Plan Globally and Act Locally for Physical Activity?

Pratt, Michael; Varela, Andrea Ramírez; Kohl, Harold W; Pogrmilović, Bojana Klepač; Pedišić, Željko; Sallis, James F.

doi:10.1123/jpah.2021-0471

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“…Furthermore, a range of physical activity and sport policies in the EU emphasise the importance of "sport for all" (Christiansen et al, 2014). However, the implementation of such strategies was found to be challenging (Klepac et al, 2020;Pratt et al, 2021), which may have lowered the perceived value and expected outcomes of the SCforH course among some participants. If the "physical activity policy to practice disconnect" (Pratt et al, 2021) is more pronounced in the EU than in non-EU countries, this could partially explain why EU residents provided lower ratings for the SCforH course.…”

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Raising awareness of the Sports Club for Health (SCforH) guidelines in the sports, higher education, and health promotion sectors: Evaluation of an educational online intervention in 34 European countries

Matolić,

Jurakić,

Pedišić

2024

Acta Gymnica

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Raising awareness of the Sports Club for Health (SCforH) guidelines in the sports, higher education, and health promotion sectors: Evaluation of an educational online intervention in 34 European countries

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Jurakić,

Pedišić

2024

Acta Gymnica

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Why are some places better than others for healthy ageing in urban living?

Lopes,

d’Orsi,

Rech

2024

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Physical Activity Policies at National and Subnational Levels: A Study in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Mexico

Mejía Grueso,

Pratt,

Resendiz

et al. 2024

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

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Background: National physical activity (PA) policy processes are only beginning to be studied in Latin America, and little attention has focused at the subnational level. This study examined national–subnational relations in the policy process (agenda setting, policy formulation, adoption, implementation, and evaluation) in selected Latin American countries. Methods: The Global Observatory for Physical Activity’s (GoPA!) INTEGRATE-PA-Pol tool was applied in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Mexico. Data were collected in matched pairs of the capital plus one noncapital city among national and subnational policymakers (n = 27), previously identified by the GoPA! Country Contacts. PA policy development and implementation were assessed using descriptive statistics. Results: Twenty-three (response rate = 85.2%) informants provided data, mainly from the health sector (52.2%), followed by the sport (26.1%), transport (13.0%), and education (8.7%) sectors. Most informants reported that their countries had a current PA policy embedded within noncommunicable diseases prevention plans (46.2%), other plans (46.2%), or obesity prevention/management/control plans (7.7%). Respondents at the subnational level rated PA promotion as central (64.3%), while the national-level role was important but not central (75.0%). National and subnational policymakers indicated low-to-little involvement in the other level’s PA policy processes across the 5 policy stages. Conclusions: This study demonstrated that collecting national and subnational PA policy data across countries with the active collaboration of the GoPA! network was feasible. We also successfully identified governmental interactions throughout the PA policy process, suggesting suboptimal engagement between national and subnational levels.

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Plan Globally and Act Locally for Physical Activity?

Cited by 3 publications

References 10 publications

Raising awareness of the Sports Club for Health (SCforH) guidelines in the sports, higher education, and health promotion sectors: Evaluation of an educational online intervention in 34 European countries

Raising awareness of the Sports Club for Health (SCforH) guidelines in the sports, higher education, and health promotion sectors: Evaluation of an educational online intervention in 34 European countries

Why are some places better than others for healthy ageing in urban living?

Physical Activity Policies at National and Subnational Levels: A Study in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Mexico

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