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PRC REPORTS AND TOOLS
The following reports and tools were developed either exclusively
by the PRC or in collaboration with other community agencies and
partners. Each report or tool is described briefly on this page
and further information can be found by following the links provided.
Reports:
Good Health: It's Your Move - a Report on Physical Activity in
South Carolina (1999) was prepared to assist professionals and community
leaders in their efforts to promote physical activity in the state.
The report documents state activity levels and presents an analysis
of the financial burden of inactivity and cost benefits of active
lifestyles. It also discusses strategies for promoting physical
activity. This report has been a model for other state physical
activity reports.
Tools:
Environmental
Supports for Physical Activity Questionnaire
This questionnaire was used to develop and test questions for a
future Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) module
to assess individual perceptions of physical activity supports in
the social and physical environment. From the questionnaire, a 5-item
short BRFSS module and an 11-item long BRFSS module were created.
Recreation
Facility Evaluation Tool
This instrument can be used to identify and evaluate parks, playgrounds,
sports fields, aquatic facilities/pools, and recreation centers.
Each park and recreation center can be rated with respect to safety,
condition, and maintenance of the facility.
Sidewalk Assessment
Tool
The Sidewalk Assessment Tool consists of five items used to assess
each segment of a sidewalk: levelness, artificial items blocking
the path, natural items blocking the path, cleanliness (litter),
and surface condition.
Evaluating Community
Coalition Characteristics and Functioning
An inventory of measurement tools for evaluating coalition functioning
was created from a review of the research literature and the Internet.
In this inventory, the measurement tools are organized by five general
categories (which are not necessarily mutually exclusive): 1) Member
Characteristics and Perceptions, 2) Organizational or Group Characteristics,
3) Organizational or Group Climate and Processes, 4) General Coalition
Function or Scales Bridging Multiple Constructs, and 5) Impacts
and Outcomes.
The Compendium
of Physical Activities
Since its first use in 1987, the Compendium has been used in studies
worldwide to assign intensity units to physical activity questionnaire
responses and to develop innovative ways to assess energy expenditure
in physical activity studies.
International
Physical Activity Questionnaire
The purpose of the International Physical Activity Questionnaires
(IPAQ) is to provide a set of well-developed instruments that can
be used internationally to obtain comparable estimates of physical
activity. There are two versions of the questionnaire. The short
version is suitable for use in national and regional surveillance
systems and the long version provide more detailed information often
required in research work or for evaluation purposes. Dr. Barbara
Ainsworth, former director of the USC PRC, is a member of the IPAQ
development team. This link will take you directly to the IPAQ website.
Heart Healthy & Ethnically
Relevant (HHER) Tools
The Heart Healthy and Ethnically Relevant (HHER) Tools study developed
a replicable process for redesigning educational tools to improve
diet and physical activity patterns for cardiovascular disease risk
reduction to be culturally relevant for financially disadvantaged
African American women. In addition to a paper detailing the HHER
Tools process, final products of the study include educational materials
for "Lowfat Living" and Walking.
Tools for Reviewing Physical Activity Promotional Materials.
The USC
PRC has developed a tool for evaluating physical activity promotional
materials and has used this tool to assess a number of current materials.
At this link you will find a list of reviewed materials plus tools
and instructions for evaluating your own materials.
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