Running Toward Equity: Socioeconomic Diversity and Parental Perception of a Physical Activity-Based Positive Youth Development Program for Girls.

The Girls on the Run (GOTR) is a national positive youth development program to promote self-confidence, resilience, and self-esteem for girls through physical activity. It also includes an opportunity for parental support through involvement in a 5K event at the end of the program. There is significant evidence on the importance of family support and parent role modeling for children's physical activity, but little is known on how children can encourage adult physical activity.

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Quality of Life: A Mediating Role of Physical Activity.

Purpose: Examine whether barriers to physical activity (PA) and PA level serve as serial mediators to the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and perceived quality of physical health. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: A public university in Southeast United States.