|
Promoting Lifetime Activity for Youth, is a program of the Arizona
Department of Health Services funded by the Preventive Health and Health
Services Block Grant (PHHSBG). The program goal is to reduce the prevalence of chronic disease such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, and some types of cancer by increasing the number of Arizonans who get 30-60 minutes of moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity on most days of the
week. |
The Promoting Lifetime Activity for Youth program is designed to prevent the decline of physical activity levels by intervening during the ages when the decline first begins. Research indicates most children are very active until about grade three, when activity levels begin to decline. This decline continues until the early 20s with a marked change in early adolescence.
Promoting Lifetime Activity for Youth targets grades four through eight. It is offered to schools
statewide free of charge. All program activities are coordinated by county
health department staff. It is a three step, teacher-directed program designed
to promote 60 minutes of daily, independent physical activity in youth.
Implementation of the Promoting Lifetime Activity for Youth program began in 1996 in twelve counties. Since
then, Promoting Lifetime Activity for Youth has been implemented in approximately 160 schools, reaching 24,000
students and 900 teachers each year.
|
|
Follow these links for more information about the program background
[PDF 42KB] and evaluation [PDF
64KB].
The PDF documents are available in
a downloadable format. To open, you
need to have Adobe
Reader™ (free software) installed on your computer.
|
|
|
|
