this systematic review aims to examine the effectiveness of environmental interventions based on programs at a social level on levels of PA in studies that have employed natural experiments.
Natural experiment studies that involved environmental intervention programs at a social level were included. The primary outcome was levels with consideration of both objective and subjective measurements. An electronic search was carried out in Medline/Pubmed, SCIENCE DIRECT, WEB OF SCIENCE, and CINAHL data bases up to January with two reviewers screening titles and abstracts and selecting studies for full-text reading. Two reviewers also acquired relevant data and evaluated study quality using the ROBINS I tool. A qualitative analysis was performed.
Three thousand eight hundred and sixty-five articles were found in the consulted databases. After eliminating duplication ( ), two reviewers screened, titles and abstracts and excluded, criteria, leaving those that did not meet the inclusion articles to be read in full text. The full texts were reviewed of which papers met the eligibility criteria. All were natural experiments published between and all evaluated environmental social programs revealing that social programs at the environmental level promoted PA in various populations at the community level worldwide.
The reviewed studies suggest innovative proposals for social programs that seek to increase PA and promote healthy lifestyles related to public activity policies developed in the countries in which they were generated. Environmental social programs can positively impact PA levels among children and adults and prevent he presentation of chronic disease.
Environmental social programs can positively impact PA levels among children and adults. The impact of those programs decreases the presentation of chronic disease and improves health habits
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