Leveraging Youth Sports to Deliver a Physical Activity Intervention to Mothers: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of a Single-Arm Open Pilot Trial
This study demonstrated the feasibility of delivering a physical activity intervention to mothers during youth sports practices, although the authors did not reach the assessment target. Participants were satisfied with the intervention, and increases in physical activity outcomes were observed. However, studies examining strategies to increase engagement and maximize benefits, particularly among insufficiently active mothers, would be beneficial. Nonetheless, this is the first study to demonstrate the potential of youth sports practices as a setting for delivering health promotion interventions to parents.
Authors
- Dominika M. Pindus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7288-7921)
- SHIRA I. DUNSIGER (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5636-0601)
- Belinda O’Hagan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8579-1283)
- Candace Brown
- Bess H. Marcus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9440-924X)
- Cara M. Murphy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-6221)
- Tayla von Ash (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7621-3545)
- Tanya J. Benitez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9522-7464)
- Lauren Connell Bohlen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4207-9872)
- Sugandha K. Gupta-Louis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9027-0762)
- Fadilatou Toure
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte (US)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (US)
- Brown University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- AJPM Focus
- Published
- 2025-11-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.focus.2025.100465
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Brown University