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. 2018 Mar 27;15:29. doi: 10.1186/s12966-018-0663-7

Table 2.

Country Cards uses referred by respondents

Total GoPA! Country Contacts ISPAH respondents (that are not GoPA! Country Contacts)
na % na % na %
Use of the card (any of the 12 possible uses)
 One or more uses (mean & SD)b 143 6.4 (4.3) 53 8.9 (4.4) 90 4.8 (3.4)
 Never (mean & SD)b 7.5 (4.3) 4.6 (4.1) 9.2 (3.4)
Showed/ described/explained the Country Cards to colleagues (Use 1)
 More frequent (at least once a month) 39 27.3 25 47.2 14 15.6
 Less frequent (less than once a month) 104 72.7 28 52.8 76 84.4
Showed/ described/explained the Country Cards to academic societies representatives working in non-communicable diseases NCD prevention and physical activity promotion (Use 2)
 More frequent (at least once a month) 27 19.0 18 34.0 9 10.1
 Less frequent (less than once a month) 115 81.0 35 66.0 80 89.9
Showed/ described/explained the Country Cards to non-government organizations representatives (Use 3)
 More frequent (at least once a month) 16 11.2 12 22.6 4 4.4
 Less frequent (less than once a month) 127 88.8 41 77.4 86 95.6
Showed/ described/explained the Country Cards to mass media representatives (Use 4)
 More frequent (at least once a month) 11 7.7 9 17.0 2 2.2
 Less frequent (less than once a month) 132 92.3 44 83.0 88 97.8
Showed/ described/explained the Country Cards to students (Use 5)
 More frequent (at least once a month) 30 21.0 21 39.6 9 10.0
 Less frequent (less than once a month) 113 79.0 32 60.4 81 90.0
Showed/ described/explained the Country Cards in congresses or scientific events (Use 6)
 More frequent (at least once a month) 9 6. 3 7 13. 2 2 2. 2
 Less frequent (less than once a month) 134 93. 7 46 86. 8 88 97.8
Included/described/explained the Country Cards in a scientific publication (Use 7)
 More frequent (at least once a month) 14 9.9 11 21.6 3 3.3
 Less frequent (less than once a month) 127 90.1 40 78.4 87 96.7
Included/described/explained the Country Cards as part of a fund raising proposal (Use 8)
 More frequent (at least once a month) 4 2.8 4 7.7 0 0.0
 Less frequent (less than once a month) 137 17.7 48 28.9 89 100.0
Included/described/explained the Country Cards in a policy brief (Use 9)
 More frequent (at least once a month) 7 4.9 7 13.5 0 0.0
 Less frequent (less than once a month) 135 95.1 45 86.5 90 100.0
Presented/described/used the data presented in the Country Cards to advocate for a national surveillance system (Use 10)
 More frequent (at least once a month) 8 5.6 8 15.0 0 0.0
 Less frequent (less than once a month) 135 94.4 45 84.9 90 100.0
Presented/described/used the data presented in the Country Cards to advocate for a national physical activity plan (Use 11)
 More frequent (at least once a month) 15 10. 5 14 26.4 1 1.1
 Less frequent (less than once a month) 128 89.5 39 73.6 89 98.9
Showed/ described/explained the Country Cards to government representatives at any level (local, state, federal) (Use 12)
 More frequent (at least once a month) 12 8.5 10 19.2 2 2.2
 Less frequent (less than once a month) 130 91.6 42 80.8 88 97.8

an does not add to total value of 143 due to missing data

bMean and standard deviation