dc.contributor.author	Blair, Aaron
dc.coverage.spatial	Ontario, Canada	en_US
dc.coverage.temporal	2007-2024	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2025-03-26T17:20:40Z
dc.date.available	2025-03-26T17:20:40Z
dc.date.issued	2024-12-13
dc.identifier.other	638c39a0-188f-41bc-bec0-373d894548e7	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10428/7380
dc.description.abstract	In 2007, Canada introduced the Child Fitness Tax Credit, or CFTC. The CFTC was created to increase activity among children. At CFTC inception, it was estimated that only 37.6 percent of the target group met the guideline of at least 60 minutes of daily physical activity (Canada, 2013). The benefits of increased activity include reducing the risk of acquiring chronic diseases (Canada, 2013). Reducing chronic disease has positive fiscal implications. The costs to treat obesity-related disease rose by ~ 750 million dollars CAD between 2000-2008 in Canada (Government of Canada, 2011). In 2017 the Department of Finance issued a report which cited a lack of evidence that the CFTC had successfully increased activity levels (Department of Finance, 2017). Data used to justify the cancellation of the CFTC relied upon the Canada Community Health Survey (CCHS). However, there was no attempt to correlate CFTC utilization to activity reporting. The CFTC had the highest utilization in the Province of Ontario. This research aims to explore the experiences of a key stakeholder group that was not engaged in the program evaluation process. While the findings of this study provide valuable insights to better understand the impact that the CFTC had on increasing participation in organized fitness activities, it is important to recognize that the homogeneity of the sample group limits the applicability and generalizability of the results to broader, more diverse contexts (Smith et al., 2009).	en_US
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dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.rights	This dissertation is protected by the Copyright Laws of the United States (Public Law 94-553, revised in 1976). Consistent with fair use as defined in the Copyright Laws, brief quotations from this material are allowed with proper acknowledgement. Use of the materials for financial gain with the author's expressed written permissions is not allowed.	en_US
dc.subject	Public administration	en_US
dc.subject	Public health	en_US
dc.subject	Dissertations, Academic--United States	en_US
dc.subject	Canada	en_US
dc.subject	Ontario	en_US
dc.subject	Public health--Evaluation	en_US
dc.title	Revisiting the Child Fitness Tax Credit Efficacy in Southwestern Ontario: A Qualitative Program Review	en_US
dc.type	Dissertation	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Department of Political Science of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences	en_US
dc.description.advisor	Jha, Nandan
dc.description.committee	Watson, William
dc.description.committee	Song, Minsun
dc.description.degree	D.P.A	en_US
dc.description.major	Political Science	en_US