Characteristics of 24-hour movement behaviours and their associations with mental health in children and adolescents

Stuart Fairclough et al.

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Join us at the LJMU Institute for Health Research children, young people & families conference @LJMU on Thursday 23rd May 2024.

Learn from evidence-led research and practice, presentations, and workshops on supporting child health & well-being!

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Our consolidated guidance for behavioral intervention pilot and feasibility studies is out today! We relied on 161 publications on pilot/feasibility studies, and a Delphi panel of experts to create a go-to resource for behavioral researchers.
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Interested in how physical activity and sleep interact to influence mental health? Give our recent article a read!

link.springer.com/article/10.100… INCH Lab Matt Kwan John Cairney UTSA College for Health, Community and Policy

4-year Research Fellow position on this exciting new multidisciplinary NIHR Research project studying the impact of interactive electronic tech on young children's health and development.

Deadline is 11th April, link in Liane's tweet below

NEW: Special Issue on #mentalhealth in #football by Jimmy O'Gorman & me. Abstracts due 30 May DM/email if interested: tinyurl.com/4k8w7wnn Dr Adam Benkwitz Dr Mustafa Sarkar Dr Florence Kinnafick Dr Allan Johnston Sam Cumming BarnabySargent Claire-Marie Roberts Martin Roderick Elizabeth CJ Pike Vincent Gouttebarge

Only 7 days left to secure your early bird ticket for the international whole-school physical activity conference. 85+ presenters, 20+ countries, 8 international case studies. Don't miss the best whole-school physical activity conference this year! Booking details below

*PhD scholarship* on #PhysicalActivity in European youth PESS @ UL HRI supervised by Prof Ciaran Mac Donncha and I.

This is a superb opportunity to join the INDEEP MarieSkłodowskaCurie Doctoral Network
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Very much looking forward to sharing some thoughts on school-based physical activity intervention outcomes at the #WSPA2024 Conference in June. It will be a superb 3 days of learning!

Book tickets: wspa2024.co.uk early bird deadline 29th March 5pm (GMT)

The next student webinar series is on 20 March!

Aiming to cut through the confusion, Stuart Fairclough will be discussing the use of accelerometers in physical activity research

For more information and to sign up, follow the link below ⬇️

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Why not join me at the international whole-school physical activity conference in Bradford, June24. #wspa2024

Early🐦 tickets
2-day main conference (18/19 June): £200
3-day main conference + pre-conference (17-19): £325

Programme & registration at wspa2024.co.uk

This is going to be a brilliant conference that I'm very much looking forward to presenting at. School-based physical activity researchers and practitioners, take a look & take part if you can!

Really nice review of The Routledge Handbook of Youth Physical Activity here. Tim Brusseau David Lubans I'd forgotten what a comprehensive text we put together (courtesy of the brilliant chapter authors)!

NEW BOOK REVIEW | The Routledge Handbook of Youth Physical Activity, by Timothy A. Brusseau, Stuart J. Fairclough & David R. Lubans (eds.) Routledge Sport, Leisure, and Tourism (review in English by Andreas Fröberg, published 240216) idrottsforum.org/froand_brussea… via The Editor

⭐️PHD VIVA⭐️

We are thrilled to announce that Sarah Nally successfully defended her PhD thesis today “⬇️ sedentary behaviour & ⬆️ physical activity in children aged 7-9 years: developing, feasibility & pilot testing a low-cost, multicomponent, school- & home-based intervention.”👏

Since #activity behavior tends to track from childhood into adulthood, understanding how different combinations of social (dis)advantages influence PA has the potential to inform targeted approaches for those at greatest risk for poor health outcomes doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2…

Super interesting PhD studentship here with a fab supervisory team

Check out our recent article in Journal of Physical Activity & Health!

Associations Between Intersecting Sociodemographic Characteristics and Device-Measured Physical Activity Among Children and Adolescents Living in the United States doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2…

UTSA College for Health, Community and Policy UTSA Research

Looking forward to welcoming friends and colleagues to University of Bradford in June for our Whole-School Physical Activity Conference #WSPA2024

Early bird tickets available until 29th March, visit wspa2024.co.uk

Fantastic to see this out. Thanks Denver Brown for leading this collaboration!