JULY NEWS FROM THE ALBERTA CENTRE FOR ACTIVE LIVING  



JULY 2009 RESEARCH UPDATE NOW AVAILABLE

"Facilitating Physical Activity Among Women with Breast Cancer"
Jeff Vallance, Athabasca University Centre for Nursing and Health Studies

Recent evidence suggests that breast cancer survivors who are physically
active live longer and have a reduced chance of cancer recurrence. This
article presents research that explores strategies for facilitating breast
cancer patients and survivors to do more physical activity.

"Developing BANKS, a Nutrition Survey for Canadians"
Lynne Lafave and Mark Lafave, Mount Royal Faculty of Health and Community
Studies

This article provides an overview of the development and scientific
validation of a survey to measure Canadians’ nutrition behaviours and how
these behaviours relate to their attitudes and knowledge around nutrition.
This survey is called the Canadian BANKS (Behaviours, Attitudes and
Nutrition Knowledge Survey).

http://www.centre4activeliving.ca/publications/research-update/2009/jul-brea
st-cancer.html  



CENTRE SUPPORTS PARTICIPATION IN ADVISORY ROLE

Centre director Judith Down has joined ParticipACTION’s national Program and
Policy Advisory Group.

The group will provide expertise, advice, and direction on programs, policy
matters, partnership opportunities, and trends related to sport and physical
activity participation. Members include leaders and representatives from
sport, physical activity, education, health sectors, and federal and
provincial/territorial government.



HEALTH IN ACTION WEBSITE CLOSING DOWN AFTER SERVING ALBERTA PRACTITIONERS
SINCE 1995

The Health in Action website has long been a comprehensive resource on
events, news, networks, databases, programs, and other information having to
do with health promotion, injury prevention, and population health in
Alberta.

A recent decision by Alberta Health and Wellness to discontinue funding to
this project means that at the end of August 2009, the Health in Action
website will close down.

Karena Apps Eccles and Gwen Farnsworth, the two current Health in Action
staff, have done an excellent job of ensuring that Health in Action was
responsive to the needs of practitioners in Alberta. The project team of
representatives from the Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research,
Alberta Health Services, Alberta Health and Wellness, and the Alberta Centre
for Active Living met regularly to contribute to planning and decisions.

Health in Action will be missed!


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ABOUT THE ALBERTA CENTRE FOR ACTIVE LIVING

The Alberta Centre for Active Living is affiliated with the University of
Alberta Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation and is supported by the
Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks & Wildlife Foundation and the Government of
Alberta. 

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symposia, conferences and other events:
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