ParticipACTION
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…
ParticipACTION
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…
A comparison of direct versus self-report measures for assessing physical activity in adults
A systematic review
Background: Accurate assessment is required to assess current and changing physical activity levels, and to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions designed to increase activity levels. This study systematically reviewed the…
Limitations of Canada's physical activity data
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…
Physical activity and inactivity profiling
The next generation
The accurate measurement of habitual physical activity is fundamental to the study of the relationship between physical activity and health. However, many physical activity measurement techniques produce variables accurate to…
Incidental movement, lifestyle-embedded activity and sleep
New frontiers in physical activity assessment
Canadian public health messages relating to physical activity have historically focused on the prescription of purposeful exercise, most often assessing leisure-time physical activity (LTPA). Although LTPA contributes to total energy…
Physical activity guidelines and guides for Canadians
Facts and future
This article summarizes the main findings from the papers included in this journal supplement. It consolidates the evidence currently available to inform and advance the development of physical activity guidelines…
Research that informs Canada's physical activity guides
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…