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Awareness of Canada's Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living in a large community sample
Ronald C Plotnikoff1, Sonia Lippke, Steven T Johnson
1School of Education, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia. ron.plotnikoff@newcastle.edu.au
Purpose:
Determine the proportion of adults aware of Canada's Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living (Guide) and its specific recommendations (objective 1); whether key demographic factors (objective 2a) and physical activity behavior (objective 2b) are associated with awareness and specific familiarity with the Guide; and if changes in awareness and specific recommendations with the Guide occurred over a 1-year period (objective 3a and 3b).
Design:
Random selection with computer-assisted telephone interviewing.
Setting:
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Subjects:
A total of 2803 adults 18 years or older completed interviews from 4831 telephone contacts (response rate, 58.0%), and after 1 year, 1423 individuals (55%) completed interviews.
Measures:
Demographic, physical activity, Guide awareness.
Analysis:
Chi-square, analysis of variance.
Results:
At baseline, 27.3% were aware of the Guide, and 15.6% were familiar with the Guide's specific recommendations. Younger individuals (p=.01), women (p<.001), and those with a higher education (p<.001) were more likely to be generally aware of the Guide, and women were also more specifically aware (p=.01). Physical activity levels were positively associated with the general (p<.001) and specific (p<.001) awareness of the Guide. Changes in general familiarity and specific recommendations over 1 year were observed.
Conclusions:
The majority of those surveyed were not familiar with the Guide. Men, individuals with a lower education, and older individuals may need to be specifically targeted.
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