Titre :
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Epidemiological measures of participation in community health promotion projects. (1995)
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Auteurs :
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W.H. ODDY ;
B. CORTI ;
R.J. DONOVAN ;
C.D.J. HOLMAN ;
Univ Western Australia. Dep public health and graduate school management. AUS
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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International journal of epidemiology (vol. 24, n° 5, 1995)
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Pagination :
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1013-1021
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Epidémiologie
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Homme
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Méthodologie
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Communauté
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Participation
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Service soins & consultation
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Facteur socioéconomique
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Australie
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Océanie
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST jSkZPR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Background. The paper is concerned with the use of epidemiological methods to measure the rates at which different strata of a defined population participate in community health promotion projects. Methods. Data were drawn from Healthway sponsorship projects in 1992. Each sport, arts and racing project was associated with promotion of a health message and creation of a health promoting environment. The study used a two-stage sampling design. Thirteen of 57 large sponsorship projects and 30 of 129 small projects were selected. In the second stage, respondents were randomly surveyed from among project participants. A total of 4060 respondents aged 10 years was sampled from the 43 selected projects. Population-based incident participations were estimated and were related to person-years at risk. Results. The total participation rate was 4.01 per person-year. The rate was very high at ages 10-14 years and thereafter declined with increasing age. Compared with the least socially disadvantaged 25% of population, the participation rate fell by around one-third in the medium and high disadvantage groups, but exceeded the baseline by a ratio of 1.85 (95% confidence interval : 1.57-2.18) in the most disadvantaged 10% of population. Conclusions. Epidemiological methods can be used to evaluate the distribution of participation of a population in community health promotion projects. The Western Australian Health Promotion Foundation has been successful in reaching disadvantaged youth.
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