricula and/or a broader intervention that facilitates and motivates continuous engagement. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01