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Table 2 Country Cards uses referred by respondents

From: Worldwide use of the first set of physical activity Country Cards: The Global Observatory for Physical Activity - GoPA!

 

Total

GoPA! Country Contacts

ISPAH respondents (that are not GoPA! Country Contacts)

 

na

%

na

%

na

%

Use of the card (any of the 12 possible uses)

      

 One or more uses (mean & SD)b

143

6.4 (4.3)

53

8.9 (4.4)

90

4.8 (3.4)

 Never (mean & SD)b

7.5 (4.3)

4.6 (4.1)

9.2 (3.4)

Showed/ described/explained the Country Cards to colleagues (Use 1)

      

 More frequent (at least once a month)

39

27.3

25

47.2

14

15.6

 Less frequent (less than once a month)

104

72.7

28

52.8

76

84.4

Showed/ described/explained the Country Cards to academic societies representatives working in non-communicable diseases NCD prevention and physical activity promotion (Use 2)

      

 More frequent (at least once a month)

27

19.0

18

34.0

9

10.1

 Less frequent (less than once a month)

115

81.0

35

66.0

80

89.9

Showed/ described/explained the Country Cards to non-government organizations representatives (Use 3)

      

 More frequent (at least once a month)

16

11.2

12

22.6

4

4.4

 Less frequent (less than once a month)

127

88.8

41

77.4

86

95.6

Showed/ described/explained the Country Cards to mass media representatives (Use 4)

      

 More frequent (at least once a month)

11

7.7

9

17.0

2

2.2

 Less frequent (less than once a month)

132

92.3

44

83.0

88

97.8

Showed/ described/explained the Country Cards to students (Use 5)

      

 More frequent (at least once a month)

30

21.0

21

39.6

9

10.0

 Less frequent (less than once a month)

113

79.0

32

60.4

81

90.0

Showed/ described/explained the Country Cards in congresses or scientific events (Use 6)

      

 More frequent (at least once a month)

9

6. 3

7

13. 2

2

2. 2

 Less frequent (less than once a month)

134

93. 7

46

86. 8

88

97.8

Included/described/explained the Country Cards in a scientific publication (Use 7)

      

 More frequent (at least once a month)

14

9.9

11

21.6

3

3.3

 Less frequent (less than once a month)

127

90.1

40

78.4

87

96.7

Included/described/explained the Country Cards as part of a fund raising proposal (Use 8)

      

 More frequent (at least once a month)

4

2.8

4

7.7

0

0.0

 Less frequent (less than once a month)

137

17.7

48

28.9

89

100.0

Included/described/explained the Country Cards in a policy brief (Use 9)

      

 More frequent (at least once a month)

7

4.9

7

13.5

0

0.0

 Less frequent (less than once a month)

135

95.1

45

86.5

90

100.0

Presented/described/used the data presented in the Country Cards to advocate for a national surveillance system (Use 10)

      

 More frequent (at least once a month)

8

5.6

8

15.0

0

0.0

 Less frequent (less than once a month)

135

94.4

45

84.9

90

100.0

Presented/described/used the data presented in the Country Cards to advocate for a national physical activity plan (Use 11)

      

 More frequent (at least once a month)

15

10. 5

14

26.4

1

1.1

 Less frequent (less than once a month)

128

89.5

39

73.6

89

98.9

Showed/ described/explained the Country Cards to government representatives at any level (local, state, federal) (Use 12)

      

 More frequent (at least once a month)

12

8.5

10

19.2

2

2.2

 Less frequent (less than once a month)

130

91.6

42

80.8

88

97.8

  1. an does not add to total value of 143 due to missing data
  2. bMean and standard deviation