Brief: Active Physical Education (PE) in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
2020
This brief summarizes findings from the CHOICES Learning Collaborative Partnership simulation model of implementing an Active Physical Education (PE) program in school districts participating in the Live Well Allegheny initiative in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Live Well Allegheny Schools will commit that 50% of PE class time be dedicated to moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.
This analysis compared the costs and outcomes of the implementation of the Active PE program in designated school districts over a 10-year time horizon with the costs and outcomes of not implementing the intervention. All elementary and middle schools serving grades K-8 that are part of the 18 designated Live Well Allegheny school districts were assumed to receive training. The model assumed that 70% of the PE teachers trained would implement Active PE program in their schools.
The results showed that the intervention would ensure more than 60,000 children would attend schools with more active PE classes. It would cost $2.29 million dollars to implement over 10 years, at an average of $37 per child, and would prevent 13 cases of childhood obesity.
This issue brief was developed at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in collaboration with the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) through participation in the Childhood Obesity Intervention Cost-Effectiveness Study (CHOICES) Learning Collaborative Partnership. This brief is intended for educational use only.
Brief: Active Physical Education (PE) in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Source:
Pagnotta M, Hardy H, Reiner J, Barrett J, Cradock A. Allegheny County Active Physical Education (PE) [Issue Brief]. Allegheny County Health Department and the CHOICES Learning Collaborative Partnership at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 2019. http://choicesproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CHOICES_LCP_Allegheny_ActivePE_IssueBrief_2020_01_08.pdf