Physical Activity-Why It's So Difficult to Shift the Population Needle provides an overview of the population needle and how it is traveling. The DVD also explores how the “evidence base for action†can be constructed to increase the population levels of physical activity. In addition, critically reflecting on the existing evidence, the DVD discusses the best of approaches to shift the needle.
• Introduction
• The population needle
• The construction of our belief systems about physical activity
• Why are we so optimistic about what we research?
• Challenging some sacred cows
• What we expect in research
• Community guide (CDC) for promoting physical activity
• The best practice in community-level interventions
• Translation to populations
• Strategy development: what the US national plan wants to do
• Conclusions
• Introduction
• The population needle
• The construction of our belief systems about physical activity
• Why are we so optimistic about what we research?
• Challenging some sacred cows
• What we expect in research
• Community guide (CDC) for promoting physical activity
• The best practice in community-level interventions
• Translation to populations
• Strategy development: what the US national plan wants to do
• Conclusions