title: Engaging Community Providers to Create More Active After-School Environments: Results From the Ontario CATCH Kids Club Implementation Project.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This paper evaluates the impact of a large-scale, community agency-driven initiative to increase physical activity (PA) in after-school programs in Ontario. In 2008, the YMCA and Boys and Girls Club (BGC) introduced CATCH Kids Club (CKC) into 330 after-school program sites.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study assessed the impact of the intervention on the quality and quantity of PA using a pretest/posttest quasi-experimental research design with a comparison non-CKC group. Data were collected at baseline (September 2008) and postintervention (May/June 2009) using the System for Observing Fitness Instruction Time (SOFIT).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nearly all sites, with the exception of the BGC baseline program (a sports program) achieved greater than 50% of time spent in MVPA. Significant differences were not found between levels of MVPA at CKC and comparison sites (59.3% vs. 64.2%), or at CKC sites at baseline versus postintervention (59.3% vs. 52.1%). BGC sites had significantly higher levels MVPA in CKC programs than in sports programs (70.8% vs. 35.2%). In postimplementation interviews, leaders reported general support but some mixed reactions related to how the program was received by participants.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This paper offers support for PA programs that focus on inclusivity and enjoyment and emphasize the important role of staff competency.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Recreation and Leisure Studies, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Erin K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Sharpe
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Forrester
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mandigo
mesh_terms: D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D004779:Environment Design; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D009864:Ontario; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012107:Research Design; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*