Health-enhancing Physical Activity (HEPA) Policy Audit Tool (PAT)

Constructs Measured

Implementation Outcomes N/A

Implementation Determinants Organizational Culture and Climate

Relative Priority

Readiness to Implement

Communication of Policy

Leadership for Implementation

Policy Awareness and Knowledge

Policy Actors

Actor Relationships and Networks

Actor Context

Political Will for Policy Implementation

Target Population Characteristics

Policy Application

Setting Community

Topic Infectious and Chronic Disease

Physical Activity

Basic Information

The HEPA PAT is a 75-item tool, which provides a protocol and method for the detailed compilation and communication of country-level policy responses to physical inactivity.

Transferability of measure across settings: Partially transferable (30 of 75 items transferable)

Citing Literature

Development article: Bull FC, Milton K, Kahlmeier S. National policy on physical activity: the development of a policy audit tool. Journal of Physical Activity & Health. 2014;11(2):233-240. doi:10.1123/jpah.2012-0083

Empirical use: Bull F, Milton K, Kahlmeier S, et al. Turning the tide: national policy approaches to increasing physical activity in seven European countries. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2015;49(11):749-756. doi:10.1136/bjsports-2013-093200

Policy Application in Reviewed Studies

Setting: Community

Topic: Physical activity

Country: Europe, multiple

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