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Promotion & Education, Vol. 13, No. 2, 92-103 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/10253823060130020103
© 2006 International Union for Health Promotion and Education

Physical activity measurement- a primer for health promotion

Adrian Bauman

Centre for Physical Activity and Health School of Public Health, Building K25 University of Sydney, Australia, adrianh{at}health.usyd.edu.au

Philayrath Phongsavan

Centre for Physical Activity and Health School of Public Health, Building K25 University of Sydney, Australia

Stephanie Schoeppe

Centre for Physical Activity and health School of Public Health, Building K25, University of Sydney, Australia

Neville Owen

School of Population Health The University of Queensland Australia

As the importance of physical activity is recognised in health promotion, the task of measuring it becomes a central research and practice challenge. Measurement of physical activity is important to policy makers interested in population surveillance, as well as to practitioners interested in programme evaluation and research. This review outlines 'best practice' in physical activity measurement, and provides an inventory of established physical activity and related measures for use in health promotion programme evaluation, research and surveillance at the national and local level.

Key Words: physical activity • measurement • health promotion • surveillance • reliability • validity


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