title: School environments and physical activity: The development and testing of an audit tool.
abstract: The aim of this study was to develop, test, and employ an audit tool to objectively assess the opportunities for physical activity within school environments. A 44 item tool was developed and tested at 92 primary schools in the county of Norfolk, England, during summer term of 2007. Scores from the tool covering 6 domains of facility provision were examined against objectively measured hourly moderate to vigorous physical activity levels in 1868 9-10 year old pupils attending the schools. The tool was found to have acceptable reliability and good construct validity, differentiating the physical activity levels of children attending the highest and lowest scoring schools. The characteristics of school grounds may influence pupil's physical activity levels.
authors.affiliation: School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom. n.jones@uea.ac.uk
authors.forename: Natalia R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Andy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Esther M F
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: van Sluijs
authors.forename: Jenna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Panter
authors.forename: Flo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: Simon J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Griffin
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004739:England; D004779:Environment Design / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009043:Motor Activity; D012574:Schools / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013177:Sports