Student grants at UP 2011

Active transport of 15 -16 years old pupils connected with the school attendance

ID: FTK_2011_017     Funding: 206.118 CZK (approx. 8.550€)

Responsibility:

Mgr. Petra Nováková Lokvencová (Ph.D. student)

prof. PhDr. Karel Frömel, DrSc. (tutor)

Mgr. František Chmelík, Ph.D. (ass., CfKR, FPC, UP)

Mgr. Jan Dygrýn (Ph.D. student)

Pregradual students:

Petra Hromádková, Pavel Hennrich, Lukáš Jakubec

Aims: The main objective of this research is to gain objective information on active transportation to and from school in the context of total daily PA of 15 to 16 years old students. Further to characterize the AT to and from school in terms of total PA levels, to analyze the differences in AT levels between girls and boys, to contribute to the detection of the correlates of AT in 15 to 16 years old students and to develop a software module for the INDARES system that would enable the analysis of the routes and forms of transport to school on the map background. The project will use online questionnaires contained in the INDARES system to obtain additional data characterizing the level of habitual PA. As a part of the project, a new module of the INDARES system will be developed. The study should bring new facts to the experts, school leaders, teachers and the general public, thus contributing to the use and promotion of active forms of transportation not only in children and youth.

Realization: Research will be conducted at 8 schools. The research group will consist of 400 pupils (15-16 years old). The schools will be selected intentionally based on the place where the collaborating students undergo their teaching practice. Physical activity will be monitored with the help of the pedometer (week long), with an emphasis on AT to and from school. During the one week of monitoring with the use of pedometer there will be a 3 day monitoring of PA (including 1 weekend day) using the ActiTrainer device. The participants will record additional information on their AT (mean, duration), the arrival and departure from school, time and type of PA and PI into a record protocol. INDARES system will be used to provide the participants with immediate tailored feedback. The research will build on previous research FTK_2010_021 - School of healthy and physically active lifestyle of 15 to 16 years old students - and on numerous other research projects of the Center for Kinanthropology Research. The results should help to clarify the relationship between AT and total daily PA levels at school and weekend days. At the same time it should reveal the most significant correlates of AT in adolescents.

Creation of interpretations of the results of physical fitness self-assessment tests and appropriate recommendations of physical activity

ID: FTK_2011_016   Funding: 100092 CZK (approx. 4.004€)

Responsibility:
CZ: Mgr. Martin Nosek (Ph.D. student)
prof. PhDr. Karel Frömel, DrSc. (tutor)
Mgr. Roman Cuberek, Ph.D. (academic assistant)
PL: Wojciech Wasowiewicz (Ph.D.  student) - Academy of Physical Education, Katowice, Poland
International cooperation:

Valdosta State University. Georgia, USA
Willibald Gebhart Institut, Essen, SRN

Aim: Intended project is focused (using physical fitness self-assessment tests and interactive content) on system outputs innovation. Currently the system only interprets the normative results of tests. Creating a system of interpretations and recommendation offer individuals comprehensive feedback on their level of physical fitness as well as clearly and adequately inform individuals about the appropriate type and amount of physical activity. Recommendations of appropriate physical activity can positively affect both - the motivation and active interest - in their own healthy lifestyle.
Realisation: At the same time our long-term monitoring of conditions and development of physical fitness in people using the system help us to monitor and compare the successive activity of individuals on the basis of different interpretations and recommendations of the current tests results. This will allow us to make updates and modifications generated recommendations based on the results of self-assessment tests. Created a system of interpretations and recommendations will be integrate with the physical fitness self-assessment module at INDARES.com (operated by the department Center for Current Research Projects, FTK UP), set up to monitor physical activities. Improving the quality of graphic and interactive content and offer to user simple and comprehensive complex to verify the current physical fitness. In cooperation with the department in Germany (Willibald Gebhardt Institut, Essen), USA (Valdosta State University, Georgia) and Poland (Academy of Physical Education, Katowice), will be created three foreign language versions of the interpretations and recommendations applicable for further international comparative studies.

The project consists of two parts:
1. Design of interpretations and recommendation: 1) set of detailed phrases of the test results, 2) creation of verbal recommendation, 3) verification of understandability and clarity designed interpretations, 4) hierarchy and sequencing of created phrases in the Self assessment system, 5) provide translation in foreign languages
2. Graphic-implementation part: 1) finish identified imperfections in the system, 2) design and layout of elements, 3) implementation into the system Indares.com