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Promotion of physical activity in a developing country: The Agita São Paulo experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2006

Victor Matsudo ,
Sandra Matsudo ,
Douglas Andrade ,
Timoteo Araujo ,
Erinaldo Andrade ,
Luis Carlos de Oliveira  and
Glaucia Braggion
Victor Matsudo*
Affiliation:
Center of Studies of the Physical Fitness Research Laboratory from São Caetano do Sul (CELAFISCS), Agita São Paulo Program, Brazil. Mailing address: Caixa Postal 268 – CEP 09501-000, Rua Heloísa Pamplona 279 – Bairro Fundacç São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil, CEP 09520-320
Sandra Matsudo
Affiliation:
Center of Studies of the Physical Fitness Research Laboratory from São Caetano do Sul (CELAFISCS), Agita São Paulo Program, Brazil. Mailing address: Caixa Postal 268 – CEP 09501-000, Rua Heloísa Pamplona 279 – Bairro Fundacç São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil, CEP 09520-320
Douglas Andrade
Affiliation:
Center of Studies of the Physical Fitness Research Laboratory from São Caetano do Sul (CELAFISCS), Agita São Paulo Program, Brazil. Mailing address: Caixa Postal 268 – CEP 09501-000, Rua Heloísa Pamplona 279 – Bairro Fundacç São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil, CEP 09520-320
Timoteo Araujo
Affiliation:
Center of Studies of the Physical Fitness Research Laboratory from São Caetano do Sul (CELAFISCS), Agita São Paulo Program, Brazil. Mailing address: Caixa Postal 268 – CEP 09501-000, Rua Heloísa Pamplona 279 – Bairro Fundacç São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil, CEP 09520-320
Erinaldo Andrade
Affiliation:
Center of Studies of the Physical Fitness Research Laboratory from São Caetano do Sul (CELAFISCS), Agita São Paulo Program, Brazil. Mailing address: Caixa Postal 268 – CEP 09501-000, Rua Heloísa Pamplona 279 – Bairro Fundacç São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil, CEP 09520-320
Luis Carlos de Oliveira
Affiliation:
Center of Studies of the Physical Fitness Research Laboratory from São Caetano do Sul (CELAFISCS), Agita São Paulo Program, Brazil. Mailing address: Caixa Postal 268 – CEP 09501-000, Rua Heloísa Pamplona 279 – Bairro Fundacç São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil, CEP 09520-320
Glaucia Braggion
Affiliation:
Center of Studies of the Physical Fitness Research Laboratory from São Caetano do Sul (CELAFISCS), Agita São Paulo Program, Brazil. Mailing address: Caixa Postal 268 – CEP 09501-000, Rua Heloísa Pamplona 279 – Bairro Fundacç São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil, CEP 09520-320
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Abstract

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The purpose of this paper is to present key points of an intervention programme (Agita São Paulo Program) to promote physical activity in a developing country. Agita is a multi-level, community-wide intervention designed to increase knowledge about the benefits and the level of physical activity in a mega-population of 34 million inhabitants of São Paulo State, Brazil. The main message was taken from the Centers for Disease Control/American College of Sports Medicine (CDC/ACSM) recommendation that: ‘everyone should accumulate at least 30 minutes of physical activity, on most days of the weeks, of moderate intensity, in one single or in multiple sessions’. Activities were encouraged in three settings: home, transport and leisure time. Focus groups were students from elementary schools through to college, white and blue collar workers, and elderly people. Innovative aspects included: (1) a research centre leading the process, (2) scientific and institutional partnerships (over 160 groups), (3) a feasible approach – the ‘one-step-ahead’ model, (4) empowerment, (5) inclusion, (6) non-paid media, (7) social marketing, and (8) culture-linked. Data were obtained from 645 random, home-based questionnaires over four years – stratified by sex, age, education and socio-economic level. These data show that the Agita message reached 55.7% of the population, and among these, 23.1% knew the main message. Recall of Agita and knowledge of its purpose were well distributed among different socioeconomic levels, being known by 67% of the most educated. The prevalence of people reaching the recommendation was 54.8% (men 48.7%, women 61%); and risk of being sedentary was quite smaller among those who knew the Agita message (7.1%) compared with those who did not know (13.1%). In conclusion, based upon the Agita São Paulo experience, it appears that a multi-level, community-wide intervention to promote physical activity may obtain good results if the model contains the items listed above.

Keywords

Health promotionPhysical activityProgramme intervention
Type
Research Article
Information
Public Health Nutrition , Volume 5 , Issue 1a , February 2002 , pp. 253 - 261
Copyright
Copyright © CABI Publishing 2002

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