SynthesisBMJ open2015
Community-based physical activity interventions among women: a systematic review.
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Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review of Community-based Interventions to Promote Physical Activity or Reduce Sedentary Behavior among Adults in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Current obesity reports · 2026Pooled it
- Interventions that support women, girls, and people who menstruate to participate in physical activity: a rapid overview of reviews.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Technology-Supported Physical Activity and Its Potential as a Tool to Promote Young Women's Physical Activity and Physical Literacy: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Factors Influencing Physical Activity Participation among Midlife Immigrant Women: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Development, implementation and evaluation of the 'BELIEVE' program for improving physical activity among women: a mixed method action research study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Effectiveness of a web-based computer-tailored intervention promoting physical activity for adults from Quebec City: a randomized controlled trial.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2020Article
- Development and evaluation of a physical activity intervention informed by participatory research- a feasibility study.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Physical activity levels and related sociodemographic factors among Iranian adults: Results from a population-based national STEPS survey.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2020Review
- Inequities and inequalities in outdoor walking groups: a scoping review.Public health reviews · 2020Article
- Lights out, let's dance! An investigation into participation in No Lights, No Lycra and its association with health and wellbeing.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2019Article
- Prevalence and Associated Factors of Overweight or Obesity and Abdominal Obesity in Iranian Population: A Population-based Study of Northwestern Iran.Iranian journal of public health · 2018Article
- Does Spousal Support Can Increase the Women's Physical Activity?International journal of community based nursing and midwifery · 2017Article
- Recruitment, screening, and baseline participant characteristics in the WALK 2.0 study: A randomized controlled trial using web 2.0 applications to promote physical activity.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2016Article
- School-based intervention to enable school children to act as change agents on weight, physical activity and diet of their mothers: a cluster randomized controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2016Article
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
objectiveReview and assess the effectiveness of community-based physical activity interventions among women aged 18-65 years.
designSystematic review
methodsTo find relevant articles, the researcher selected reports published in English between 1 January 2000 and 31 March 2013. Systematic search was to find controlled-trial studies that were conducted to uncover the effect of community-based interventions to promote physical activity among women 18-65 years of age, in which physical activity was reported as one of the measured outcomes. The methodological quality assessment was performed using a critical appraisal sheet. Also, the levels of evidence were assessed for the types of interventions.
resultsThe literature search identified nine articles. Four of the studies were randomised and the others studies had high methodological quality. There was no evidence, on the basis of effectiveness, for social cognitive theory-based interventions and inconclusive evidence of effectiveness for the rest of interventions.
conclusionsThere is insufficient evidence to assess the effectiveness of community-based interventions for enhancing physical activity among women. There is a need for high-quality randomised clinical trials with adequate statistical power to determine whether multicomponent and community-based intervention programmes increase physical activity among women, as well as to determine what type of interventions have a more effective and sustainable impact on women's physical activity.
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