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ParticipACTION: Baseline assessment of the capacity available to the 'New ParticipACTION': A qualitative study of Canadian organizations

BACKGROUND: 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 mobilize and advocate for physical activity. With the relaunch of Part...

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Autores principales: Faulkner, Guy, McCloy, Cora, Plotnikoff, Ronald C, Bauman, Adrian, Brawley, Larry R, Chad, Karen, Gauvin, Lise, Spence, John C, Tremblay, Mark S
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2796988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19995458
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1479-5868-6-87
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author Faulkner, Guy
McCloy, Cora
Plotnikoff, Ronald C
Bauman, Adrian
Brawley, Larry R
Chad, Karen
Gauvin, Lise
Spence, John C
Tremblay, Mark S
author_facet Faulkner, Guy
McCloy, Cora
Plotnikoff, Ronald C
Bauman, Adrian
Brawley, Larry R
Chad, Karen
Gauvin, Lise
Spence, John C
Tremblay, Mark S
author_sort Faulkner, Guy
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description BACKGROUND: 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 mobilize and advocate for physical activity. With the relaunch of ParticipACTION, the purpose of this study was to qualitatively explore baseline organizational capacity to promote physical activity messages, programs, and services within the Canadian context. METHODS: Using a purposeful sampling strategy, we conducted semi-structured telephone interviews with 49 key informants representing a range of national, provincial, and local organizations with a mandate to promote physical activity. Interview data were analysed using a thematic analytic approach. RESULTS: Key informants painted a generally positive picture of current organizational capacity to promote physical activity messages, programs, and services in Canada. Will and leadership were clear strengths while infrastructure limitations remained the greatest concern. Some specific challenges included: 1) funding issues: the absence of core funding in a climate of shifting funding priorities; 2) the difficulty of working without a national physical activity policy (lack of leadership); 3) inconsistent provincial and educational sector level policies; and 4) a persistent focus on obesity rather than physical inactivity. CONCLUSION: The data generated here can be utilized to monitor the future impact of ParticipACTION on enhancing and utilizing this organizational capacity. A range of indicators are suggested that could be used to illustrate ParticipACTION's impact on the broad field of physical activity promotion in the future.
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spelling pubmed-27969882009-12-23 ParticipACTION: Baseline assessment of the capacity available to the 'New ParticipACTION': A qualitative study of Canadian organizations Faulkner, Guy McCloy, Cora Plotnikoff, Ronald C Bauman, Adrian Brawley, Larry R Chad, Karen Gauvin, Lise Spence, John C Tremblay, Mark S Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act Research BACKGROUND: 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 mobilize and advocate for physical activity. With the relaunch of ParticipACTION, the purpose of this study was to qualitatively explore baseline organizational capacity to promote physical activity messages, programs, and services within the Canadian context. METHODS: Using a purposeful sampling strategy, we conducted semi-structured telephone interviews with 49 key informants representing a range of national, provincial, and local organizations with a mandate to promote physical activity. Interview data were analysed using a thematic analytic approach. RESULTS: Key informants painted a generally positive picture of current organizational capacity to promote physical activity messages, programs, and services in Canada. Will and leadership were clear strengths while infrastructure limitations remained the greatest concern. Some specific challenges included: 1) funding issues: the absence of core funding in a climate of shifting funding priorities; 2) the difficulty of working without a national physical activity policy (lack of leadership); 3) inconsistent provincial and educational sector level policies; and 4) a persistent focus on obesity rather than physical inactivity. CONCLUSION: The data generated here can be utilized to monitor the future impact of ParticipACTION on enhancing and utilizing this organizational capacity. A range of indicators are suggested that could be used to illustrate ParticipACTION's impact on the broad field of physical activity promotion in the future. BioMed Central 2009-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC2796988/ /pubmed/19995458 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1479-5868-6-87 Text en Copyright ©2009 Faulkner et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Faulkner, Guy
McCloy, Cora
Plotnikoff, Ronald C
Bauman, Adrian
Brawley, Larry R
Chad, Karen
Gauvin, Lise
Spence, John C
Tremblay, Mark S
ParticipACTION: Baseline assessment of the capacity available to the 'New ParticipACTION': A qualitative study of Canadian organizations
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title_fullStr ParticipACTION: Baseline assessment of the capacity available to the 'New ParticipACTION': A qualitative study of Canadian organizations
title_full_unstemmed ParticipACTION: Baseline assessment of the capacity available to the 'New ParticipACTION': A qualitative study of Canadian organizations
title_short ParticipACTION: Baseline assessment of the capacity available to the 'New ParticipACTION': A qualitative study of Canadian organizations
title_sort participaction: baseline assessment of the capacity available to the 'new participaction': a qualitative study of canadian organizations
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2796988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19995458
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1479-5868-6-87
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