Completed Research Projects
Early movers: The role of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in the healthy growth and development of infants.
Carson, V. Wiart, L., Hesketh, K.
Main Objectives:
1) Examine the longitudinal associations of duration of physical activity (tummy time) and duration and type of sedentary behaviour (screen time; reading; restrained time) with their gross motor development and their acquisition of gross motor milestones in the first 18 months of life.
2) Examine the longitudinal associations of the duration of physical activity and duration and type of sedentary behaviour in infants with their communication, fine motor, problem solving, and personal-social skills.
Click here to see an infographic of study findings
Click here to see a published paper of the main study findings
Click here to see a published paper regarding guideline adherence
Click here to see a copy of the published paper on the validity of tummy time measures
Supporting healthy physical activity and sedentary behavior habits in Alberta licensed and approved child care settings through updated accreditation standards (HATCH)
Carson, V., Adamo, K., Ogden, N., Goldfield, G., Okely, A., Kuzik, N.
Main Objective:
To build on and extend our pilot work to determine the immediate physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and health benefits of the new Alberta Childcare Accreditation Program Quality Standard.
Click here to see an infographic of study findings
Click here to see a published paper of the main study findings
Click here to see a copy of a paper on longitudinal correlates of sleep duration in children
Adapting the APPLE Schools model to the childcare setting
Carson, V., Storey, K., Farmer, A., McIsaac, J., Flynn, J.
Main Objectives:
1) Conduct an environmental scan of existing national childcare resources targeting physical activity, sedentary behaviour, sleep, and/or nutrition.
2) Organize and hold a two-day planning meeting with a group of research experts, trainees, and key knowledge users to adapt the main components of the APPLE Schools model to the childcare setting and formulate a grant application.
Click here to see a published paper of the environmental scan
Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for the Early Years (0-4 years)
Tremblay, M., Carson, V. Chaput, J-P., Adamo, K., Aubert, S., Barnes, J., Choquette, L., Duggan, M., Faulkner, G., Goldfield, G., Gray, C., Gruber, R., Janson, K., Janssen, I., Janssen, X., Jaramillo Garcia, A., Kuzik, N., LeBlanc, C., MacLean, J., Okely, A., Poitras, V., Rayner, M-E., Reilly, J., Sampson, M., Spence, J., Timmons, B.
Main Objective:
To develop 24-hour movement guidelines for children of the early years (aged 0-4 years) by following established protocols for clinical practice guideline development, and use of the evidence from the systematic reviews and input from the co-applicants including knowledge users and international collaborators.
Parents’ role in establishing healthy physical activity and sedentary behaviour habits in young children (PREPS)
Carson, V., Rhodes, R., Rinaldi, C., Rodgers, W., Spence, J., Hesketh, K.
Main Objective:
Examine the influence of parental cognitions and behaviours within a theoretical model of factors that predict objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour among a sample of children aged 18 to 24 months.
Click here to see the published paper of the main cross-sectional findings
Click here to see an infographic of the main cross-sectional findings
Click here to see the published paper of the main longitudinal findings
Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth (5-17 years)
Tremblay, MS., Carson, V., Chaput, JC., Connor Gorber, S., Dinh, T., Duggan, M., Faulkner, G., Gray, C., Gruber, R., Janson, K., Janssen, I., Katzmarzyk, P., Kho, M., Latimer-Cheung, A., LeBlanc, C., Okely, T., Olds, T., Pate, R., Poitras, V., Sampson, M., Saunders, T., Stone, J., Stratton, G., Weiss, S., Zehr, L.
Objectives:
To develop 24-hour movement guidelines for children and youth (aged 5-17 years) by following established protocols for clinical practice guideline development, and use of the evidence from the systematic reviews, findings from national health survey analyses, and input from the co-applicants including knowledge users and international collaborators.
Examining parental modeling and co-participation of physical activity and sedentary behavior in the early years through objectively measured proximity tagging.
Carson, V.
Main Objective:
Develop and test a protocol for measuring parental and young children’s physical activity and sedentary behaviour using the new proximity tagging feature of an accelerometer.
Dose-response relationships between physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and neurocognitive development among children of the early years.
Carson, V., Wiebe, S., Spence, J.C., Friedman, A., Tremblay, M.S., Down, J., Schmidt, K., Rahman, A.A. Slater, L.
Main Objectives:
1) Build on our previous systematic reviews to examine the relationship between physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and neurocognitive development among children of the early years.
2) Conduct a pilot study to explore dose-response relationships between physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and neurocognitive development in children of the early years.
Click here for the published paper on the physical activity review
Click here for the published paper on the sedentary behaviour review
Click here for the published paper on the pilot study findings
Supporting healthy active living behaviours in Alberta licensed and approved child care settings.
Carson, V., Clark, D., Danelesko, E., Harber, V., Ferguson, C., Johnston, N., Baretta, K., Saunders, R., Blower, V., Kuzik, N.
Objective:
The primary objective of this study is to examine whether the revised Alberta Child Care Accreditation Program Quality Standards result in higher levels of objectively measured physical activity and lower levels of objectively measured sedentary behaviour in a sample of Albertan children (aged 19 to 60 months) while attending licensed and approved children care centres. The secondary objective is to determine the impact on children’s weight status.
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Qualitative examination of parents’ perspectives of the new Canadian sedentary behavior guidelines for the early years (Aged 0-4 years).
Carson, V., Berry, T., Holt, N., Latimer-Cheung., A.
Main Objective:
To gain an understanding of parents’ perceptions of the new sedentary behaviour guidelines and to gain insight on the optimal content of messages for this group.
