GM5: Ghana Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents

Ghana's updated national evidence synthesis on physical activity behaviors and determinants for children and adolescents. The dataset, created by Reginald Tetteh-Ahumah OCANSEY and last updated in May 2026, uses the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance Report Card methodology to enable cross-country comparisons and policy dialogue. It includes attention to children and adolescents with disabilities and/or chronic conditions.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking national physical activity policies and outcomes based on the AHKGA grading framework mentioned in the description
• Analyzing determinants of physical activity for children and adolescents based on the Report Card approach
• Comparing Ghana's physical activity surveillance data with other countries based on the cross-country comparison methodology
• Assessing inclusion of children and adolescents with disabilities in physical activity metrics based on the updated appraisal focus

Strengths

• File size is 86.6 KB, indicating a focused and likely manageable dataset
• Uses the established AHKGA Report Card methodology for evidence synthesis and grading
• Explicitly includes a focus on children and adolescents with disabilities and/or chronic conditions (CAWD)

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance (AHKGA) Report Card approach, applied to Ghana

Collection Method

Synthesis of the best available national evidence to grade physical activity behaviors and their determinants

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-03 03:56:15; freshness should be verified

Geography

Ghana