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Associations of age, body size, and maturation with physical activity intensity in different laboratory tasks in children
2021
We investigated the associations of age, sex, body size, body composition, and maturity with measures of physical activity (PA) intensity in children. PA intensity was assessed using VO2 as % of VO2reserve or VO2 at ventilatory threshold (VT), muscle activity measured by textile electromyography, mean amplitude deviation (MAD) measured by accelerometry, and metabolic equivalent of task (MET) during laboratory activities.Age, stature, and muscle mass were inversely associated with VO2 as % of VO2reserve and % of VT, during walking or running on a treadmill for 4, 6, and 8 km/h (Spearman r = -0.645 to -0.358). Age was inversely associated with MAD during walking on treadmill for 4 km/h (r = -…
Childhood reproduced: images of childhood represented in children's daily lives in home and day-care settings
2016
ABSTRACTThis study explores images of childhood by analysing children's pictorial representations and accompanying captions. The focus is on how children together with adults represent childhood in the home and daycare settings in a oneweek diary study. The key analytical tool was framing, which is used to highlight what kinds of images are (re)produced and narrated. The frames that emerged were (1) portrayal of the child via cultural products and societal relations, (2) portrayal of the child via individuality, relationships and attachment, (3) the child as a symbol of capabilities, and (4) the child as a learner. While illustrating how childhood was intertwined with consumption, cultural …
Utilizing content analysis in teaching materials for children with autism spectrum disorder
2019
It is important to look at how education materials for students with disability view disability itself. Raising the general public's awareness on autism is crucial because of the rise in the antivaxx and anti-science movements, particularly in the United States. This thesis utilizes Content Analysis to explore how a set of teaching materials for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) understands ASD and the agency of the ASD child and creates trust with the readers. I analyze two argumentation styles to understand how those forms of argumentation create trust with the readers. This study is qualitative and relies on philosophical and cultural definitions of agency and personhood. In a…
Response to computer-assisted intervention in children most at risk for mathematics difficulties
2015
Evidence of an association between poor early number skills and a high risk for later difficulties in mathematics manifests a need for both early identification of risk and effective prevention of difficulties. However, only a few theory-based assessment and progress monitoring tools, and intervention methods are avail able for this purpose in Finnish pre-primary education. This thesis aimed to examine to what extent a theory-based computer-assisted intervention method (GraphoGame Math, GGM) can support early number skills development in children (67-year-olds) most at risk for mathematics difficulties (MD; defined as performance below the 10th percentile). The specific aims were threefold…
Vanhempien kausaaliattribuutioiden yhteys lapsen koulumenestykseen
2000
From needs to competencies : a case study on the integration of a rights based approach into NGO practises
2010
The objective of this qualitative case study is to provide knowledge on the possibilities of incorporating a rights based approach (RBA) into practises of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the context of development and children. The study is confined to examine the possibilities of RBA in realising children’s rights within the child sponsorship programme (CSP) of a Finnish NGO, Fida International (Fida), and the conceptualisation of the child in regard to different approaches. The theoretical framework is built on contemporary development discourse concerning the approximation of human rights and development as well as the underlying reasons for the emergence of RBA as a contributio…
The influence of short term, intensive hippotherapy on gait in children with cerebral palsy
2010
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of short term hippotherapy on functional gait changes in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Participants were two boys (ages 12 and 13) with spastic diplegia and a girl (14 yrs) with athetoid CP. Single-subject (ABA) design was used to determine quantitative changes in functional gait parameters (velocity, stride length, and cadence) following three weeks of hippotherapy. The two boys demonstrated improvement in stride length and gait velocity without sustained improvement in cadence. There was increase in stride length and cadence, but most noticeable improvements in velocity for the girl. The results indicated that it is possible th…
Normal-weight obesity and cardiometabolic risk : A 7-year longitudinal study in girls from prepuberty to early adulthood
2017
Objective: To study whether normal-weight obesity in childhood is associated with increased cardiometabolic risk in early adulthood. Methods: This study assessed data for 236 girls followed from prepuberty to early adulthood. Growth chart data were obtained from birth to 18 years. Body composition was assessed by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry and cardiometabolic risk by calculating continuous clustered risk score (at ages 11, 14, and 18). The association of body weight status with cardiometabolic risk from childhood to early adulthood was examined. Results: Subjects with normal-weight obesity were virtually indistinguishable from their normal-weight lean peers in terms of relative body w…
Keski-Suomen lapsiohjelma : lasten hyvinvoinnista hyvinvoivaan yhteiskuntaan
2018
Keski-Suomen lapsiohjelman kehittäminen alkoi Lapsifoorumista 2016, jossa todettiin, että maakunnalliselle lapsistrategialle on tarvetta. Yhteiseksi tavoitteeksi asetettiin, että KeskiSuomi tullaan tuntemaan vuonna 2025 lasten, nuorten ja perheiden hyvinvoinnin maakuntana. Haukkalan säätiö otti tehtäväkseen lapsistrategian laatimisen maakunnan kokonaisstrategiaan sisältyvänä lapsiohjelmana. Työtä edisti samanaikainen Sipilän hallituksen kärkihanke Lasten ja perheiden palvelujen muutosohjelma (LAPE) ja sen maakunnallinen toteutus (KSLAPE), jonka osaksi lapsiohjelman laatiminen sisällytettiin pyrkimyksenä edistää erityisesti LAPEn yhtä kehittämiskokonaisuutta: toimintakulttuurin muutosta laps…
Daily physical activity and physical activity in soccer practice with children
2017
Päivittäisen fyysisen aktiivisuuden määrässä ja intensiteetissä on eroja ihmisten välillä. Suurin osa fyysisestä aktiivisuudesta tapahtuu vapaa-ajalla, lapsilla koulupäivän ulkopuolella. Liikuntasuositukset ohjeistavat riittävästä päivittäisen fyysisen aktiivisuuden määrästä ja laadusta. Yhä useammat lapset eivät saavuta näitä suosituksia ja jako aktiivisiin ja vähemmän aktiivisiin lapsiin on tullut entistä selkeämmäksi. Osallistumista ohjattuun liikuntaan on pidetty yhtenä ratkaisuna lisätä lasten päivittäisen fyysisen aktiivisuuden määrää. Tutkimukset kuitenkin ovat osoittaneet, ettei järjestettyyn liikuntaan osallistuminen kasvata lasten kokonaisaktiivisuutta. Saman päivän aikana tapahtu…