Alberta Centre for Active Living
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to research papers in the Info Round-Up.
To use it, cut and paste the DOI into the text box on this webpage: http://dx.doi.org/. Access to research articles will be dependent
on your institutional rights.
ABORIGINAL
We are a network for Aboriginal people
who are involved in Sports, Recreation, Fitness and Traditional Activities. The
APACC mission is to create a community of mentors, leaders, participants, and
supporters who promote physical activity as a way to health and wellness.
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
This evaluation
collected data from across Australia between June 2010 to June 2013 of adult
participation in cycle training programs. Program improvements included cycling
skills and confidence and reductions in BMI.
CHILDREN
Pediatrics,
Published online 298 Oct 2013, 132
doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-1167
Twenty two articles were included (6 RCTs,
13 quasi-experimental trials and 3 pre-post trials). All but one of these
studies was in schools and examined primary/elementary children…. The authors
concluded that school and community-based programs that include developmentally
appropriate FMS learning experiences delivered by physical education
specialists or highly trained classroom teachers significantly improve FMS
proficiency in youth.
Endocrinología y Nutrición (English
Edition) Available online 15 November 2013
Results suggest that high fitness levels
may counteract the negative consequences attributed to body fat. These findings
suggest that increasing physical fitness in overweight children and adolescents
may have many positive effects on health, including lower body fat levels.
Based in Quebec – most of this website
is in French.
WIXX is a social campaign promoting
active pastimes and commuting among children aged 9 to 13. Its aim is to
prevent the significant drop in physical activity that occurs around age 13 or
14.
CONFERENCES
February 19th to 22nd, 2014
Queen’s University - Kingston, ON
This is the nation's largest conference on
Physical Activity for First Nations, Métis and Inuit people, created for all of
those with an interest in sports, recreation, fitness, and traditional activity
who may be band council members; health directors, representatives, or health
practitioners; counselors or social workers; federal, provincial, or municipal
health employees; academics; recreation workers…….
OLDER ADULTS
BMJ, 347:f6234 (October 29, 2013)
Exercise programmes designed to prevent
falls in older adults also seem to prevent injuries caused by falls, including
the most severe ones. Such programmes also reduce the rate of falls leading to
medical care.
A short 30 second fall prevention
vignette.
Silvera
for Seniors provides affordable housing to more
than 1500 lower-income seniors across 26 communities in Calgary. They’ve
created a video series called Silvera’s (Sassy) Seniors
* out
on the town (dancing at a country bar)
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
International Journal of Cardiology
Available online 14 November 2013
doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.11.012
The authors conclude: To improve patient
management both type of therapeutic interventions and dose should be carefully
chosen for each individual in order to maintain/increase PA level while
decreasing sedentary behavior.
RESEARCH STUFF
Slide from the past session at the
Canadian Association on Gerontology 2013
Conference.
“In the Making Research Accessible
workshop we will look at various types of knowledge mobilization, including
journal articles, conference presentations, posters, policy briefs, and media
reports. In this workshop you will learn the theory of clear language and
design; practice clear language techniques; and review a variety of research
communication tools including briefs and posters.”
