The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-CA"><strong>Health & Fitness Journal of Canada (ISSN 1920-6216) </strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-CA">The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada provides an effective medium for health and fitness practitioners, researchers, instructors, and the general population to provide insight into unique and innovative practice in health and fitness. It is our goal to make a journal that can be applied directly to improve the health and well-being of society.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </p> <div id="peerReviewProcess"> <p><strong>Peer Review Process</strong></p> <p>All manuscripts are subject to double blind peer-review by a minimum of two external readers, in addition to review by the editors.</p> <div class="separator"><strong>Publication Frequency</strong></div> </div> <div id="publicationFrequency"> <p><em>The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada</em> publishes quarterly. Issues are published approximately once every three months (i.e., four issues per annum).</p> <div class="separator"><strong>Open Access Policy</strong></div> </div> <div id="openAccessPolicy"> <p>This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. There are no author fees whatsoever (e.g., <strong>no submission fees, no article processing charges, etc.</strong>).</p> </div>Health & Fitness Society of BCen-USThe Health & Fitness Journal of Canada1920-6216<p><strong>Terms of Publication</strong></p> <p>Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:</p> <ul> <li>Authors retain copyright and grant the Health & Fitness Journal of Canada’s right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.</li> <li>Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.</li> <li>Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).</li> <li>The Contributor (author(s)) represents and guarantees that the Contributor is the sole proprietor of the work and the Contributor has full power to make this Agreement and grant that the work does not infringe the copyright or other proprietary right of any other person; and the work contains no libellous or other unlawful matter and makes no improper invasion of the privacy of any other person. 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Should any formal proceedings related to this agreement be brought, such formal proceeding may be brought only in the province of British Columbia.</li> </ul> <p>By submitting an article to the Health & Fitness Journal of Canada the Contributor has accepted and agreed to all terms outlined in the copyright notice.</p>Evaluation of the NSTEP Level 1 Certificate Health Promotion Program
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<p class="p1"><strong>Background:</strong> Child and youth health is improved through a supported nutrition and physical activity<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>environment. NSTEP (Nutrition, Students, Teachers, Exercising with Parents), a health promotion organization, offers a certificate program designed to equip educators, community agencies, and adolescent groups with the knowledge and skills to promote healthy living among youth. Although the evaluation of health promotion programs is supported in the literature, evidence in youth programs is limited, likely due to a lack of resources.<strong> Purpose:</strong> The purpose was to evaluate participants’ behaviour changes related to nutrition and physical activity using the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) following the completion of NSTEP's Certificate program. <strong>Methods:</strong> Participants from two locations voluntarily completed an online survey of 22 questions (knowledge section and the TPB) before the program started, which consisted of one 2-hour seminar for three weeks. A Wilcoxon test was used to analyze pre-post survey changes, as the variables were not normally distributed. <strong>Results: </strong>The pre-survey was completed by 30 participants, while 24 completed the post-survey (80%). Only 13 (43%; 13/30) responses from the completed pre-post surveys<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>could be matched. Most participants (<em>n</em> = 13) were between 18-34 yrs. (92%), had high school or above education (84.6%), and some experience (mean 2 years, ± 1) working with children and youth (6–18 yrs.). No significant differences were observed in the TPB constructs (attitudes, perceived behavioural control, subjective norms, and intentions), but a small improvement in knowledge occurred (<em>p </em>= 0.025). <strong>Conclusion:</strong> The program increased participants' knowledge but did not result in positive behavioural change differences.</p>Olalekan AjibuluPatricia Doyle-Baker
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2024-09-302024-09-3017331310.14288/hfjc.v17i3.851Physical Activity Intensity and Body Appreciation in Adolescent Girls
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<p class="p1"><strong>Background: </strong>As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, physical activity (PA) levels have sharply declined among youth. This is concerning given the mental and physical health benefits associated with PA participation, which include improved cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength/endurance, cognitive functioning, and psychosocial health. Among girls, one prominent factor contributing to disengagement from PA is body image, which generally happens during the transition to adolescence. To date, most research focuses on interventions aimed at improving negative body image in PA and sport. However, these interventions neglect the importance of cultivating a positive body image among individuals. More research is needed to understand the relationship of PA intensity in helping adolescent girls cultivate a positive body image. <strong>Purpose:</strong> This research examines the relationship between PA participation and body appreciation and the role that exercise intensity plays in helping adolescent girls cultivate body appreciation. <strong>Methods: </strong>Physical activity was measured using accelerometry and body appreciation was assessed using the Body Appreciation Scale (BAS-2) in addition to semi-structured interviews<strong>. </strong>Descriptive statistics and correlational analyses were completed for physical activity and body appreciation. A thematic analysis was conducted to analyze the qualitative data. <strong>Results:</strong> Findings from semi-structured interviews suggest that participating in moderate to vigorous physical activity intensity in addition to light physical activity promotes a more positive perception of one’s body image. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> Overall, it seems that participation in higher intensity physical activities, namely, competitive sports in addition to lower intensity physical activities can help adolescent girls cultivate higher levels of body appreciation.</p>Laura O'KeefeJeff R. Crane
Copyright (c) 2024 Laura O'Keefe, Dr. Jeff Crane
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2024-09-302024-09-301731427