ParticipACTION: Baseline assessment of the 'new ParticipACTION': A quantitative survey of Canadian organizational awareness and capacity

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Plotnikoff, Ronald C ^a,b   Todosijczuk, Ivan ^a   Faulkner, Guy ^c   Pickering, Michael A ^a   Cragg, Susan ^d   Chad, Karen ^e   Spence, John C ^a   Tremblay, Mark ^f   Craig, Cora L ^d   Bauman, Adrian ^g   Brawley, Larry ^e   Gauvin, Lise ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^h IRSPUM   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANADA; E-MAIL; EDUCATION; EMPLOYEE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; ONLINE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECREATION;

EID: 73149084425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-6-86     Document Type: Article

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