Heart & Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia, Cancer Care Nova Scotia, & the Canadian Cancer Society: Nova Scotia Division – Action in your Community against Tobacco (ACT) II: Transferability of the Model

Horizons was contracted to conduct an assessment of the current environment to determine the transferability of the Action in your Community against Tobacco (ACT) model to healthy eating and physical activity. ACT is a community-based initiative designed to increase the ability of community members to take action against tobacco in their own communities.

Our activities included:

• Reviewing the ACT Tool Kit and the relevant ACT documents that have been developed over the course of the initiative;
  
• Identifying critical success factors or components contributing to the success of ACT;
  
• Reviewing literature on effective practices in healthy eating/physical activity;
  
• Assessing the congruence between healthy eating/active living success factors and ACT critical success factors;
  
• Identifying key informants on healthy eating/physical activity in Nova Scotia;
  
• Designing and implementing a key informant survey;
  
• Compiling a list of relevant initiatives in healthy eating/physical activity in Nova Scotia;
  
• Applying criteria for determining best and promising practices to the Nova Scotia initiatives; and
  
• Developing recommendations regarding the transferability of the ACT model to healthy eating and physical activity.
  

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