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Title
Child Health Ecological Surveillance System (CHESS) for childhood obesity: a feasibility study
Author/Creator
Plotnikoff, R. C.;  Lightfoot, P.;  McFall, S.;  Spinola, C.;  Johnson, S. T.;  Prodaniuk, T.;  Predy, G.;  Tremblay, M. S.;  Svenson, L.
Institution
The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Education & Arts, School of Education
Description
Objective: To assess the feasibility of employing an ecologically guided childhood obesity relevant surveillance system. Methods: Cross-sectional qualitative and quantitative data were collected from 31 organizational representatives across 28 unique organizations and/or departments from three purposively sampled communities in the Capital Health Region in Alberta, Canada. Results: All the organizational representatives surveyed reported awareness of childhood obesity and 36% reported participation in child obesity initiatives. Data to support a surveillance system are available but not in a suitable format, and privacy legislation present significant barriers. Interest in developing and sustaining an ecologically based surveillance system was low (18%). Conclusion: Due to the heterogeneity of available data and limited vision for the development and implementation of a surveillance system, the application of an ecologically based surveillance system relevant to childhood obesity may be constrained. Broad-based awareness of childhood obesity by a wide range of organizations could assist in establishing an effective coalition to address this issue over the long term by supporting the establishment of a surveillance system.
Relation
Chronic Diseases in Canada Vol. 30, Issue 3, p. 95-106
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http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/cdic-mcbc/30-3/ar_04-eng.php
Date
2010
Publisher
Public Health Agency of Canada
Keyword(s)
ecological surveillance system;  child health;  obesity;  Alberta
Resource Type
journal article
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/921687
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ISSN:0228-8699
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