1. Physical Activity, Sports and Health
The Quebec Experience
Robert Bédard
Director, Sports and physical activity
Ministère de l'Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport (MELS)
Quebec Government

2. Health
Leverage effect
Scientific strictness

3. Mission: to promote a physically
active lifestyle in order to
contribute to the Quebec
population's well-being

4. Promotion of an active lifestyle
Health and
MELS social services
DSAP department
National
coordination team
4 persons
18 regional
35 Kino- health and social
Québec services agencies
advisors

5. Advise
(physical activity expert)
Support
Consult
Disseminate information
Form
Convince decision makers
Physical education
Kinesiology
Public health

6. The 1980's
Cuts in public spending
$: -50%
Epidemiological study

7. Credibility and visibility
Integration in
the public health Eco-environmental
network strategy
Partnership
Limited
clean Intervention upstream of
methods community
Constellation of means:
Trans-sectoral work

8. Kino-Québec: C$2,500,000
(€1,6 M)
35 cents/person/year

10. Eco-environmental approach
Partnership
Consultation
Trans-sectoral
Personal Environmental,
factors organisational,
and social
factors
Local, regional and
national interventions

13. SCHOOL MUNICIPALITY

19. www.kino-quebec.qc.ca

20. But more,
is even better !

21. Maturity, experience (30
years...)
Public health network
National coordination team
Health promotion approach
Constellation of means:
Justification (evidence)
Intermediaries
Eco-environmental approach
Physical Activity and Public Health
The Quebec Experience
Robert Bédard www.kino-quebec.qc.ca
Director, Sports and physical activity www.mels.gouv.qc.ca
Ministère de l'Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport