Healthy living aspect in urban and rural school children through physical education learning

Pankaja Pandey; Kalpana Sharma

doi:10.17485/IJST/v13i45.1966

Article

Healthy living aspect in urban and rural school children through physical education learning

VIEWS 2612
PDF 293

Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/IJST/v13i45.1966

Year: 2020, Volume: 13, Issue: 45, Pages: 4513-4520

Original Article

Healthy living aspect in urban and rural school children through physical education learning

Pankaja Pandey^1*, Kalpana Sharma²

¹Ph. D Scholar, ASPESS, Amity University, Noida (India), Tel.: 8452022506
²Professor, Supervisor & Director, ASPESS, Amity University, Noida (India)

*Corresponding Author
Tel: 8452022506
Email: [email protected]

Received Date:02 November 2020, Accepted Date:07 December 2020, Published Date:17 December 2020

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

Objectives: The study evaluates and compares the level of understanding of Healthy Living Aspect among the school-children residing in urban and rural areas, as an outcome of secondary-level physical education. Methods: For the study, 400 children (200 from rural areas and 200 from urban areas) studying in standard IX & X were selected to participate in the study. The standardized questionnaire of healthy living was used as a tool for the study. The quantitative data collected from the questionnaire were then analyzed and interpreted using the inferential t-test with a significance of p<0.05 standard deviation and mean, in accordance with the accomplishment analysis. Findings: The results of the study revealed that the urban children had a significantly better understanding of Healthy living than Rural with a performance of 17.512.17 and 15.972.28 respectively (t = 6.89, p<0.05). Further details of the test revealed that in Personal Health (t = 6.27, p<0.05), rural children had a significantly better performance with mean scores (6.66) as compared to urban children with mean scores (5.86), In Environmental Health (t = 13.35, p<0.05) and in Family Health (t = 5.98, p<0.05), urban students had significantly better performance with mean scores (5.93) & (5.72) respectively, as compared to rural children with mean scores (4.31) and (5.00) in Environmental Health and Family Health. In conclusion, it is evident from the results that place of residence had an impact on the understanding of Healthy living Aspect of Physical Education Subject. Also, the way of life, activity levels, food habits, and the facilities available, the day to day experiences and responsibilities to carry out play a significant role in the differences among children from different settings. Novelty: This questionnaire will help the physical educators to assess the students’ understanding regarding the healthy living aspect and plan their strategy or teaching pedagogy regarding health education through physical education.

Keywords: Children; healthy living; lifestyle; rural; urban

References

Hills AP, King NA, Byrne NM. Children, obesity and exercise: prevention, treatment and management of childhood and adolescent obesity. Routledge. 2007. Available from: https://pendor.unublitar.ac.id/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Children-Obesity-and-Exercise-Prevention-treatment-and-management-of-childhood-and-adolescent-obesity-International-Studies-in-Physical-Education-and-Youth-Sport-.pdf
Yanovski SZ. Binge eating disorder and obesity in 2003: Could treating an eating disorder have a positive effect on the obesity epidemic? International Journal of Eating Disorders. 2003;34(S1):S117–S120. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eat.10211
Lipnowski S, LeBlanc CMA, , . Healthy active living: Physical activity guidelines for children and adolescents. Paediatrics & Child Health. 2012;17:209–210. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pch/17.4.209
Marotz LR. Children’s dietary needs: nutrients, interactions and their role in health. In: Developing children's food products. (pp. 3-25) Woodhead Publishing. 2011.
Wetton P. Physical Education in Nursery and Infant Schools. Routledge. 2005.
Mazzuco MA, Siqueira GS, Boiko RW, Macuco EC, Botelho JN, Siqueira M, et al. Differences in Anthropometrical and Fitness Variables Among Male Students from Brazilian Urban and Rural Schools. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 2006;38(Supplement):S214–S215. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1249/00005768-200605001-01829
Mcmurray RG, Harrell JS, Bangdiwala SI, Gangsky SA. Biologic and environmental factors influencing the aerobic power of children. Medicine Exercise Nutrition and Health. 1995;4:243–250.
Reyes MEP, Tan SK, Malina RM. Urban-rural contrasts in the physical fitness of school children in Oaxaca, Mexico. American Journal of Human Biology. 2003;15(6):800–813. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.10218
Ujevic T, Sporis G, Milanovic Z, Pantelic S, Neljak B. Differences between health-related physical fitness profiles of Croatian children in urban and rural areas. Collegium Antropologicum. 2013;37:75–80. Available from: https://cutt.ly/ehHFPIO
Andrade S, Ochoa-Avilés A, Lachat C, Escobar P, Verstraeten R, Camp JV, et al. Physical fitness among urban and rural Ecuadorian adolescents and its association with blood lipids: a cross sectional study. BMC Pediatrics. 2014;14(1):106–116. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-14-106
Wilczewski A, Sklad M, Krawczyk B. Physical development and fitness of children from urban and rural areas as determined by EUROFIT test battery. Biology of Sport Warsaw. 1996;13:113–126. Available from: https://cutt.ly/8hHFG1D
Ozdirenc M, Ozcan A, Akin F, Gelecek N. Physical fitness in rural children compared with urban children in Turkey. Pediatrics International. 2005;47(1):26–31. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-200x.2004.02008.x
Regis MF, Oliveira LMFD, Santos ARM, Reubens DC, Leonidio A, Diniz PRB, et al. Available from: Urban versus rural lifestyle in adolescents: associations between environment, physical activity levels and sedentary behavior. Einstein. 2016;14(4). Available from: https://cutt.ly/ThHFCmG
Matsui H, Tamura Y. Characteristics in physical fitness of urban and rural people. Physiological adaptability and nutritional status of the Japanese. In: Growth, Work Capacity, and Nutrition of Japanese. (pp. 41-65) Tokyo. University of Tokyo Press. 1975.
Henneberg M, Louw GJ. Cross-sectional survey of growth of urban and rural “cape coloured” schoolchildren: anthropometry and functional tests. American Journal of Human Biology. 1998;10(1):73–85. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1520-6300(1998)10:1<73::aid-ajhb9>3.0.co;2-d
Das P, Chatterjee P. Urban-rural contrasts in motor fitness components of youngster footballers in West Bengal. India J Hum Sport Exercise. 2013;8(3):797–805. Available from: https://cutt.ly/JhHF74C
Gahlawat P. Comparison of physical fitness status of rural and urban male collegiate students in Kurukshetra. Journal of Exercise Science and Physiotherapy. 2007;3(2):157. Available from: http://www.efha.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/JESP-3-157.pdf
Hajam BA, Bashir S. A comparative study of physical fitness among rural and urban male students of district ananatnag in J&K. Asia Pacific Journal of Research . . Available from: http://sportscientistsviews.com/2019/04/comparative-study-physical-fitness-level-among-urban-rural-students-kashmir/
Saha GC, Haldar S. Comparison of health related physical fitness variables and psychomotor ability between rural and urban school going children. Journal of Exercise Science and Physiotherapy. 2012;8(2):105–108. Available from: http://www.efha.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ABSTRACT-UAIC-97301712020.1.pdf
Singh KM, Singh M, Singh S. Study of physical fitness among rural and urban children from Punjab. International Journal of Physical Education, Sports and Health. 2016;3(3):475–478. Available from: https://www.kheljournal.com/archives/2016/vol3issue3/PartE/3-2-112-925.pdf

Copyright

© 2020 Pandey & Sharma.This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Published By Indian Society for Education and Environment (iSee)