STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine the levels of participation in social and civic community life in a metropolitan region, and to assess differential levels of participation according to demographic, socioeconomic and health status. To contribute to policy debates on community participation, social capital and health using these empirical data. DESIGN Cross sectional, postal, self completed survey...

Identifying ways to increase and sustain active living among young people represents a priority for health promotion interventions. This qualitative study explored the experiences of adolescent boys and girls in the UK (aged 14-15 years) who had made the transition from inactivity to active participation in physical education (PE). The setting was a secondary school that had modified the physic...

Identifying ways to increase and sustain active living among young people represents a priority for health promotion interventions. This qualitative study explored the experiences of adolescent boys and girls in the United Kingdom (aged 14-15 years) who had made the transition from inactivity to active participation in physical education (PE). The setting was a secondary school that had modifie...

PURPOSE To present the Participation and Activity Measurement System (PAMS), a system designed to examine activity and participation among people who use wheeled mobility devices. METHODS Description of PAMS' components and an example of its application among people who use tilt-in-space wheelchairs. RESULTS PAMS combines objective and subjective descriptions of mobility-based activities wi...

BACKGROUND Physical inactivity accounts for 9% of all deaths worldwide and is among the top 10 risk factors for global disease burden. Nearly half of people aged over 60 years are inactive. Efforts to identify which factors influence physical activity behaviour are needed. OBJECTIVE To identify and synthesise the range of barriers and facilitators to physical activity participation. METHODS...

Although the intent of the federal Meaningful Use (MU) program is to improve the health of children and adults through adoption and use of electronic health records (EHRs), pediatricians face unique obstacles to participation in this program. In addition to known problems with EHR functionality to support pediatric care and the alignment of MU incentives with child health priorities, evidence s...

Participation of people is the most important factor in providing high quality of service in mobile sensing applications. In this paper we study coupons as incentives in order to stimulate users participation, especially in applications that rely on real-time data. We argue that coupons do not only function as incentives to increase user participation, but they can also direct more people to th...

The work is focused on the integration of space syntax analysis (SSA) in a process participatory planning neighbourhood scale where challenge promoting pedestrian-friendly regeneration bottom-up priority. promotion active mobility one main themes urban project CAST operating western part city Potenza (capital Basilicata region, Italy). Both state art case study area and potential effects interv...