BMC Public Health Supplement | Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy, 2nd Edition (CAPL-2)

The results from a large national research project led by the Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group (HALO) at the CHEO Research Institute shows that about two-thirds of Canadian children haven’t achieved an acceptable level of physical literacy. Physical literacy is more than just fitness or motor skill; it includes the motivation, confidence, physical competence, knowledge and understanding to value and take responsibility for engagement in physical activities for life.

Fourteen articles that looked at different aspects of physical literacy and the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy (CAPL) were published today as a special supplement in the journal BMC Public Health.

Tremblay MS, Costas-Bradstreet C, Barnes JD, Bartlett B, Dampier D, Lalonde C, Leidl R, Longmuir P, McKee M, Patton R, Way R, Yessis J. Canada’s Physical Literacy Consensus Statement: process and outcome. BMC Public Health. 2018;18(Suppl 2):1034.
Longmuir PE, Woodruff SJ, Boyer C, Lloyd M, Tremblay MS. Physical literacy knowledge questionnaire: feasibility, validity, and reliability for Canadian children aged 8 to 12 years. BMC Public Health. 2018;18(Suppl 2):1035.
Tremblay MS, Longmuir PE, Barnes JD, Belander K, Anderson KD, Bruner B, Copeland JL, Delisle Nyström C, Gregg MJ, Hall N, Kolen AM, Lane KN, Law B, MacDonald DJ, Martin LJ, Saunders TJ, Sheehan D, Stone MR, Woodruff SJ. Physical literacy levels of Canadian children aged 8-12 years: descriptive and normative results from the RBC Learn to Play-CAPL project. BMC Public Health. 2018;18(Suppl 2):1036.
Saunders TJ, MacDonald DJ, Copeland JL, Longmuir PE, Barnes JD, Belanger K, Bruner B, Gregg MJ, Hall N, Kolen AM, Law B, Martin LJ, Sheehan D, Stone MR, Woodruff SJ, Tremblay MS. The relationship between sedentary behaviour and physical literacy in Canadian children: a cross-sectional analysis from the RBC-CAPL Learn to Play study. BMC Public Health. 2018;18(Suppl 2):1037.
MacDonald DJ, Saunders TJ, Longmuir PE, Barnes JD, Belanger K, Bruner B, Copeland JL, Gregg MJ, Hall N, Kolen AM, Law B, Martin LJ, Sheehan D, Woodruff SJ, Tremblay MS. A cross-sectional study exploring the relationship between age, gender, and physical measures with adequacy in and prediletion for physical activity. BMC Public Health. 2018;18(Suppl 2):1038.
Law B, Bruner B, Scharoun SM, Anderson K, Gregg M, Hall N, Lane K, MacDonald DJ, Saunders TJ, Sheehan D, Stone MR, Woodruff SJ, Belanger K, Barnes JD, Longmuir PE, Tremblay MS. Associations between teacher training and measures of physical literacy among Canadian 8- to 12-year-old students. BMC Public Health. 2018;18(Suppl 2):1039.
Dutil C, Tremblay MS, Longmuir PE, Barnes JD, Belanger K, Chaput JP. Influence of the relative age effect on children’s scores obtained from the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy. BMC Public Health. 2018;18(Suppl 2):1040.
Lang JJ, Chaput JP, Longmuir PE, Barnes JD, Belanger K, Tomkinson GR, Anderson KD, Bruner B, Copeland JL, Gregg MJ, Hall N, Kolen AM, Lane KN, Law B, MacDonald DJ, Martin LJ, Saunders TJ, Sheehan D, Stone MR, Woodruff SJ, Tremblay MS. Cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with physical literacy in a large sample of Canadian children aged 8 to 12 years. BMC Public Health. 2018;18(Suppl 2):1041.
Belanger K, Barnes JD, Longmuir PE, Anderson KD, Bruner B, Copeland JL, Gregg MJ, Hall N, Kolen AM, Lane KN, Law B, MacDonald DJ, Martin LJ, Saunders TJ, Sheehan D, Stone M, Woodruff SJ, Tremblay MS. The relationship between physical literacy scores and adherence to Canadian physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines. BMC Public Health. 2018;18(Suppl 2):1042.
Delisle Nyström C, Traversy G, Barnes JD, Chaput JP, Longmuir PE, Tremblay MS. Associations between domains of physical literacy by weight status in 8- to 12-year-old Canadian children. BMC Public Health. 2018;18(Suppl 2):1043.
Gunnell KE, Longmuir PE, Barnes JD, Belanger K, Tremblay MS. Refining the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy based on theory and factor analyses. BMC Public Health. 2018;18(Suppl 2):1044.
Gunnell KE, Longmuir PE, Woodruff SJ, Barnes JD, Belanger K, Tremblay MS. Revising the motivation and confidence domain of the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy. BMC Public Health. 2018;18(Suppl 2):1045.
Delisle Nyström C, Barnes JD, Tremblay MS. An exploratory analysis of missing data from the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Learn to Play – Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy (CAPL) project. BMC Public Health. 2018;18(Suppl 2):1046.
Longmuir PE, Gunnell KE, Barnes JD, Belanger K, Leduc G, Woodruff SJ, Tremblay MS. Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy Second Edition: a streamlined assessment of the capacity for physical activity among children 8 to 12 years of age. BMC Public Health. 2018;18(Suppl 2):1047.