title: Awareness of Canada's Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living in a large community sample.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Determine the proportion of adults aware of Canada's Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living (Guide) and its specific recommendations (objective 1); whether key demographic factors (objective 2a) and physical activity behavior (objective 2b) are associated with awareness and specific familiarity with the Guide; and if changes in awareness and specific recommendations with the Guide occurred over a 1-year period (objective 3a and 3b).
  
  
  METHODS
  Random selection with computer-assisted telephone interviewing.
  
  
  METHODS
  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 2803 adults 18 years or older completed interviews from 4831 telephone contacts (response rate, 58.0%), and after 1 year, 1423 individuals (55%) completed interviews.
  
  
  METHODS
  Demographic, physical activity, Guide awareness.
  
  
  METHODS
  Chi-square, analysis of variance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At baseline, 27.3% were aware of the Guide, and 15.6% were familiar with the Guide's specific recommendations. Younger individuals (p=.01), women (p<.001), and those with a higher education (p<.001) were more likely to be generally aware of the Guide, and women were also more specifically aware (p=.01). Physical activity levels were positively associated with the general (p<.001) and specific (p<.001) awareness of the Guide. Changes in general familiarity and specific recommendations over 1 year were observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The majority of those surveyed were not familiar with the Guide. Men, individuals with a lower education, and older individuals may need to be specifically targeted.
authors.affiliation: School of Education, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia. ron.plotnikoff@newcastle.edu.au
authors.forename: Ronald C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Plotnikoff
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lippke
authors.forename: Steven T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Kylie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hugo
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rodgers
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Spence
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000416:Alberta; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D013997:Time Factors