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Table 1 Intervention community characteristics and target groups.

From: Scaling up community-based obesity prevention in Australia: Background and evaluation design of the Health Promoting Communities: Being Active Eating Well initiative

Intervention Community

Community characteristics

Primary target group

Secondary target group

1

Rural and urban townships

High percentage of socio-economic disadvantage

Primary school aged children

Families, carers, older adults and seniors

2

Urban

Culturally and linguistically diverse

Socio-economic disadvantage

Children 0-12 years

Families, carers, older adults and seniors

3

Rural townships

High percentage of socio-economic disadvantage

Significant proportion of young people

Secondary school aged children

Older adults

4

Urban

Culturally and linguistically diverse

High percentage of socio-economic disadvantage

Secondary school aged children

Young people newly arrived from overseas

5

Rural

Culturally homogenous

Ageing population group

High percentage of socio-economic disadvantage

Working adults

Wider community