ParticipACTION after 5 years of relaunch: a quantitative survey of Canadian organizational awareness and capacity regarding physical activity initiatives-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

ParticipACTION after 5 years of relaunch: a quantitative survey of Canadian organizational awareness and capacity regarding physical activity initiatives

Published:2018-04 Issue:4 Volume:38 Page:162-169
ISSN:2368-738X
Container-title:Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada
language:en
Short-container-title:Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can

Author:

Faulkner Guy¹,Ramanathan Subha¹,Plotnikoff Ronald C.²,Berry Tanya³,Deshpande Sameer⁴,Latimer-Cheung Amy E.Latimer-Cheung⁵,Rhodes Ryan E.⁶,Tremblay Mark S.⁷,Spence John C.³

Affiliation:

1. School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

2. School of Education, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

3. Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

4. Faculty of Management, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

5. School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

6. School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

7. Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Abstract

Introduction

ParticipACTION is a Canadian physical activity communications and social marketing organization relaunched in 2007. This study assesses the capacity of Canadian organizations to adopt, implement, and promote physical activity initiatives. The four objectives were to compare findings from baseline (2008) and follow-up (2013) with respect to: (1) awareness of ParticipACTION; (2) organizational capacity to adopt, implement and promote physical activity initiatives; (3) potential differences in capacity based on organizational size, sector, and mandate; and (4) assess perceptions of ParticipACTION five years after relaunch.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, representatives from local, provincial/territorial, and national organizations completed an online survey assessing capacity to adopt, implement, and promote physical activity. Descriptive statistics and one-way analyses of variance were conducted to examine the objectives.

Results

Response rate for opening an email survey invitation and consenting to participate was 40.6% (685/1688) and 540 surveys were completed. Awareness of ParticipACTION increased from 54.6% at baseline to 93.9% at follow-up (Objective 1). Findings at both baseline and follow-up reflected good organizational capacity to adopt, implement and promote physical activity (Objective 2) although some varied by organizational sector and mandate (Objective 3). Most respondents reported that ParticipACTION provided positive leadership (65.3%), but there was less agreement regarding ParticipACTION’s facilitation of infrastructure (44.0%) or organizational will/motivation (47.1%)(Objective 4).

Conclusion

Canadian organizations continue to report having good capacity to adopt, implement, and promote physical activity. There was no discernible change in capacity indicators five years after ParticipACTION’s relaunch although its broader contribution to the physical activity sector was endorsed.

Publisher

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch (HPCDP) Public Health Agency of Canada

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Health Policy,Epidemiology

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