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SynthesisThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2013

Synthesising evidence for equity impacts of population-based physical activity interventions: a pilot study.

David K Humphreys, David Ogilvie

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Synthesis in The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. Community wide interventions for increasing physical activity.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015
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  7. Face-to-face interventions for promoting physical activity.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013
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  20. Equity effects of children's physical activity interventions: a systematic scoping review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

David K HumphreysUKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Box 296, Forvie Site, Cambridge, USA. dkh25@medschl.cam.ac.uk
David Ogilvie

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_UP_1001/1Medical Research Council MC_UU_12015/6Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis study applied an equity lens to existing research to investigate what is known about the impact of population-level physical activity interventions on social inequalities.

methodsWe performed a pilot systematic review to assess the availability of information on the social distribution of intervention effects, the targeting or allocation of interventions, and the baseline characteristics of participants. This comprised (i) a rapid review of systematic reviews and (ii) a review and synthesis of a sample of primary studies included in the eligible systematic reviews.

resultsWe found 19 systematic reviews of environmental and policy interventions. Relatively few of these (26%, n=5) were prospectively designed to examine effects on inequalities, and none were able to fully synthesise evidence of distributional effects. Over 40% of primary studies reported subgroup intervention effects; 18% reported socio-demographic interaction effects. Studies most often compared effectiveness by gender, followed by age, ethnicity, and socio-economic status. For gender, effects appeared to be evenly distributed overall, although heterogeneity in gradients between studies suggested that some interventions affect males and females differently.

conclusionsOur findings suggest that it is feasible to generate better evidence about how public health interventions may affect health inequalities using existing data and innovative methods of research synthesis.

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Environment DesignExerciseHealth BehaviorHealth PromotionPublic HealthPublic PolicySocioeconomic FactorsAge FactorsEthnicityFemaleHumansMaleSex Factors

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PMID23768212
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