Search
Skip to Search Results- 32Physical activity
- 31Active living
- 15Photovoice
- 8Alberta
- 7Participatory action research
- 6Older adults
- 23Alberta Centre for Active Living
- 4Berry, Tanya R.
- 4Spence, John C.
- 3Vallianatos, H.
- 2Berry, T. R.
- 2Dechaine, Jennifer
- 29Alberta Centre for Active Living
- 15Alberta Centre for Active Living/Research Update (Alberta Centre for Active Living)
- 11Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of
- 11Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of/Theses and Dissertations
- 5Alberta Centre for Active Living/WellSpring
- 5School of Public Health
- 3School of Public Health
- 2Centre for Health Promotion Studies
- 1Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science
- 1Department of Educational Policy Studies
- 1Department of Educational Psychology
- 1Faculty of Nursing
- 2McHugh, Tara-Leigh (Physical Education and Recreation)
- 1Dr. Kate Storey, School of Public Health
- 1Jardine, Cindy (School of Public Health)
- 1Jones, Kevin E. (Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
- 1Jordan, Steven (Integrated Studies in Education)
- 1Kapoor, Dip (Educational Policy Studies)
-
How Do Health Behaviours Acquired at School Translate into the Home? The Exploration of a Photovoice Project Among Students in APPLE Schools
DownloadFall 2016
The prevalence of sedentary behaviours, physical inactivity, and poor diets is a major public health concern in Canada and worldwide. School and home environments play a significant role in influencing such behaviours, and are ideal settings for health promotion interventions. Educational...
-
How perceptions of community environment influence health behaviours: using the Analysis Grid for Environments Linked to Obesity Framework as a mechanism for exploration
Download2016-09-01
Belon, A.P., Schopflocher, D., Nykiforuk, C.I., Plotnikoff, , Nieuwendyk, L.M., Raine, K.D., Vallianatos, H., Spence, J.C.
Introduction: Overweight and obesity are influenced by a complex interplay of individual and environmental factors that affect physical activity and healthy eating. Nevertheless, little has been reported on people's perceptions of those factors. Addressing this critical gap and community partner...
-
Fall 2017
While nearly 20 percent of Canadians live in rural areas, many face barriers to accessing and accepting mental health services including cost, distance, stigma, lack of anonymity, lack of information, availability of services, and cultural differences. While a growing body of research explores...
-
Optimizing Health Literacy and Community Engagement in Relation to Active Living with Edmonton’s Newcomer Young People and their Families
Download2012
Dassanayake, J., Yohani, S., Mogale, R.S., Higginbottom, G., Richter, S., Vallianatos, H.
Canada is a multicultural country where immigration plays an important role in population growth and the country’s economy. Despite this, some newcomers such as those who hold refugee status, experience greater ill-health than the general population. Moreover, many immigrants and refugees (both...