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The Early Movers pilot intervention: Encouraging healthy movement behaviours in infants
Carson, V., Hesketh, K., Wiart, L., Faulkner, G.
Main Objective:
Examine the feasibility and acceptability of the Early Movers intervention, a scalable, theory-based, parent-focused intervention designed to increase dissemination and activation of the 24-Hour Movement Behaviour Guidelines for the Early Years.
Canadian 24 Hour Movement Guidelines Impact Project (CMGIP)
Carson, V.
Main Objective:
Advance knowledge of the 24-Hour Movement Guidelines, increase understanding of the positive health impact that adherence to the 24-Hour Movement Guidelines creates among Canadians and establish sustainability with the inclusion of the 24-Hour Movement Guidelines integrated into the training curriculum for numerous health professionals and educators across Canada.
Growing a partnership to understand the impact of an outdoor and nature education program on social-emotional wellness of students and staff
Carson, V., Keats Whelan, K., Brown, D., Livermore, O., Spencer, N., Morrison, H., Rinaldi, C.
Main Objectives:
1) Explore the experiences and examine the impact of the school’s outdoor and nature education program on social-emotional wellness of students, teachers, and educational assistants;
2) Develop resources to support the implementation of outdoor and nature education programs in other schools with various outdoor spaces.
SUNRISE International Study of Movement Behaviours in the Early Years
Tremblay, M.S., Antsygina, O., Bremer, E., Caldwell, H., Carson, V., Faulkner, G., Florindo, A., Kuzik, N., Lubree, H., Mwase-Vuma, T., Okely, A., Pagaini, L., Reilly, J., Tucker, P.
Main Objectives:
1) Examine the current levels of movement behaviours and the prevalence of 3- and 4-year-old children meeting WHO 24-hour movement guidelines in samples from Canada, Brazil, India and Malawi.
2) Examine the associations between single/individual movement behaviours (physical activities, sedentary behaviours, sleep), and their various combinations and compositions, and indicators of healthy cognitive, physical, and social-emotional development.
3) Determine the ideal 24-hour movement behaviour composition for healthy cognitive, physical, and social-emotional development.
4) Examine the potential moderators, mediators, confounders, covariates, correlates, and intersections of healthy movement behaviours for optimal development.
Technology and Development in Early Childhood (TECH)
Carson, V., Wiebe, S., Rinaldi, C., Zheng, Y.
Main Objective:
Determine longitudinal associations between screen time patterns and neurocognitive development, and the moderating effects of parent-child interactions.
Parent PLAYshop
Carson, V., Naylor, P.-J., Rhodes, R., Liu, S.
Main objective:
Examine the efficacy and implementation of the PLAYshop program, a novel, brief, theory-based, parent-focused physical literacy intervention for early childhood
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Click here to see a published paper of a pilot study
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Extension of the COMPASS Study: building on our current success shaping the direction of youth health
Leatherdale, S., Carson, V., Chaurasia, A., Cole, A., Dubin, J., Elton-Marshall, T., Faulkner, G., Janssen, I., Laxer, R., Mann, R., Patte, K., Sabiston, C., Storey, K., Veugelers, P.
Main Objective:
Develop and implement a comprehensive research, evaluation and knowledge exchange system to longitudinally examine how changes in school policies, programs and the built environment relate to changes in youth health behaviours.
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