Capability to promote physical activity in South American countries: an ecological study
Objective: To analyze the relationship between physical activity (PA) research, monitoring, and policy indicators and the prevalence of PA in South American countries. Methods: An ecological study was carried out based on PA information from a representative sample of the adult population, through...
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| author | Ingrid Kelly Alves dos Santos Pinheiro Kabir P. Sadarangani Rafael Miranda Tassitano Javier Brazo-Sayavera Robinson Ramírez-Vélez João Carlos do Nascimento Melo Leandro dos Santos Danilo Rodrigues Pereira da Silva |
| author_facet | Ingrid Kelly Alves dos Santos Pinheiro Kabir P. Sadarangani Rafael Miranda Tassitano Javier Brazo-Sayavera Robinson Ramírez-Vélez João Carlos do Nascimento Melo Leandro dos Santos Danilo Rodrigues Pereira da Silva |
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Objective: To analyze the relationship between physical activity (PA) research, monitoring, and policy indicators and the prevalence of PA in South American countries. Methods: An ecological study was carried out based on PA information from a representative sample of the adult population, through national surveys, from all countries in South America. In each country, data on total and leisure time PA were assessed using survey-specific questionnaires, and information on research, monitoring, and policy indicators to promote PA was provided. Spearman correlation was carried out for the analysis. Results: The frequency of policies aimed only at promoting PA (rho = 0.67, p = 0.025) and the frequency of discontinued policies (rho = -0.65, p = 0.028) were correlated to the prevalence of leisure-time PA. No relationship was observed for the prevalence of total PA. Conclusion: Targeted and sustained public policies seems be related with leisure-time PA in South American countries.
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| spelling | doaj-art-c31424ab5b7245a2b7af7e010e29696c2025-08-20T01:48:11ZengSociedade Brasileira de Atividade Física e SaúdeRevista Brasileira de Atividade Física e Saúde2317-16342025-05-013010.12820/rbafs.30e0377Capability to promote physical activity in South American countries: an ecological studyIngrid Kelly Alves dos Santos Pinheiro0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8314-5931Kabir P. Sadarangani1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3757-3799Rafael Miranda Tassitanohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2713-8670Javier Brazo-Sayavera2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6249-5131Robinson Ramírez-Vélez3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3075-6960João Carlos do Nascimento Melo4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7350-6243Leandro dos Santos5https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5640-1100Danilo Rodrigues Pereira da Silva6https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3995-4795Federal University of AlagoasDirección Médica Nacional, Instituto Teletón, Santiago, Chile.Pablo de Olavide UniversityNavarrabiomed, Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Navarra, Spain.Londrina State UniversityPablo de Olavide UniversityFederal University of Sergipe Objective: To analyze the relationship between physical activity (PA) research, monitoring, and policy indicators and the prevalence of PA in South American countries. Methods: An ecological study was carried out based on PA information from a representative sample of the adult population, through national surveys, from all countries in South America. In each country, data on total and leisure time PA were assessed using survey-specific questionnaires, and information on research, monitoring, and policy indicators to promote PA was provided. Spearman correlation was carried out for the analysis. Results: The frequency of policies aimed only at promoting PA (rho = 0.67, p = 0.025) and the frequency of discontinued policies (rho = -0.65, p = 0.028) were correlated to the prevalence of leisure-time PA. No relationship was observed for the prevalence of total PA. Conclusion: Targeted and sustained public policies seems be related with leisure-time PA in South American countries. https://rbafs.org.br/RBAFS/article/view/15324Surveillance Public policy Ecological studiesPhysical activitySouth America |
| spellingShingle | Ingrid Kelly Alves dos Santos Pinheiro Kabir P. Sadarangani Rafael Miranda Tassitano Javier Brazo-Sayavera Robinson Ramírez-Vélez João Carlos do Nascimento Melo Leandro dos Santos Danilo Rodrigues Pereira da Silva Capability to promote physical activity in South American countries: an ecological study Revista Brasileira de Atividade Física e Saúde Surveillance Public policy Ecological studies Physical activity South America |
| title | Capability to promote physical activity in South American countries: an ecological study |
| title_full | Capability to promote physical activity in South American countries: an ecological study |
| title_fullStr | Capability to promote physical activity in South American countries: an ecological study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Capability to promote physical activity in South American countries: an ecological study |
| title_short | Capability to promote physical activity in South American countries: an ecological study |
| title_sort | capability to promote physical activity in south american countries an ecological study |
| topic | Surveillance Public policy Ecological studies Physical activity South America |
| url | https://rbafs.org.br/RBAFS/article/view/15324 |
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