An Interactive Web Application for School-Based Physical Fitness Testing in California: Geospatial Analysis and Custom Mapping

Physical activity is crucial for children's healthy growth and development. In the US, most states have physical education standards. California implemented the mandated School-based Physical Fitness Testing (SB-PFT) over two decades ago. Despite the substantial effort in collecting the SB-PFT...

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Published inAMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings Vol. 2024; p. 463
Main Authors Guo, Yawen, Hu, Kaiyuan, Hu, Di, Zheng, Kai, Cooper, Dan M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 2024
Subjects
California
Child
Exercise Test
Humans
Internet
Physical Education and Training
Physical Fitness
Schools
Software
California
school-aged children
social determinants of health
physical fitness testing
web application
geospatial analysis
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Summary:Physical activity is crucial for children's healthy growth and development. In the US, most states have physical education standards. California implemented the mandated School-based Physical Fitness Testing (SB-PFT) over two decades ago. Despite the substantial effort in collecting the SB-PFT data, its research reuse has been limited due to the lack of readily accessible analytical tools. We developed a web application utilizing GeoServer, ArcGIS, and AWS to visualize the SB-PFT data. Education administrators and policymakers can leverage this user-friendly platform to gain insights into children's physical fitness trend, and identify schools and districts with successful programs to gauge the success of new physical education programs. The application also includes a custom mapping tool that allows users to compare external datasets with SB-PFT. We conclude that by incorporating advanced analytical capabilities through an informatics-based user-facing tool, this platform has great potential to encourage a broader engagement in enhancing children's physical fitness.
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ISSN:1942-597X
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