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2009 newsletter

This 2009 edition of GAPA’s newsletter provides up to date information on the recent developments and news on what is happening in physical activity and health around the world.

The newsletter is available to download in Adobe PDF format.

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References

Shilton T., (2009) Health promotion competencies: providing a road map for health promotion to assume a prominent role in global health. Global Health Promotion, 16 (2): 42-46.
http://ped.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/16/2/42.

World Health Organization (2009) Interventions on Diet and Physical Activity: What Works. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organisation.
http://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/whatworks/en/.

Public Health Advocacy Institute of Western Australia (2008) Advocacy in Action: a toolkit for Public Health Professionals. Perth, Western Australia: Public Health Advocacy Institute of Western Australia.
http://www.phaiwa.org.au/index.php/publications-mainmenu-125/advocacy-toolkit-mainmenu-143.

Shilton T.R. (2008) Creating and making the case: Global advocacy for physical activity. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 5(6);765-776.
http://hk.humankinetics.com/JPAH/.

World Health Organization (2008) 2008-2013 Action Plan for the Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organisation.
http://www.who.int/nmh/publications/9789241597418/en/.

World Health Organization (2007) Implementation of the WHO Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health - A Guide for Population-based Approaches to Increasing Levels of Physical Activity. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organisation.
http://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/publications/en/.

Bauman A., Kirsten W. & Pratt M. (2006) Promoting Physical Activity Globally. Promotion and Education. vol XIII (2).
http://www.iuhpe.org/?lang=en&page=publications_journal1_page1 and http://www.iuhpe.org/index.html?page=50&lang=en#books_phyact.

Koplan J. P., Marks J. S., Dietz W. H., Fralish C., Crowell A., Levin S., & Hood N. E., (2006) Physical Activity Evaluation Handbook. Atlanta, USA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/health_professionals/interventions/handbook.htm.

World Health Organization (2004) The Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organisation.
http://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/strategy/eb11344/en/.

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