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Health Education Research, doi:10.1093/her/cyl093
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© 2006 The Author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Received March 28, 2006
Accepted July 17, 2006

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Twelve-month effects of Canada on the Move: a population-wide campaign to promote pedometer use and walking

C. L. Craig 1 *, C. Tudor-Locke 2, and A. Bauman 3

1 Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, 201-185 Somerset Street West, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2P 0J2; Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
2 Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, 201-185 Somerset Street West, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2P 0J2; Department of Exercise and Wellness, Arizona State University East, Mesa, 85212 AZ, USA
3 School of Public Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
C. L. Craig, E-mail: ccraig{at}cflri.ca


  Abstract

Canada on the Move is a national campaign to promote pedometer use and walking among adult Canadians. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the initiative's impact on sufficient walking, defined here as at least an hour daily in the week prior to the survey. Data were collected via the national Canadian Physical Activity Monitor's rolling monthly sample throughout 2004. Population prevalence rates of walking were compared using Bonferroni-adjusted confidence intervals. Correlates of sufficient walking were estimated using odds ratios adjusted for age, sex, income and education. Message recall and pedometer ownership were associated with increased odds of self-reported walking. There was evidence of a campaign effect on walking behavior independent of secular trends. The increased likelihood of sufficient walking suggests an ongoing role for nationally funded public awareness campaigns. The effectiveness of health promotion to increase walking may be enhanced by combining motivational health-related messages with the dissemination and adoption of an easy-to-use tool for self-monitoring purposes.

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