Alberta Centre for Active Living

WellSpring [1]: Alberta Centre for Active Living Newsletter is publication for practitioners, provides best practices, topical issues, recent research, and policy in the active living/physical activity field.
- April 2008 [2] [pdf, 269 KB]
  Healthy Active Communities: Creating Change in Your Community
- February 2008 [3] [pdf, 12KB ]
  Men's Health: The Need for Change
- December 2007 [4] [pdf, 12KB]
  1. Beyond the Clinic: A Big Picture Approach to Childhood Weight Management
- June 2007 [5] [pdf, 334KB]
  1. Promoting Physical Activity at Work
- Febraury 2007 [6][pdf, 339KB]
  1. Stepping Out: Mall Walking and Older Adults [pdf, 339KB]
WellSpring Archive [7]

Research Update: [8]
Alberta Centre for Active Living Research is a quarterly publication, intended for researchers, that profiles current research on physical activity.
- March 2008 [9] [pdf, 275KB]
  1) Shift Workers: Scheduling Efficacy and Physical Activity”
  2) SPHERU article: "First Nations Health Development Project: Tools for Program Planning and Evaluation"
- December 2007 [10][pdf, 198KB]
  1. Neighbourhood Design: How Does It Affect Children’s Physical Activity?
  By P.K. Doyle-Baker, DPH/PhD, Associate Professor (Faculty of Kinesiology), Adjunct (Faculty of Environmental Design) (EVDS), University of Calgary, and Meaghan Nolan, Bachelor of Health Science student, University of Calgary.
  2. Dietitians of Canada article:
  Using Critical Analysis Skills to Evaluate a Debate on Osteoporosis
  By Tanis R. Fenton, MHSC, PhD Candidate, RD, Professional Practice, Leader, Clinical Nutrition, Alberta Children’s Hospital, Calgary Health Region.
- September 2007 [11] [pdf, 713KB]
  1. “How Active Are Older Adults? Results of a Study Using Accelerometers,”
  by Dr. Jennifer L. Copeland, University of Lethbridge, and Dale W. Esliger, MSc, University of Exeter.
  SPHERU article:
  2. “Historical Record Sheds Light on Diabetes Epidemic in Aboriginal Population,”
  by Paul Hackett, PhD, University of Saskatchewan and a research faculty member of the Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit, with the assistance of Fleur Macqueen Smith.
- Previous Issues are available on Alberta Centre for Active Living's website:
  http://www.centre4activeliving.ca/publications/research.html [12]
Other Reports
- Understanding Reported Rates of Physical Activity: [13]Comparing the Results of the Alberta Survey on Physical Activity
- Understanding Reported Rates of Physical Activity: [14] Comparing Results of the Alberta Survey on Physical Activity and the Canadian Community Health Survey. Executive Summary