Symposium Meeting of the Association for the Study of Obesity. London, GBR, 1997/07.
Physical activity and healthy weight management. , INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY. SUPPLEMENT, vol. 22, n° 2, 1998, page S48-S51, 13 réf., ISSN 1359-6373, GBR
CAVILL (N.) *, FOX (Kenneth-R) * / éd.
Association for the Study of Obesity. INC / com.
Mass media campaigns are one of the interventions used in health promotion, to stimulate population-level changes in behavior.
A review of the literature found only three studies concerned with the effectiveness of national health promotion campaigns that used the mass media to promote physical activity.
These showed that campaigns could help to change levels of knowledge and attitudes towards physical activity, but had limited short-term impact on physical activity participation.
Reviews of the role of mass media in other health topics, also showed limited evidence of short-term behaviour change.
The important broader role of campaigns is influencing the climate of public opinion in favour of health promoting public policies and providing an overall framework or umbrella under which a broader range of health promotion initiatives can take place.
In particular, they appear to be useful to professionals working at a community level, as they provide the backdrop for more detailed community-level or interpersonal interventions.
Mots-clés BDSP : Activité physique, Promotion santé, Média, Prévention, Obésité, Homme, Etats Unis, Amérique, Maladie nutrition, Amérique du Nord
Mots-clés Pascal : Exercice physique, Promotion santé, Campagne mesure, Mass media, Prévention, Obésité, Homme, Etats Unis, Amérique du Nord, Amérique, Etat nutritionnel, Trouble nutrition
Mots-clés Pascal anglais : Physical exercise, Health promotion, Measurement campaign, Mass media, Prevention, Obesity, Human, United States, North America, America, Nutritional status, Nutrition disorder
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