ADVANCING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY KNOWLEDGE AND PARTICIPATION

AMONG CANADIANS LIVING WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY

Based at McMaster University, SCI Action Canada is an ongoing, collaborative endeavour bringing together university-based researchers, knowledge mobilization specialists, support networks, service groups and community members focused on advancing physical activity, knowledge and participation among Canadians living with spinal cord injury.

Our Mission

To develop and mobilize strategies that inform, teach and enable people living with SCI to initiate and maintain a physically active lifestyle.

Our Objectives

To determine the ideal messages and messengers for conveying physical activity information to the SCI community

To develop evidence-based interventions to increase physical activity participation in the SCI community

To work with our partners to disseminate physical activity-enhancing initiatives to the SCI community

To monitor physical activity participation within the SCI population

Our Goal

By 2012, to reduce the number of physically inactive Canadians with a SCI by 20%

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