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KEY KNOWLEDGEKEY SKILLS How government and non-government organisations, including VicHealth, the Heart Foundation and state and federal government departments,
KEY KNOWLEDGEKEY SKILLS How government and non-government
organisations, including VicHealth, the Heart Foundation and state
and federal government departments, promote compliance with the
National Physical Activity Guidelines in schools, workplaces and
communities Individual and population-based physical activity
promotion strategies and programmes in Australia. Collect, analyse
and understand information on programmes and strategies aimed at
increasing local (school, community, region) physical activity
levels. Cengage Learning Australia 2011
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Australian government initiatives past and present Cengage
Learning Australia 2011
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Be Active Australia Formed in 1999 by SIGPAH Cengage Learning
Australia 2011
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Be Active Australia settings, overarching strategies and target
groups Cengage Learning Australia 2011
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Within a settings-based approach, the choice to be physically
active needs to be made convenient, easier, safer and more
enjoyable through initiatives designed to create an environment
supportive of participation in physical activity (Shilton 2001).
Settings-based approaches A multi-level approach that uses
individual methods of behaviour change within a settings-based
approach, and includes environmental policy support appears to be
the most viable strategy in bringing about sustained behaviour
change in the population (Salmon et al. 2003). Cengage Learning
Australia 2011
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School settings Cengage Learning Australia 2011
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can reach large numbers of children within one local area for a
large portion of their lives (most students stay on until y12)
produce positive physical activity behaviours that are continued
into adulthood support practical programs with printed educational
material in the curriculum that promotes increased physical
activity provide opportunities to be active outside normal class
time. strengthening national policies implementing enough programs
by trained teachers providing enough playgrounds, sports fields
opening up school facilities to the public increasing physical
activity in cultural and leisure programs. School settings The
World Health Organisation advocates that policy makers in education
should focus on Cengage Learning Australia 2011
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School-based initiatives typically take a multifaceted approach
to physical activity promotion and : The Walking School Bus Cengage
Learning Australia 2011
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Kids Go for Your Life Cengage Learning Australia 2011
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involve groups of people from the same suburb, town, city or
country area can be challenging because of diversity need
infrastructure, funding and organisational structures all
co-ordinated to bring about effective change commonly targeted by
mass media campaigns often involve walking and transport related
interventions. Community settings Cengage Learning Australia
2011
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effective in Australia because of high rate of employment
adults spend a large part of their lives in the workforce full or
part-time bring people together who can provide each other with
social support and shared resources. Workplace settings Benefits to
employers by promoting physically active workforce Cengage Learning
Australia 2011
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Workplace initiatives Cengage Learning Australia 2011
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Programs across all three settings Cengage Learning Australia
2011
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The Heart Foundation aims to reduce suffering and death from
heart, stroke and blood vessel disease in Australia and promotes
physical activity and adherence to the NPAGs. How the Heart
Foundation promotes physical activity involvement Cengage Learning
Australia 2011
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This is a national guide to designing spaces and places for
healthy living and physical activity promotion, and links the Heart
Foundation, the Australian Local Government Association and the
Planning Institute of Australia. Healthy Spaces and Places These
organisations work together with the aim of: Cengage Learning
Australia 2011
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VicHealth works in partnership with government and
non-government organisations, communities and the media to promote
good health. Cengage Learning Australia 2011