Evidence
For the past seven years, our team has been advocating for increased physical activity in Michigan classrooms and homes. Click on the article images below to explore the successes of the InPACT program.
Publications
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We improved program fit in resource-limited school districts by 47% in one year!
We identified factors that influence child participation in the InPACT at Home program.
We systematically adapted the InPACT at Home program to increase accessibility for neurodivergent children.
We evaluated youth feedback on our home-based physical activity videos.
We systematically adapted the Michigan Model for Health™ curriculum to include InPACT resources.
We redesigned our website to make it easier and more fun for kids to get active!
We rated our exercise videos for ease of use to help kids stay active at home!
We made the InPACT program work better for schools with fewer resources to help kids get more active!
We identified factors that make it hard to start and keep physical activity programs in schools!
We improved school physical activity policies in Michigan: A study on making policies stronger and more effective!
We changed the InPACT program for home use during COVID-19 to help more kids stay active across Michigan!
We demonstrated that short exercise breaks in class help kids with asthma stay active safely.
We adapted classroom activity breaks to fit the needs of schools with fewer resources, showing how InPACT successfully worked in Detroit elementary classrooms.
We found that using game features in classroom activity breaks boosts both how much kids move and how actively they participate.
We tested ten 3-minute activity breaks in classrooms to see what worked well and what didn’t.