Grant: Operating Grant: Population Health Intervention Research

The majority of Canadian children are physically inactive. Furthermore, children living in low-income families are less likely to be physically active and to engage in organized sport than children from wealthier families. Thus, governments, both Federal and some Provincial, have implemented tax incentives and other subsidies to help reduce the costs associated with registering in organized physical activity(PA) programs. Unfortunately little is known about the effectiveness of such initiatives. The proposed projects will examine if a new credit to be introduced in Alberta is effective for promoting physical activity among children and whether such incentives may actually increase the income gradient for physical activity.