IOSR Journal of Sports and Physical Education (IOSR-JSPE) e-ISSN: 2347-6737, p-ISSN: 2347-6745, Volume 7, Issue 4, (Jul. – Aug. 2020), PP 01-05 www.iosrjournals.org DOI: 10.9790/6737-07040105 www.iosrjournals.org 1 | Page Physical Activity Motives of Pediatrics – An Epidemiological Study Samuel Joseph Bebeley (PhD)*, Henry Joe Tucker 1 , Michael Conteh 2 *Health Education & Behavioural Science Unit, School of Education, Njala University, Sierra Leone, West Africa. 1 (PhD Student) –School of Physical Education & Sport Training, Shanghai University of Sport, People’s Republic of China. 2 Health Education & Behavioural Science Unit, School of Education, Njala University, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Abstract Keywords: Physical Activity,Surveillance, Epidemiology, Quotient,Health Education Background: Pediatrics physical activity is one of the essential elements in archiving sustainable healthiness of the cognitive quotient, psychomotor quotient, social quotient and affective quotient, thereby maintaining ease of daily activities of children without undue tiredness.This study aimed at scoring measured and evaluated physical activity motives of pediatrics: an epidemiological study in Sierra Leone, with a behavioural attitude in maintaining a healthy altitude in overcoming sedentary behaviours that have the magnitude to trigger non- communicable diseases (NCDs) amongst children, adolescents, youths, adults and the aged. Methods: Motives for Physical Activity Questionnaire Revised (MPAQ-R)was the adopted research instrument. The variables wereanalyzed usingIBM-SPSSv.23 Statistics, with a mean and standard deviation ageof 13.0±3.0, response rate of100%and with sampled participantsof N=204, rangedfrom 10-18years,usingsimple random sampling (SRS) method of selection. Results: According to the results,the Appearance Motive for pediatric physical activity stood predominant with sum of squares (31.941) and F-value (F 5,198;0.05 = 10.081) by school.And also predominant with sum of squares (15.373) and F-value (F 1,202;0.05 = 21.862) by sex.Also, Enjoyment Motive stood predominant with sum of squares (1.281) and F-value (F 1,202;0.05 = 1.698) by age range for physical activity motives of pediatrics. Conclusion and Recommendation: Conclusively therefore, appearance, competence and enjoyment motives stood out predominant amongst other motives when surveillanced by schools, sex and age range, thereby supporting both intrinsic and extrinsic motives for physical activity motives of pediatrics. In recommendation, that physical activity for pediatrics be more successful with emphasis placed on allowing the children to freely choose their motives for engaging in physical activities. In addition, emphasize public health education in schools for children to understand about preventing cardiovascular related sicknesses under non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and maintaining functional movement balance (FMB) and quotient efficiency (QE). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date of Submission: 26-06-2020 Date of Acceptance: 15-07-2020 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Introduction Pediatrics physical activity is one of the essential elements in archiving sustainable healthiness of the cognitive quotient,psychomotor quotient, social quotient and affective quotient, thereby maintaining ease of daily activities of children without undue tiredness. In Sierra Leone, it is been evidenced that children, adolescents and youths engagement in physical activity daily (PAD) is relatively better when compared to that of adults [31] . Moreover,behaviours such as physical inactivity, will serve as a building block for the infection of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular related diseases [31] .Physical activity motives of pediatrics can be surveillanced through the monitoring, measurement and evaluation of Enjoyment motive, Competence motive, Appearance motive, Fitness motive and Social motive respectively. In doing that, functional movement screening (FMS) should be the watchword considering strict adherence to health & nutrition educators and exercise physiologists advice [31] .The lack of physical activity in children will lead to dysfunctional movement but remedial measures and rehabilitation is possible by freely allowing kids to choose carefully their physical activities based on individual motives. In addition, the proceeding paragraphs will display the remedial measures and it related activities. One of the remedial measuresworth considering arehealth literacy for children andadolescentswith or without preexisting related medical condition(s) such asasthma [1] , stress [3] , muscle atrophy and weakness [2][4] and VO 2 max [5] , which are essential elements in exercise prescription during physical activity. In addition, measures