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The Demise of an Australian Physical Activity Alliance

Rebecca Reynolds, Santhya, and David Menzies

from representative agencies come together to plan, coordinate, and advocate change. 3 Physical activity alliances are important aspects of physical activity public health, 4 but there are not many in existence globally. One ongoing example is the National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity in

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The Day-Level Association Between Child Care Attendance and 24-Hour Movement Behaviors in Preschool-Aged Children

Hannah Parker, Sarah Burkart, Layton Reesor-Oyer, Lauren von Klinggraeff, Christopher D. Pfledderer, Elizabeth Adams, Robert G. Weaver, Michael W. Beets, and Bridget Armstrong

low rates of meeting guidelines have spurred public health professionals to examine factors that are associated with children’s movement behaviors to inform intervention strategies. However, most of this research has focused on identifying static person-level demographic information related to

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Factors That Influence Meeting the Recommended Weekly Physical Activity Target Among Older People With Physical Multimorbidity: Evidence From 6 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Lee Smith, Dong Keon Yon, Laurie Butler, Karel Kostev, Carol Brayne, Yvonne Barnett, Benjamin R. Underwood, Jae Il Shin, Masoud Rahmati, Sharon A.S. Neufeld, Anya Ragnhildstveit, Guillermo F. López Sánchez, and Ai Koyanagi

those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care. References 1. Caspersen CJ , Powell KE , Christenson GM . Physical activity, exercise, and physical fitness: definitions and distinctions for health-related research . Public Health Rep . 1985 ; 100 ( 2 ): 126 – 131 . PubMed ID

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Achieving Advocacy Success—The International Society for Physical Activity and Health’s Long-Term Strategy to Advance Physical Activity as a Priority in Global Health Policy

Trevor Shilton and Karen Milton

, strategies, and supportive environments that inform, motivate, and support individuals and communities to be active in ways that are safe, accessible, and enjoyable. At the time, other areas of public health were well ahead of physical activity in efforts to secure policy recognition and action, in

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Erratum. Context Matters: The Importance of Physical Activity Domains for Public Health

Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour

TO OUR READERS: An error appeared in the following article: Quinn, T.D., & Barone Gibbs, B. (2023). Context matters: The importance of physical activity domains for public health. Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour , 6 (4), 245–249. https://doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2023-0030 A funding

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An Overview of Physical Activity Research Evolution in Africa: The Global Observatory for Physical Activity—GoPA!

Adewale L. Oyeyemi, Andrea Ramirez Varela, Estelle V. Lambert, Eduardo Ribes Kohn, Pedro C. Hallal, and Michael Pratt

-related NCDs can be averted, in part, by improvements to the public health systems that impact PA promotion and capacity in Africa. Yet, in comparison to other regions, there is a paucity of country-level PA indicators for research, surveillance and monitoring, and policy across the African region. 6 , 7

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Creating Activity-Friendly Communities: Exploring the Intersection of Public Health and the Arts

Kelly Cornett, Katherine Bray-Simons, Heather M. Devlin, Sunil Iyengar, Patricia Moore Shaffer, and Janet E. Fulton

Increasing physical activity in communities is a key public health strategy for chronic disease prevention and health promotion. Very few Americans get the minimum amount of physical activity necessary for substantial health benefits. 1 Activity-friendly communities make physical activity easier

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Erratum. Volunteerism During COVID-19: Sport Management Students’ Career Interests Against Public Health Risks

Sport Management Education Journal

TO OUR READERS: A change was made to the following article after its initial publication online: Chung, K., Willet, J., Green, B.C., & Shin, N. (2024). Volunteerism during COVID-19: Sport management students’ career interests against public health risks. Sport Management Education Journal

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Parenting Practices Are Associated With Out-of-School Physical Activity in US Adolescents in 2014

Farhan Hiya, Jean-Paul M. Lamour, Anwar A. Khan, Robert Wood, Pura E. Rodriguez de la Vega, Grettel Castro, Juan G. Ruiz, and Noel C. Barengo

concept mapping analysis . BMC Public Health . 2017 ; 17 ( 1 ): 574 . doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4487-1 15. Lee EY , Hesketh KD , Rhodes RE , Rinaldi CM , Spence JC , Carson V . Role of parental and environmental characteristics in toddlers’ physical activity and screen time: Bayesian

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Holding World Leaders Accountable for Climate Change—and Public Health—Commitments Through Individual Active Transportation Efforts

Tom Kane

Recently, the editors of a number of major medical journals published a joint editorial referring to the continued failure of world leaders to follow through on climate change commitments as the greatest threat to global public health, and they urge that action and not just commitments needs to be