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The Community Guide's systematic reviews of the effectiveness of selected population-based interventions designed to increase levels of physical activity focused on interventions in three areas:
  1. Informational approaches to increasing physical activity.
  2. Behavioral and social approaches to increasing physical activity.
  3. Environmental and policy approaches to increasing physical activity.
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Interventions section
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Task Force Findings
Recommended Intervention
Recommended
Intervention with Insufficient Evidence of Effectiveness
Insufficient Evidence
Intervention Not Recommended
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Sample Evidence-Based Program(s).
This symbol represents a link to example programs representing the type of intervention reviewed.

Informational approaches to increasing physical activity
 Community-wide campaigns
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Recommended Intervention
 
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  Point-of-decision prompts
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Recommended Intervention
  Classroom-based health education focused on
providing information
 
Intervention with Insufficient Evidence of Effectiveness
 
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  Mass media campaigns  
Intervention with Insufficient Evidence of Effectiveness
 
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Behavioral and social approaches to increasing physical activity
 School-based physical education
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Recommended Intervention
 
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  Social support interventions in community settings
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Recommended Intervention
  Individually-adapted health behavior change
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  Classroom-based health education focused on reducing television viewing and video game playing  
Intervention with Insufficient Evidence of Effectiveness
 
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  College-based health education and physical education  
Intervention with Insufficient Evidence of Effectiveness
  Family-based social support  
Intervention with Insufficient Evidence of Effectiveness
 
Sample Program link
Environmental and policy approaches to increasing physical activity
 Creation of or enhanced access to places for physical activity combined with informational outreach activities
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Recommended Intervention
 
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  Point-of-decision prompts  
Recommended Intervention
  Street-scale urban design and land use policies and practices
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Recommended Intervention
  Community-scale urban design and land use policies and practices
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Recommended Intervention
  Transportation and travel policies and practices
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Intervention with Insufficient Evidence of Effectiveness
       
  Research questions suggested for further study    


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Publications section

Full Reports (recommendations & supporting evidence)  
 Recommendations. MMWR. 2001:50 (No. RR-18);1-16.
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  Recommendations. AJPM. 2002: 22 (4S); 67-72.
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  Evidence Review. AJPM. 2002: 22 (4S); 73-107.
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Commentaries  
 Translating evidence-based physical activity interventions into practice. AJPM. 2002: 22 (4S); 8-9.
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Additional Resources section

Evidence Tables  
 Economic evidence tables
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  “Point-of-decision” prompts evidence tables
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  Logic Model
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  Review Team Members
  Candidate Studies

 


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Sample citation: Physical Activity. Guide to Community Preventive Services Website. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. www.thecommunityguide.org/pa/. Last updated: 06/14/2005. Accessed on: 10/21/2005.

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