Table 3 Items achieving consensus agreement from Delphi Round 3
Statement | Responses (n) Participated Round 3 n = 36 | % Agreement | Mean (SD) | Median (MADM) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Before School Care | ||||
Physical Activity | ||||
To encourage children to engage in active free play | 34 | 80% | 7.5 (1.5) | 8 (1.2) |
To provide quality environments that enable free active play# | 34 | 85% | 7.7 (1.2) | 8 (1.0) |
To provide indoor or outdoor provocations to encourage active play# | 34 | 80% | 7.3 (1.4) | 7 (1.0) |
To encourage active play to provide social benefits# | 34 | 82% | 7.5 (1.4) | 8 (1.1) |
To provide activities which encourage children to be active# | 34 | 91% | 7.9 (1.2) | 8 (1.0) |
Screen Time | ||||
That active video gaming is alloweda | 33 | 85% | 2.2 (1.5) | 1 (1.3) |
Sedentary Behaviour | ||||
To provide opportunities for free play | 31 | 90% | 7.8 (1.7) | 8 (1.1) |
To provide children the option to choose their activities/self-regulate | 31 | 81% | 7.2 (1.8) | 7 (1.3) |
After School Care | ||||
Physical Activity | ||||
For staff to have ongoing training support on ways to embed physical activity into policy | 30 | 87% | 7.7 (1.4) | 8 (1.2) |
For staff to have ongoing training about the benefits of physical activity | 30 | 87% | 7.8 (1.2) | 8 (1.0) |
Screen Time | ||||
That there is engagement between staff and children and their families about the effects of screen time | 30 | 80% | 7.1 (2.1) | 7 (1.4) |
That the screen time recommendations in the 24 h movement guidelines are considered when timetabling activities. | 30 | 80% | 7.3 (1.9) | 7.5 (1.4) |
Sedentary Behaviour | ||||
That sedentary activities are balanced with physical activity during after school care | 28 | 89% | 7.6 (1.1) | 7 (1.0) |
That staff engage with children to help them move between activities (e.g. if spent a long time in sedentary activities move to a physical activity, or if need to calm down participate in a sedentary task) | 28 | 86% | 7.4 (1.3) | 7 (1.0) |
That children are encouraged to choose/self-regulate their sedentary activities | 28 | 82% | 7.4 (1.5) | 7 (1.2) |
To provide balanced periods between active and sedentary play | 28 | 82% | 7.4 (1.3) | 7 (1.1) |
Vacation Care | ||||
Physical Activity | ||||
To provide opportunities for indoor physical activity | 27 | 81% | 7.3 (1.6) | 7 (1.1) |
To balance the program between physical activities and sedentary activities | 27 | 89% | 7.5 (1.4) | 7 (1.1) |
To allow children the opportunity to choose their activity | 27 | 81% | 7.6 (1.7) | 8 (1.3) |
To consider the 24 h movement guidelines when scheduling the day | 27 | 85% | 7.4 (1.7) | 8 (1.3) |
To educate staff and children re: benefits of the 24 h movement guidelines and importance of achieving them | 27 | 85% | 7.4 (1.8) | 8 (1.3) |
Screen Time | ||||
To involve children and families in decision making around recreational screen time practices | 27 | 81% | 7.3 (2.2) | 8 (1.6) |
To provide education to children and families about the effects of excessive recreational screen time | 27 | 89% | 7.7 (1.8) | 8 (1.2) |
To ensure vacation care does not exceed the recreational screen time guidelines of the 24 h movement guidelines | 27 | 89% | 7.7 (1.8) | 8 (1.3) |
Sedentary Behaviour | ||||
That sedentary activities are balanced with physical activity | 27 | 85% | 7.6 (1.2) | 8 (1.0) |
That sedentary activities are available to allow “rest and recharge”/ “wind-down” time | 27 | 81% | 7.2 (1.5) | 7 (0.8) |
That staff carefully plan the session to consider the needs of the children | 27 | 96% | 7.8 (1.6) | 8 (1.1) |
That ongoing staff training and education is provided to ensure a balanced session with a student centred approach | 27 | 93% | 7.7 (1.3) | 8 (1.1) |
Other | ||||
That OSHC educators are provided ongoing training and education to develop the Health and Physical Education curriculum in OSHC | 27 | 85% | 7.2 (1.7) | 7 (1.1) |
To provide children and families with information of the health benefits of following the 24 h movement guidelines | 27 | 89% | 7.4 (1.7) | 7 (1.1) |