Oyeyemi Adewale Luqman, Oyeyemi Adetoyeje Yoonus, Omotara Babatunji Abayomi, Lawan Aliyu, Akinroye Kingsley Kolapo, Adedoyin Rufus Adesoji, Ramírez Andrea
Department of Physiotherapy, College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria.
Department of Community Medicine, College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria.
Pan Afr Med J. 2018 Jun 26;30:175. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2018.30.175.12679. eCollection 2018.
Appraising the status of physical activity surveillance, research and policy in Nigeria is relevant to national and regional public health actions on physical activity promotion and non-communicable disease control. This study aimed to 1) evaluate the physical activity profile of Nigeria and 2) propose strategies for improving physical activity in the country. The Global Observatory for Physical Activity-GoPA! with inputs from local experts systematically collected sociodemographic and physical activity surveillance, national policy and research indicators data for Nigeria in 2014. The Nigerian Country Card highlighting the status of these indicators was developed in 2015 and launched in 2016. Prevalence of physical activity among Nigerian adults was 78% (female=76%, male=79%). There was no physical activity surveillance system and national plan, and no empirical data on the proportion of all deaths directly due to physical inactivity in Nigeria. Few (n=7) articles related to physical activity and public health were published in 2013 and the country occupied the 38 position in the global research ranking, contributing about 0.24% to physical activity research worldwide. Implementing national physical activity plans and multi-sectorial collaborations between government and non-governmental partners are needed to improve physical activity surveillance, research and policy in Nigeria and other African countries with similar physical activity gaps.
评估尼日利亚身体活动监测、研究及政策的现状，对于国家和地区在促进身体活动及控制非传染性疾病方面的公共卫生行动具有重要意义。本研究旨在：1）评估尼日利亚的身体活动状况；2）提出改善该国身体活动的策略。全球身体活动观测站（Global Observatory for Physical Activity, GoPA!）在当地专家的协助下，于2014年系统收集了尼日利亚的社会人口统计学和身体活动监测、国家政策及研究指标数据。突出这些指标状况的尼日利亚国情卡于2015年编制完成，并于2016年发布。尼日利亚成年人的身体活动患病率为78%（女性=76%，男性=79%）。该国没有身体活动监测系统和国家计划，也没有关于尼日利亚所有直接因缺乏身体活动导致死亡比例的实证数据。2013年发表的与身体活动和公共卫生相关的文章很少（n = 7），该国在全球研究排名中位列第38位，对全球身体活动研究的贡献约为0.24%。尼日利亚及其他存在类似身体活动差距的非洲国家需要实施国家身体活动计划，并加强政府与非政府伙伴之间的多部门合作，以改善身体活动监测、研究及政策。
