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2024-05-01
This evidence brief summarizes the findings from a scoping review of both unpublished and published studies examining impact of the Children’s Fitness Tax Credit (CFTC). The review posed two research questions seeking evidence for: (1) equitable take-up (e.g., claiming, use) of the CFTC by...
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Active transportation promotion for Canadian adults: A scoping review and environmental scan
Download2022-01-30
Spence, John C., Cameron, C, Faulkner, G., Cloutier, Marie-Soleil
Active transport (i.e., moving oneself from place to place by walking, cycling, or other active means) is recognized as a sustainable and inclusive form of transportation. It is also a primary source of physical activity for most adults and the associated benefits are clear for community...
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2022-08-15
Spence, John C., Cameron, Christine, McCurdy, Ashley, Faulkner, Guy
This document describes the protocol for the Canadian National Active Transportation Survey, 2021.
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Moving beyond ideology: contemporary recreation and the neoliberal discourses of new public health
Moving beyond ideology: contemporary recreation and the neoliberal discourses of new public health
Download2020-06-08
Tink, Lisa N., Peers, Danielle, Nykiforuk, Candace I.J., Kingsley, Bethan C.
The suggestion that recreation needs to reaffirm historic values has become a common narrative throughout Canada’s contemporary recreation literature. A central assumption underlying these calls is that re-establishing the field’s social liberal beliefs will highlight the negative effects of...
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2020-07-07
Fernandez, Melissa A, Caretero, Ann, Gammack, Nancy, Campbell Sandra, Raine, Kim D.
ABSTRACT Introduction: Ubiquitous use of the Internet has created a digital food environment in which online communication about food and nutrition is prevalent through varied platforms. Our understanding about the food and nutrition topics on social media or quality of the information...
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2020-10-26
Glenn, Nicole M., Nykiforuk, Candace I.J.
Financial strain was an issue for many Canadians long before the arrival of the global novel coronavirus pandemic in early 2020. However, it has worsened in recent months in relation to the pandemic and public health measures put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Members of underserved...
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Assessing general public and policy influencer support for healthy public policies to promote healthy eating at the population level in two Canadian provinces
Download2019-01-01
Kongats, K., McGetrick, J. A., Raine, K. D., Voyer, C., Nykiforuk, Candace I.J.
Objective: To assess and compare the favourability of healthy public policy options to promote healthy eating from the perspective of members of the general public and policy influencers in two Canadian provinces. Design: The Chronic Disease Prevention Survey, administered in 2016, required...
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2016-08-28
Johnson, Jeffrey A., Crick, Katelynn, Nykiforuk, Candace I.J., McGetrick, Jennifer Ann
Walk Score® is a proprietary walkability metric that ranks locations by proximity to destinations, with emerging health promotion applications for increasing walking as physical activity. Currently, field validations of Walk Score® have only occurred in metropolitan regions of the United States;...
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2016-11-04
Nieuwendyk, Laura M., Vallianatos, Helen, Belon, Ana Paula, Nykiforuk, Candace I.J.
People's perceptions of local food environments influence their abilities to eat healthily. PhotoVoice participants from four communities in Alberta, Canada took pictures of barriers and opportunities for healthy eating and shared their stories in one-on-one semi-structured interviews. Using a...
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2016
Crick, Katelynn C., Johnson, Jeffrey A., McGetrick, Jennifer Ann, Nykiforuk, Candace I.J.
Highlights: Physical inactivity linked to chronic disease can be addressed by increasing walking. Understanding walkability can support health promotion policies and interventions. Walk Score® provides a uniquely accessible and generalizable metric for walkability. Walk Score® has been validated...