Open AccessEffects of a Community-Based, Professionally Supervised Intervention on Physical Activity Levels Among Residents of Recife, Brazil
Author(s) -
Eduardo J. Simões,
Pedro Curi Hallal,
Michael Pratt,
Luiz Roberto Ramos,
Marcia Munk,
Wilson Damascena,
Diana C. Parra,
Christine M. Hoehner,
David A. Gilbertz,
Déborah Carvalho Malta,
Ross C. Brownson
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2008.141978
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , medicine , physical activity , public health , odds ratio , confidence interval , gerontology , environmental health , odds , population , demography , physical therapy , logistic regression , nursing , pathology , sociology
We evaluated the effects of a community-based intervention, the Academia da Cidade program (ACP), on increasing leisure-time physical activity among residents of Recife, Brazil.