How to design and establish a national school-based physical fitness monitoring and surveillance system for children and adolescents : a 10-step approach recommended by the FitBack network

Joensuu, Laura (avtor), Csanyi, Tamas (avtor), Huhtiniemi, Mikko (avtor), Kälbi, Katalin (avtor), Magalhães, João (avtor), Milanović, Ivana (avtor), Morrison, Shawnda A. (avtor), Ortega, Francisco B (avtor), Sardinha, Luis B. (avtor), Starc, Gregor (avtor), Tammelin, Tuija H. (avtor), Jurak, Gregor (avtor)

Background: Providing individual- and population-level data on children's physical fitness (PF) is a crucial public health and education priority. However, few national fitness monitoring or surveillance systems are currently in practice internationally. We aim to summarize the current European PF monitoring and surveillance systems for school-aged children and to provide experience-based guidelines on how to design such systems. Methods: The FitBack network consists of experts from diverse backgrounds with the common interest to improve the accessibility of PF monitoring for young people globally. Through FitBack network, we identified and compared the national or regional PF monitoring and surveillance systems currently in operation across Europe. We formulated a 10-step approach for designing and establishing one's own system, based on analysis of experienced strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to monitoring childhood fitness. Results: We identified a total of eight PF monitoring systems in Finland, France, Galicia of Spain, Hungary, Lithuania, Portugal, Serbia, and Slovenia. The FitBack network recommends the following steps for designing and establishing one's own system: (1) set up mission statements and aims, (2) involve stakeholders, (3) utilize scientific background, (4) governance structure, (5) ensure sufficient funding, (6) data management planning, (7) provide meaningful feedback, (8) conduct pilot testing, (9) plan implementation process, and (10) invest in communication with stakeholders. Conclusions: This study provides an updated overview of the best practices for school-aged children's fitness monitoring and surveillance in Europe. Additionally, it offers a 10-step approach to assist in the creation of similar systems in Europe or globally.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: sport, assessment, disease prevention, education, epidemiology, NCDs, physical literacy, policy, population health
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FŠ - Fakulteta za šport
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2024
• Št. strani: 14 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 34, iss. 3, art. 14593
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-186755
• UDK: 796.01-053.6
• ISSN pri članku: 1600-0838
• DOI: 10.1111/sms.14593
• COBISS.SI-ID: 189144067
• Datum objave v RUL: 04.09.2026

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports
• Skrajšan naslov: Scand. j. med. sci. sports
• Založnik: Wiley
• ISSN: 1600-0838
• COBISS.SI-ID: 517824025

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: šport, ocenjevanje, preprečevanje bolezni, izobraževanje, epidemiologija, telesna pismenost, politika, zdravje prebivalstva

Projekti

• Financer: European Union
• Program financ.: Erasmus+ SportProgramme
• Številka projekta: 613010-EPP-1-2019-1-SI-SPO-SCP
• Naslov: FitBack project

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P5-0142
• Naslov: Bio-psiho-socialni konteksti kineziologije