Blar i HVL Open på forfatter "Johannessen, Kjersti"
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Active Learning Norwegian Preschool(er)s (ACTNOW) – Design of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of Staff Professional Development to Promote Physical Activity, Motor Skills, and Cognition in Preschoolers [Study protocol]
Aadland, Eivind; Tjomsland, Hege Eikeland; Johannessen, Kjersti; Nilsen, Ada Kristine Ofrim; Resaland, Geir Kåre; Glosvik, Øyvind; Lykkebø, Osvald; Stokke, Rasmus; Andersen, Lars Bo; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Pfeiffer, Karin Allor; Tomporowski, Phillip D; Størksen, Ingunn; Bartholomew, John; Ommundsen, Yngvar; Howard, Steven James; Okely, Anthony D.; Aadland, Katrine Nyvoll (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Introduction: There is a dearth of high-quality evidence on effective, sustainable, and scalable interventions to increase physical activity (PA) and concomitant outcomes in preschoolers. Specifically, there is a need to ... -
Agreement of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time in preschool children
Aadland, Eivind; Johannessen, Kjersti (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015) -
The association between preschool quality and objectively assessed physical activity among Norwegian preschoolers
Johannessen, Kjersti; Bjørnestad, Elisabeth; Nilsen, Ada Kristine Ofrim; Ylvisåker, Einar; Nornes-Nymark, Merete; Engesæter, Mari; Pedersen, Lillian; Aadland, Eivind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Various aspects of the preschool environment may either promote or restrict children’s moderate- to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), for example through opportunities for outdoor play. The aim of the present study was ... -
Associations between the movement environment and preschooler's physical activity and sedentary time in Norwegian preschools
Krogager Albertsen, Henrik; Aadland, Katrine Nyvoll; Johannessen, Kjersti; Jones, Rachel; Aadland, Eivind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The quality of the preschool environment may affect preschooler's levels of physical activity and sedentary time. In this paper, we aimed to assess the quality of the preschool movement environment and associations between ... -
Bi-directional prospective associations between objectively measured physical activity and fundamental motor skills in children: a two-year follow-up
Nilsen, Ada Kristine Ofrim; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Johannessen, Kjersti; Aadland, Katrine Nyvoll; Ylvisåker, Einar; Loftesnes, Jan Morten; Aadland, Eivind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: The direction of the longitudinal relationship between physical activity (PA) and fundamental motor skills (FMS) remains unclear. We evaluated the bi-directional, prospective relationships between intensity-specific ... -
Boys, older children, and highly active children benefit most from the preschool arena regarding moderate-to-vigorous physical activity: A cross-sectional study of Norwegian preschoolers
Nilsen, Ada Kristine Ofrim; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Resaland, Geir Kåre; Johannessen, Kjersti; Ylvisåker, Einar; Aadland, Eivind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The preschool environment exerts an important influence on children's behaviour, including physical activity (PA). However, information is lacking regarding where and when most of children's PA is undertaken. This study ... -
Reproducibility of objectively measured physical activity: Reconsideration needed
Aadland, Eivind; Nilsen, Ada Kristine Ofrim; Ylvisåker, Einar; Johannessen, Kjersti; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Reliability of accelerometer-determined physical activity (PA), and thus the required length of a monitoring period, appears to depend on the analytic approach used for its calculation. We compared reliability of objectively ... -
Teachers’ interactions with children in micro-level transitions in Norwegian preschools
Pedersen, Lillian; Bakken, Astrid Reidun Berglid; Johannessen, Kjersti; Bøyum, Sigrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)In this paper, we aimed to examine what characterizes teachers’ interactions with children in micro-level transitions in Norwegian preschools. We used video and observed transitions at the micro level, such as between meal ...