AUTHOR=Moore Justin B. , Carson Russell L. , Webster Collin A. , Singletary Camelia R. , Castelli Darla M. , Pate Russell R. , Beets Michael W. , Beighle Aaron 

TITLE=The Application of an Implementation Science Framework to Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programs: Be a Champion!

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=5

YEAR=2018

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00354

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2017.00354

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=<p>Comprehensive school physical activity programs (CSPAPs) have been endorsed as a promising strategy to increase youth physical activity (PA) in school settings. A CSPAP is a five-component approach, which includes opportunities before, during, and after school for PA. Extensive resources are available to public health practitioners and school officials regarding <italic>what</italic> should be implemented, but little guidance and few resources are available regarding <italic>how</italic> to effectively implement a CSPAP. Implementation science provides a number of conceptual frameworks that can guide implementation of a CSPAP, but few published studies have employed an implementation science framework to a CSPAP. Therefore, we developed Be a Champion! (BAC), which represents a synthesis of implementation science strategies, modified for application to CSPAPs implementation in schools while allowing for local tailoring of the approach. This article describes BAC while providing examples from the implementation of a CSPAP in three rural elementary schools.</p>