Journal Article

IMPLEMENTATION MATTERS: SCALE-UP OF AN OLDER ADULT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY MODEL

Hoy, C., Sims-Gould, J., Nettlefold, L., Bauman, A., McKay, H.A.

2017

Overview

To improve the health of populations, effective interventions from research settings must be implemented at scale. Further, physical activity reduces the risk of chronic disease and improves older adult health. Despite this, we know little about delivery of physical activity interventions at scale. Thus, with key partners we developed, implemented and assessed an evidence-based intervention (Choose to Move; CTM) that aimed to increase physical activity and social connectedness of low active older adults across BC. We describe our conceptual framework for implementation and evaluation of CTM at scale and share findings from our mixed methods implementation evaluation, with a focus on delivery partners. At baseline for decision makers at delivery partner organizations (semi-structured interviews); funding, relationships and infrastructure were perceived as key facilitators to delivering CTM at scale. Choose to Move has potential to be delivered more broadly as a feasible, scalable model for community-wide physical activity among older adults.

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Subject: Abstracts