Fitness monitoring is very important for each school, while fitness surveillance is more important for policy making on higher levels.

References / Further reading

1. Jamison, D. T., Breman, J. G., Measham, A. R., Alleyne, G., Claeson, M., Evans, D. B., Jha, P., Mills, A., & Musgrove, P. (2006). Chapter 53: Public Health Surveillance: A Tool for Targeting and Monitoring Interventions. Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (2nd Edition). World Bank Publications, 997–1016. DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-6179-5
2. Martinko, A., Sorić, M., Jurak, G. & Starc, G. (2023). Physical fitness among children with diverse weight status during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-wide, cohort study based on the Slovenian physical fitness surveillance system (SLOfit). The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 34, 100748. DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100748
3. Lang, J. J., Zhang, K., Agostinis-Sobrinho, C., Andersen, L. B., Basterfield, L., Berglind, D., Blain, D. O., Cadenas-Sanchez, C., Cameron, C., Carson, V., Colley, R. C., Csányi, T., Faigenbaum, A. D., García-Hermoso, A., Gomes, T. N. Q. F., Gribbon, A., Janssen, I., Jurak, G., Kaj, M., … Fraser, B. J. (2023). Top 10 International Priorities for Physical Fitness Research and Surveillance Among Children and Adolescents: A Twin-Panel Delphi Study. Sports Medicine, 53(2), 549–564. DOI: 10.1007/s40279-022-01752-6
4. Jurak, G., Morrison, S. A., Soric, M., Leskošek, B., Kovač, M., Ocvirk, T., Sember, V., Kramaršič, J., Meh, K., Potočnik, Ž. L., Blagus, R., Markelj, N., Golja, P., Strojnik, V., Hadžić, V. & Starc, G. (2022). SLOfit Lifelong: A model for leveraging citizen science to promote and maintain physical fitness and physical literacy across the lifespan. Frontiers in Public Health, 10. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1002239