Heart Walk Evaluation, Victoria, 1994-1996

This survey was designed to evaluate three Heart Foundation community level walk based campaigns. It focuses on the following questions. What is the role of community walks in a community? What is the role of the Heart Foundation in community walks? Do the walks increase the understanding of the benefits of moderate exercise? Finally, do the walks increase the participation in moderate exercise by community members? The main variables are; what type of exercise did you engage in, how often did you exercise, in particular how often and in what situations did you walk; what you thought the health benefits of walking were, and whether you were aware of the advertising campaign associated with the Heart Walk project or not. The background variables are sex and age. Data in this study are 00939-bms, 00939-bts, 00939-gms, 00939-lms, 00939-lps, and 00939-lts.