Results from Ireland North and South's 2022 report card on physical activity for children and adolescents

Carlin, Angela and Connolly, Sinead and Redpath, Tamsyn and Belton, Sarajane and Coppinger, Tara and Cunningham, Conor and Donnelly, Alan and Dowd, Kieran and Harrington, Deirdre and Murtagh, Elaine and Ng, Kwok and O'Brien, Wesley and Rodriguez, Lauren and Woods, Catherine and McAvoy, Helen and Murphy, Marie (2024) Results from Ireland North and South's 2022 report card on physical activity for children and adolescents. Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness, 22 (1). pp. 66-72. ISSN 1728-869X (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesf.2023.12.003)

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Abstract

The Ireland North and South Report Card on Physical Activity (PA) for Children and Adolescents aims to monitor progress in PA participation across a range of internationally established indicators. Data were collated for 11 indicators and graded following the harmonised Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance report card process. Six representative studies (sample size range n = 898 to n = 15,557) were primarily used in the grading, with many indicators supplemented with additional studies and reports. Data collected since the implementation of COVID-19 public health measures in March 2020 were excluded. Grades were awarded as follows: 'Overall physical activity', C-; 'Organised Sport and Physical Activity', C; 'Active Play', INC; 'Sedentary Behaviours', C-; 'Physical Fitness', INC; 'Family and Peers', D+; 'School', C-; 'Physical Education', D; 'Community and Environment', B+ and 'Government', B. Separate grades were awarded for disability as follows; 'Overall physical activity', F; 'Organised Sport and Physical Activity', D; 'Sedentary Behaviours', C-; 'Family and Peers', C; 'School', C- and 'Government', B. 'Active Play', 'Physical Fitness', 'Physical Education' and 'Community and Environment' were all graded INC for disability. Since the last report card in 2016, four grades remained the same, three increased ('Overall physical activity', 'School' and 'Physical Education') and two ('Family and Peers,' and 'Government') were awarded grades for the first time. Grades specific to children and adolescents with disability were generally lower for each indicator. While small improvements have been shown across a few indicators, PA levels remain low across many indicators for children and adolescents. [Abstract copyright: © 2023 The Society of Chinese Scholars on Exercise Physiology and Fitness. Published by Elsevier (Singapore) Pte Ltd.]

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