The Effects of a Community and School Sport-Based Program on Urban Indigenous Adolescents’ Life Skills and Physical Activity Levels: The SCP Case Study
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50538#.VESjX1fHRK0 Author(s) Louisa R. Peralta , Donna O’Connor , Wayne G. Cotton , Andrew Bennie Affiliation(s) The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia . ABSTRACT The primary aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a community and school sport program ( SCP ) on Indigenous adolescents’ life skills and physical activity levels within program sessions. A secondary aim was to determine the acceptability of the SCP. Participants in the SCP (n = 34; 89%) participated in a 10-week case study (age = 13.7 ± 1.16; 58% girls). Systematic observations of SCP sessions were conducted to determine physical activity levels and a life skills questionnaire was impl...