PUBLICATIONS: CHOOSE TO MOVE

1.   McKay, H., Sims-Gould, J., Nettlefold, L., Hoy, C., & Bauman, A. (2017). Implementing and evaluating an older adult physical activity model at scale: framework for action Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine 2(2), 10 19. https://dx.doi.org/10.1249/tjx.0000000000000026

2.   McKay, H., Nettlefold, L., Bauman, A., Hoy, C., Gray, S. M., Lau, E., & Sims-Gould, J. (2018). Implementation of a Co-Designed Physical Activity Program for Older Adults: Positive Impact When Delivered at Scale. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 1289. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6210-2

3.   McKay, H., Nettlefold, L., Hoy, C., Bauman, A., & Sims-Gould, J. (2019). Bright Spots. Physical Activity Investments that work: Choose to Move – Scaling-up a physical activity model for older adults. The British Journal of Sports Medicine, 53(15), 976-977. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2017-098990

4.   Sims-Gould, J., McKay, H. A., Hoy, C., Nettlefold, L., Gray, S. Lau, E., & Bauman, A. (2019). Factors that influence implementation at scale of a community-based health promotion intervention for older adults. BMC Public Health, 19(1619). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7984-6

5.   Gray, S. M., McKay H. A., Hoy, C. L., Lau, E., Ahn, R., Lusina-Furst, S., & Sims-Gould, J. (2020). Getting Ready for Scale-Up of an Effective Older Adult Physical Activity Program: Characterizing the Adaptation Process. Prevention Science, 21, 355-365. https://doi.org/10.10071s11121-019-01085-3

6.   Franke, T., Sims-Gould, J., Nettlefold, L., Ottoni, C., & McKay, H. A. (2021). "It makes me feel not so alone”: Features of a physical activity intervention that reduce loneliness in older adults. A Choose to Move study. BMC Public Health, 21, 312. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10363-1

7. Sims-Gould, J., Elliott, J., Tong, C., Giguere, A., Mallinson, S. & Stolee, P. (2021). A national intervention to support frail older adults in primary care: An adapted implementation framework. BMC Geriatrics, 21, 453. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02395-4

8.  McKay, H.A., Nettlefold, L., Sims-Gould, J., Macdonald, H.M., Khan, K.M., & Bauman A. (2022). Status quo or drop off: Do older adults maintain benefits from Choose to Move—A Scaled-Up Physical Activity Program—12 Months after withdrawing from the intervention? Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 18(10): 1236-1244. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2020-0850

9. Gray, S., Franke, T., Nettlefold, L., Sims-Gould, J., & McKay, H.A. (2022). Choose to Move at Home: Rapidly adapting an effective health promoting intervention for older adults for the ‘stay-at-home’ COVID-19 environment. BMC Public Health, 22, 1172. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13547-5

10. Sims-Gould J., McKay H.A. & Franke T. (2022). How central support built capacity to deliver a health promoting intervention for older adults in Canada. Health & Social Care in the Community, 30(5):e3063-e3074. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13751

11. Gray, S., Franke, T., Nettlefold, L., Sims-Gould, J. & McKay, H.A. (2022). Choose to Move at Home: Rapidly adapting an effective health promoting intervention for older adults for the ‘stay-at-home’ COVID-19 environment. BMC Public Health, 22, 1172. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13547-5

12. Nettlefold, L., Gray, S.M., Sims-Gould, J. & McKay, H.A. (2023). From Start-up to Scale-Up of a Health Promoting Intervention for Older Adults: The Choose to Move Story. Kinesiology Review, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1123/kr.2022-0034

13. McKay, H.A., Macdonald, H., Nettlefold, L., Weatherson, K., Gray, S.M., Bauman, A., Khan, K.M. & Sims Gould, J. (2023). What is the ‘voltage drop’ when an effective health promoting intervention for older adults—Choose to Move (Phase 3)—is implemented at broad scale? PLOS ONE, 18(5):e0268164. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268164

14. Gray, S.M., Nettlefold, L., Mackey, D.C., Sims Gould, J. & McKay, H.A. (2023). Feasibility of a virtual health promoting intervention (Choose to Move) for older adults: A rapid adaptation in response to COVID-19. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2023-0011

To learn more about the Choose to Move program, visit www.choosetomove.ca. 

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