Before and during COVID-19: parent experiences, perceptions, and preferences regarding community-based physical activity
dc.contributor.advisor | Lloyd, Meghann | |
dc.contributor.author | Labonté, Kyra | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-27T19:29:24Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-29T16:54:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-09-27T19:29:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-03-29T16:54:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-08-01 | |
dc.degree.discipline | Kinesiology | en |
dc.degree.level | Master of Health Sciences (MHSc) | en |
dc.description.abstract | Participation in community-based recreational physical activity can provide health benefits for children with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD). This descriptive thematic study aimed to explore and describe the experiences of parents (N=6) of 11 children with IDD (age 4-11) with community-based recreational physical activity before and during the COVID-19 pandemic through online semi-structured interviews. Four main themes emerged from the parent’s descriptions of community-based physical activity participation before the pandemic: Personal experiences in recreation, barriers to community-based recreational physical activity participation, facilitators to community-based recreational physical activity participation, and intrinsic value. Parents’ descriptions of physical activity participation during the pandemic resulted in three main themes: COVID-19 and IDD, impact on recreational physical activity, and insights from COVID-19. The results from this study suggest that community-based recreational physical activity is highly valued by parents of children with IDD and that it belongs on the continuum of intervention services that family’s access. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | University of Ontario Institute of Technology | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10155/1337 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.subject | Intellectual disability | en |
dc.subject | Developmental disability | en |
dc.subject | Community-based recreation | en |
dc.subject | Physical activity | en |
dc.subject | COVID-19 | en |
dc.title | Before and during COVID-19: parent experiences, perceptions, and preferences regarding community-based physical activity | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |