Table 1 Instruments for the analysis of physical activity and/or sedentary behaviour policies and their characteristics
Instrument | Author(s) and publication | Characteristics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Includes items on PA, SB or both | Purpose of analysis | Policy sector | Type of policy | Stage of policy cycle | Scope of analysis | ||
Policy principles for the promotion of healthy diets and physical activity | - WHO, 2003 [37] | PA | Auditing Assessment | None | Formal written policies | Formulation Implementation Evaluation | Processes Actors Content |
Criteria for successful policy and action plans on physical activity | - Bull et al., 2004 [38] - Bull et al., 2004 [39] - Schöppe et al., 2004 [40] | PA | Auditing Assessment | None | Formal written policies Formal procedures | Formulation Implementation Evaluation | Context Processes Actors Content |
A comprehensive physical activity policy framework | - Shephard et al., 2004 [41] | PA | Auditing Assessment | Education Health Sport Recreation and leisure Transport Urban/rural planning and design Work and employment | Formal written policies Formal procedures | Agenda-setting Formulation Implementation Evaluation | Availability Context Processes Actors Political will Content |
Elements of national policy documents | - Branca et al., 2007 [42] | PA | Auditing Assessment | Education Health Transport Urban/rural planning and design Work and employment Public finance Research | Formal written policies | Formulation Implementation Evaluation | Context Actors Content |
Key principles that should guide member states in the development of national physical activity strategies | - WHO, 2007 [43] | PA | Auditing Assessment | None | Formal written policies Written standards Formal procedures | None | Availability Context Actors Content Effects |
Important elements of successful physical activity policies and plans | - WHO, 2007 [44] | PA | Auditing Assessment | None | Formal written policies Written standards | Implementation Evaluation | Context Processes Actors Political will Content |
HARDWIRED criteria for successful national physical activity policy | - Bellew et al., 2008 [45] | PA | Auditing Assessment | None | Formal written policies Written standards Formal procedures | Formulation Implementation Evaluation | Context Processes Actors Political will Content |
Eight aspects identified as being relevant for effective physical activity policies | - Daugbjerg et al., 2009 [46] | PA | Auditing | None | Formal written policies Formal procedures | Formulation Endorsement/legitimisation Implementation Evaluation | Actors Content |
A graphical, computer-based decision-support tool to help decision makers evaluate policy options relating to physical activity | - Yancey et al., 2010 [47] | PA | Assessment | None | None | Formulation Implementation | Political will Context Effects |
Analysis of Determinants of Policy Impact (ADEPT) model | - Rütten et al., 2010 [48] - Rütten et al., 2012 [49] | PA | Auditing Assessment | None | Formal written policies Formal procedures | Formulation Implementation Evaluation | Context Processes Actors Political will Content Effects |
Categories for the content analysis of policies | - WHO, 2011 [50] - Christiansen et al., 2014 [51] | PA | Auditing | None | Formal written policies | Formulation Implementation Evaluation Maintenance | Actors Content |
HEPA PAT | - Bull et al., 2014 [17] - Bull et al., 2014 [52] - Bull et al., 2014 [53] - Bull et al., 2014 [54] - Bull et al., 2015 [33] | PA and SB | Auditing Assessment | Education Environment Health Sport Recreation and leisure Tourism Transport Urban/rural planning and design Work and employment Public finance Research | Formal written policies Written standards Formal procedures | Formulation Implementation Evaluation Maintenance | Availability Context Processes Actors Political will Content |
Government strategies and investments indicator for the Active Healthy Kids report cards | - Tremblay et al., 2014 [55] | PA | Assessment | Public finance | None | Agenda-setting Formulation Implementation Evaluation | Context Actors Political will |
Questionnaire on the monitoring framework for the implementation of policies to promote health-enhancing physical activity in the EU and WHO European Region 2015 | - WHO, 2015 [56] - European Physical Activity Focal Points Network, 2015 [57] | PA | Auditing | Education Environment Health Sport Recreation and leisure Transport Urban/rural planning and design Work and employment Public finance | Formal written policies Written standards Formal procedures | Implementation | Availability Context Actors Content |
Surveillance and policy status indicators for GoPA! country cards | - Ramirez Varela et al., 2016 [58] - Ramirez Varela et al., 2017 [59] | PA | Auditing | None | Formal written policies Formal procedures | None | Availability |
GoPA! Policy Inventory version 1.0 (July 2017) | - Global Observatory for Physical Activity, 2017 [34] | PA and SB | Auditing | Education Environment Health Sport Recreation and leisure Transport Urban/rural planning and design | Formal written policies Written standards Formal procedures | Maintenance | Availability Context Actors Content |