Kennisbank
De Kennisbank Sport & Bewegen bevat ruim 21.000 publicaties. Niet alleen over sport en bewegen, maar bijvoorbeeld ook over leefstijl en gezondheid. Deze Kennisbank biedt een overzicht van onderzoek, beleid en ervaringen uit de praktijk. Het gaat daarbij om sport als doel en sport als middel om maatschappelijke uitdagingen aan te pakken.
40 publicaties gevonden
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a mass media campaign targeting parents of inactive children; knowledge, saliency, and trialing behaviours
In late 2007, Canada’s ParticipACTION national physical activity mass media campaign was re-launched, with an initial campaign targeting parents of elementary school-aged children. The campaign informed them about the risks…
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baseline assessment of the capacity available to the 'New ParticipACTION', a qualitative study of Canadian organizations
Evaluation of the original ParticipACTION campaign effects focused on individual awareness, recall, and understanding. Less studied has been the impact such campaigns have had on the broader organizational capacity to…
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baseline assessment of the 'new ParticipACTION', a quantitative survey of Canadian organizational awareness and capacity
ParticipACTION is a Canadian physical activity (PA) communications and social marketing organization that was relaunched in 2007 after a six-year hiatus. This study assesses the baseline awareness and capacity of…
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awareness of the participACTION campaign among Canadian adults, examining the knowledge gap hypothesis and a hierarchy-of-effects model
ParticipACTION was a pervasive communication campaign that promoted physical activity in the Canadian population for three decades. According to McGuire’s hierarchy-of-effects model (HOEM), this campaign should influence physical activity through…
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overview and introduction of baseline research on the 'new' ParticipACTION
This paper provides a brief overview of the Canadian physical activity communications and social marketing organization “ParticipACTION”; introduces the “new” ParticipACTION; describes the research process leading to the collection of…
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an extension of Ajzen's theory of planned behaviour
Background: Regular physical activity is considered a cornerstone for managing type 2 diabetes. However, in Canada, most individuals with type 2 diabetes do not meet national physical activity recommendations. When…
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The purpose of this article was to review international (excluding the United States) school-based interventions for preventing obesity in children published between 1999 and 2005. A total of 21 such…
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The purpose of this paper is to estimate the health care impacts and costs of falls in older age and to examine how these impacts and costs vary by age…
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implications for monitoring trends
The current low level of physical activity among Canadians is a dominant public health concern. Accordingly, a clear understanding of physical activity patterns and trends is of paramount importance. Irregularities…
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an introduction
The Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP), in partnership with Health Canada and others, released Canada’s first physical activity guide for adults in 1998, with specific versions for older adults…