This section includes articles in refereed journals written by centre researchers. (Please note: Ron Plotnikoff, PhD, is the centre’s Senior Research Associate, but is also affiliated with the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation and Centre for Health Promotion Studies. We have included his articles regardless of affiliation.)

Most of the links below take you to article abstracts. In most cases, you will need to subscribe to the journal to access full articles.

In Press

Berry, T.  R., Wharf-Higgins, J., & Naylor, P. J. (in press). SARS wars: Quantifying health risks portrayed in the media. Health Communication.

Plotnikoff, R., Anderson, D., Raine, K., Cook, K., Barrett, L., & Prodaniuk, T. (in press). Scale development of individual and organization infrastructure for heart health promotion in Regional Health Authorities. Health Education Journal.

Plotnikoff, R., McCargar, L., Wilson, P. M., & Loucaides, C. (in press). Efficacy of an electronic messaging intervention on physical activity and nutrition behaviour in the workplace context. American Journal of Health Promotion.

2006

Berry, T. R. (2006). Who's even interested in the exercise message? Attentional bias for exercise and sedentary lifestyle related words. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 28 (1).

Lippke, S. & Plotnikoff, R. (2006). Stages of change in physical exercise: A test of stage discrimination and non-linearity. American Journal of Health Behavior. 30(3), 290-301.

Plotnikoff, R. (2006). Physical activity in the management of diabetes: Population-based perspectives and strategies. Canadian Journal of Diabetes, 30(1), 52-62.

Plotnikoff, R., Spence, J., Tavares, L., Rovniak, L., Bauman, A., Lear, S., & McCargar, L. (2006). Characteristics of participants visiting the Canada on the Move website. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 97(1), S28-S35.

Spence, J., Plotnikoff, R., Rovniak, L., Martin, K., Rodgers, W., & Lear, S. (2006). Perceived neighbourhood correlates of walking among participants visiting the Canada on the Move website. Supplement for Fall 2005 Canadian Journal of Public Health, 97(1), S36-S40.

Tudor-Locke, C., Sisson, S., Lee, S., Craig, C., Plotnikoff, R., & Bauman, A. (2006). Evaluation of quality of commercial pedometers. Supplement for Fall 2005 Canadian Journal of Public Health, 97(1), S10-S15.

Wharf-Higgins, J., Naylor, P.  J., Berry, T. R., O'Connor, D., & Maclean, D. (2006). The health buck stops where? Thematic framing of health discourse to understand the context for CVD prevention. Journal of Health Communication, 11 (3), 1-16.

2005

Anderson, D., Plotnikoff, R., Raine, K., & Barrett L. (2005). Development of measures of individual leadership for health promotion. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance Incorporating Leadership in Health Services, 18(2), i-xii.

Barrett, L.L., Plotnikoff, R.C., Raine, K., & Anderson, D. (2005). Development of measure of organizational leadership for health promotion. Health Education & Behavior Journal, 32(2), 195-207.

Brunet, S., Plotnikoff, R., Raine, K., & Courneya, K. (2005). Physical activity of Aboriginals with Type 2 diabetes: An exploratory study. Ethnicity & Disease, 15, 256-266.

Dressendorfer, R.H., Raine, K., Dyck, R.J., Plotnikoff, R.C., Collins-Nakai, R.L., McLaughlin, W.K., & Ness, K. (2005). A conceptual model of community capacity development for health promotion in the Alberta Heart Health Project. Health Promotion Practice, 6(1), 31-36.

Fein, A.J., Plotnikoff, R.C., Wild, T.C., & Spence, J.C. (2005). An examination of adolescents’ perceptions of the school physical environment related to physical activity. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 3(2), 179-195.

García Bengoechea, E., Spence, J. C., & McGannon, K. (2005). Gender differences in perceived environmental correlates of physical activity. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2 (12).

Oliveira, M., & García Bengoechea, E. (2005) Literature review: Building capacity in community initiatives that promote healthy living. In Deliberative dialogue 2004–2005: Synthesis report. CAPC/CPNP.

Plotnikoff, R. C., Prodaniuk, T. R., Fein, A. J., & Milton, L. (in press). Development of an ecological assessment tool for a workplace physical activity program standard. Health Promotion Practice.6(4), 453-463.

Plotnikoff, R. C., McCargar, L., Wilson, P.M., Loucaides, C.A. (2005). Efficacy of an e-mail intervention for the promotion of physical activity and nutrition behavior in the workplace context. American Journal of Health Promotion: 19(6), 422–429.

Plotnikoff, R., Anderson, D., Raine, K., Cook, K., Barrett, L., & Prodaniuk, T. (2005). Scale development of individual and organization infrastructure for heart health promotion in Regional Health Authorities. Health Education Journal, 64(3), 256-270.

Plotnikoff, R.C., Prodaniuk, T.R., Fein, A.J., & Milton, L. (2005). Development of an ecological assessment tool for a workplace physical activity program standard. Health Promotion Practice, 6(4), 453-463.

Rhodes, R., & Plotnikoff, R. (2005). Can current physical activity act as a reasonable proxy measure of future physical activity? Evaluating cross-sectional and passive perspective designs with the use of social cognition models. Preventive Medicine, 40, 547-555.

2004

Plotnikoff, R. C., Poon, P. P. L., McGannon, K. R., & Prodaniuk, T. (2004). Can workplace active living work? Perspectives from the workplace. AVANTE, 10 (2), 57-70.

Plotnikoff, R. C., Wright, M., & Karunamuni, N. (2004). Knowledge, attitudes and behaviours related to climate change in Alberta, Canada: Implications for public health policy and practice. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 14 (3), 223-229.

Plotnikoff, R., Bercovitz, K., & Loucaides, C. (2004) Physical activity, smoking, and obesity among Canadian school youth: Comparison between urban and rural schools. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 95 (6), 413-418.

Plotnikoff, R., Mayhew, A., Birkett, N., Loucaides, C., & Fodor, G. (2004). Age, gender and urban-rural differences in the correlates of physical activity. Preventive Medicine,39 (6), 1115-1125.

Prodaniuk, T. R., Plotnikoff, R. C., Spence, J., & Wilson, P. M. (2004). The influence of self-efficacy and outcome expectations on the relationship between the perceived environment and physical activity in the workplace. International Journal for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 1 (7), 1-11.

Rhodes, R., Plotnikoff, R. C., & Spence, J. (2004). Creating parsimony at the expense of precision? Conceptual and applied issues of aggregating belief-based constructs in physical activity. Health Education Research, 19 (4), 392-405.

2003

Plotnikoff, R. C., Brez, S., & Brunet, S. (2003). Are exercise social-cognitive factors and behaviours different for adults with diabetes? A randomized community sample. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 8 (4), 465-471.

2002

McGannon, K. R., & Mauws, M. K. (2002). Exploring the exercise adherence problem: An integration of ethnomethodological and poststructuralist perspectives. Sociology of Sport Journal, 19 (1).

Plotnikoff, R. C. (2002). The development of social-cognitive measures in the exercise domain: Issues and challenges. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 6 (4), 255-261.

Plotnikoff, R. C., & Higginbotham, N. (2002). Protection motivation theory and exercise behaviour change for the prevention of coronary heart disease in a high risk, Australian representative community sample of adults. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 7 (1), 87-98.

Spence, J., Plotnikoff, R. C., & Mummery, K. (2002). The awareness and use of Canada’s Physical Activity Guide to Active Living. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 93 (5), 394-396.

2001

Courneya, K., Plotnikoff, R., Hotz, S., & Birkett, N. (2001). Predicting exercise stage transitions over two consecutive 6-month periods: A test of the theory of planned behaviour in a population-based sample. British Journal of Health Psychology, 6, 135-150.

Plotnikoff, R. C., & Higginbotham, N. (2001). Protection motivation theory and exercise behavior change for the prevention of coronary heart disease in a high-risk sample of Australian adults. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 7 (1), 87-98.

Plotnikoff, R., Blanchard, C., Hotz, S., & Rhodes, R. (2001). Validation of the decisional balance constructs of the transtheoretical model in the exercise domain: A longitudinal test in a population sample. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 5 (4), 191-206.

Plotnikoff, R., Hotz, S., Birkett, N., & Courneya, K. (2001). Exercise and the transtheoretical model: A longitudinal test of a population sample. Preventive Medicine, 33, 441-452.

Smith, C., Raine, K., Anderson, D., Dyck, R., Plotnikoff, R. C., Ness, K., & McLaughlin, K. (2001). A preliminary examination of organizational capacity for heart health promotion in Alberta’s Regional Health Authorities. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education.

Spence, J. C., Mandigo, J. L., Poon, P., & Mummery, W. K. (2001). A survey of physical education enrolment at the secondary level in Alberta. AVANTE, 7 (1), 97-106.

2000

Courneya, K. S., Plotnikoff, R. C., Hotz, S. B., & Birkett, N. J. (2000). Social support and the theory of planned behavior in the exercise domain.  American Journal of Health Behavior, 24 (4), 300-308.

Dryden, D. M., Francescutti, L. H., Rowe, B. H., Spence, J. C., & Voaklander, D. C. (2000). Personal risk factors associated with injury among female recreational ice hockey players. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 3 (2), 140-149.

Dryden, D. M., Francescutti, L. H., Rowe, B. H., Spence, J. C., & Voaklander, D. C. (2000). Epidemiology of women’s recreational ice hockey injuries. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 32, 1378-1383.

McGannon, K. R., & Mauws, M. K. (2000). Discursive psychology: An alternative approach for studying adherence to exercise and physical activity. Quest, 52 (2), 148-165.

Mummery, W. K., Spence, J. C., & Hudec, J. C. (2000). Understanding physical activity intention in Canadian school children and youth: An application of the theory of planned behavior. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 71 (2), 116-124.

Plotnikoff, R. C., Brez, S., & Hotz, S. B. (2000). Exercise behavior in a community sample with diabetes: Understanding the determinants of exercise behavioral change. The Diabetes Educator, 26 (3), 450-459.

1998

Mummery, W. K., & Spence, J. C. (1998). Stages of physical activity in the Alberta population. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 89 (6), 412-423.