Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L1, Canada.
CCB Consulting, Burlington, ON, L7L 3A3, Canada.
BMC Public Health. 2018 Oct 2;18(Suppl 2):1034. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5903-x.
Healthy movement behaviours of Canadian children and youth have been found to be suboptimal; this is associated with declines in physical fitness, increases in obesity, and elevated chronic disease risk. Physical literacy is an evolving construct representing foundational domains upon which physically active lifestyles are based. Many sectors and organizations in Canada are embracing physical literacy in their programs, practices, policies, and research; however, the use of inconsistent definitions and conceptualizations of physical literacy had been identified by stakeholders as hindering promotion and advancement efforts.
With leadership from ParticipACTION, organizations from the physical activity, public health, sport, physical education, and recreation sectors collaborated to create a physical literacy consensus definition and position statement for use by all Canadian organizations and individuals. The process involved an environmental scan, survey of related evidence, stakeholder consultations, and creation of a Steering Committee. From this background work a consensus statement was drafted, shared with stakeholders, revised, and ratified.
Canada's Physical Literacy Consensus Statement was launched in June 2015 at the International Physical Literacy Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. To further promote the Consensus Statement, the Sport for Life Society developed and simultaneously released the "Vancouver Declaration", which contained additional guidance on physical literacy. Both the Consensus Statement and the Declaration endorsed the International Physical Literacy Association's definition of physical literacy, namely "the motivation, confidence, physical competence, knowledge and understanding to value and take responsibility for engagement in physical activities for life".
Sector partners hope that the Consensus Statement, with its standardized definition, brings greater harmony, synergy, and consistency to physical literacy efforts in Canada and internationally. Going forward, the impact of this initiative on the sector, and the more distal goal of increasing habitual physical activity levels, should be assessed.
加拿大儿童和青少年的健康运动行为被发现并不理想；这与身体适应性下降、肥胖增加和慢性病风险升高有关。身体素养是一个不断发展的概念，代表了积极生活方式所基于的基本领域。加拿大许多部门和组织都在其项目、实践、政策和研究中接受身体素养；然而，利益相关者已经发现，身体素养的使用存在不一致的定义和概念化，这阻碍了推广和发展的努力。
在 ParticipACTION 的领导下，来自体育活动、公共卫生、体育、体育教育和娱乐部门的组织合作制定了一个身体素养共识定义和立场声明，供所有加拿大组织和个人使用。该过程涉及环境扫描、相关证据调查、利益相关者咨询以及指导委员会的创建。从这项背景工作中起草了一份共识声明，与利益相关者分享，进行修订和批准。
加拿大的身体素养共识声明于 2015 年 6 月在不列颠哥伦比亚省温哥华举行的国际身体素养会议上发布。为了进一步推广共识声明，运动生活协会制定并同时发布了“温哥华宣言”，其中包含了身体素养的额外指导。共识声明和宣言都赞同国际身体素养协会对身体素养的定义，即“参与体育活动的动力、信心、身体能力、知识和理解，以重视和承担责任，终身参与体育活动”。
部门合作伙伴希望，有了标准化的定义，共识声明将为加拿大和国际上的身体素养工作带来更大的和谐、协同和一致性。展望未来，应该评估该倡议对该部门的影响，以及提高习惯性身体活动水平的更遥远目标。
