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Integrating Research, Policy, and Practice in School-Based Physical Activity Prevention Programming: The School Health Action, Planning, and Evaluation System (SHAPES) Physical Activity Module
Scott T. Leatherdale, PhD*,
Steve Manske, EdD,
Suzy L. Wong, MSc,
and
Roy Cameron, PhD
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: scott.leatherdale{at}cancercare.on.ca.
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The School Health Action, Planning, and Evaluation System (SHAPES) is a data collection and feedback system designed to support population-based intervention planning, evaluation, and field research related to youth. The Physical Activity Module of SHAPES consists of: (a) a machine readable questionnaire to collect physical activity data from all students (grades 6 to 12) in a school, (b) a school administrator questionnaire to assess school policies, programs, and resources related to physical activity, and (c) a school-specific feedback report documenting student behavior and school programs and policies. This SHAPES module provides schools with feedback that enables them to take stock of patterns of activity and obesity within their school, recognize what is (and what is not) in place to support physical activity, and how to plan and evaluate their own prevention efforts. SHAPES enables researchers and stakeholders to identify what interventions work, in what contexts, with what students.
First published on February 20, 2008, doi:10.1177/1524839906298499
Health Promotion Practice 2009;10:254.
A more recent version of this article appeared on April 1, 2009

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