TABLE 1—
Change from Baseline to Follow-Up in the State and Local Health Department Survey of Physical Activity Programs, United States, 2003–2005
| State Respondents | Local Respondents | |||||
| Characteristic | Baseline Prevalence, % | Net Change, a % | P | Baseline Prevalence, % | Net Change, a % | P |
| Awareness | ||||||
| Administrators and managers at health dept. are aware of the Community Guideb | 80.5 | 28.0 | .635 | 10.5 | 6.4 | .636 |
| Community Guide awareness | ||||||
| Heard of recommendations in the Community Guide | 89.8 | 0.0 | . . . | 29.5 | 28.6 | .040 |
| Read or seen materials of the Community Guide | 85.7 | 0.0 | . . . | 21.0 | 31.6 | .260 |
| Visited Community Guide Web site | 68.8 | —15.4 | .576 | 18.1 | 11.5 | .808 |
| Printed materials from Web site | 47.9 | —23.7 | .272 | 8.6 | —2.5 | .639 |
| Attended training to learn about the Community Guide | 20.8 | 39.5 | .553 | 1.0 | 23.7 | .025 |
| Attended professional meeting during which the Community Guide was discussed | 51.1 | 16.5 | > .999 | 7.6 | 13.6 | .314 |
| Adoption and implemetation | ||||||
| Physical activity interventions underway | ||||||
| Communitywide campaigns | 71.4 | 15.1 | > .999 | 44.8 | —10.7 | .646 |
| Stair-use campaigns | 40.8 | 6.1 | > .999 | 22.9 | —12.6 | .607 |
| School-based physical education programs | 73.5 | 7.8 | .867 | 34.3 | —7.8 | .378 |
| Social-support interventions | 71.4 | 28.7 | .112 | 55.2 | —9.9 | .276 |
| Individually adapted health behavior change | 61.2 | 15.6 | > .999 | 42.9 | 20.0 | .001 |
| Enhanced access and outreach programs | 85.7 | 29.6 | .884 | 67.6 | 23.2 | .270 |
| Urban planning and policy approaches | 73.5 | 34.6 | .132 | 39.0 | 17.8 | .575 |
| Changes occurred on the basis of the Community Guide | ||||||
| Existing programs were changed | 20.4 | —0.5 | > .999 | 0.0 | 12.5 | .348 |
| New programs were developed or implemented | 34.7 | 9.2 | > .999 | 3.8 | 21.7 | .374 |
| Maintenance | ||||||
| My agency’s staff is adequate for developing and implementing physical activity interventions | 14.6 | —0.3 | > .999 | 14.9 | —14.4 | .305 |
| The governor is supportive of physical activity interventions | 35.4 | 19.6 | .822 | 44.6 | —23.2 | .074 |
| Most state legislators are supportive of physical activity interventions | 21.3 | 34.9 | .198 | 15.8 | —37.9 | .022 |
| Budget constraints have disproportionately affected programs and staff to promote physical activity | 63.6 | —39.9 | .109 | 83.8 | —19.5 | .627 |
aNet percentage change was calculated using the formula (%intervention-post _ %intervention-pre) _ (%comparison-post _ %comparison-pre).
bThe full title is The Guide to Community Preventive Services: What Works to Promote Health?