![]() ![]() For the attainment of effective policies that increase PA levels in adolescent girls, it is essential to engage several stakeholders at different levels in incorporating a gender-responsive approach toward PA participation. Key areas for action and policy implementation include an inclusive approach to curriculum development to address gender norms adequate training of professionals so they have a range of skills to ensure inclusion of adolescent girls environmental changes in and out of schools to stimulate participation, to allow adolescent girls to be active in a safe and attractive environment multistakeholder support at local, regional, and national level in incorporating a gender-responsive approach toward PA participation.Ĭonclusion: The results highlight a variety of factors that influences the PA participation of adolescent girls. The most reported facilitators were weight loss, and support from peers, family, and teachers. The most frequent barriers identified were the lack of support from peers, family, and teachers, and the lack of time. Results: A total of eight SRs were included in the qualitative synthesis. The barriers and facilitators were synthesized at environmental, interpersonal, and individual levels. Two independent authors performed the screening of potentially eligible studies and both assessed the methodological quality of included studies using the AMSTAR 2 tool. Studies were included if they were SRs or meta-analyses, included adolescent girls aged between 10 and 19 years, and described barriers or facilitators of PA. Methods: A comprehensive search of relevant SR and meta-analyses were performed in PubMed and Cochrane Library, until February 2021. The objectives were to provide a synthesis of the available evidence and identify key areas for fostering gender-responsive action and policy implications. This systematic review (SR) aimed to summarize evidence from SRs examining the barriers and facilitators of PA participation in adolescent girls. 3Department of Sport Science and Sport, Friedrich–Alexander University Erlangen–Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germanyīackground: Persistent low physical activity (PA) levels among adolescent girls constitute a public health concern that calls for immediate and evidence-based policy action.2Epidemiology Research Unit–Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal. ![]() 1World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark.Keeva Duffey 1 * Ana Barbosa 1,2 Stephen Whiting 1,2 Romeu Mendes 1,2 Isabel Yordi Aguirre 1 Antonina Tcymbal 3 Karim Abu-Omar 3 Peter Gelius 3 João Breda 1
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