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“Using examples, explain in detail how you will increase PA and active transport levels, and decrease sitting in this group, across each of the four levels of intervention (individual, group, environmental and policy). “

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The chosen sub-group population for this intervetion is elderly people.
Adults over the age of 65 should:

The US Department of Health and Human Services released guidelines to provide information and guidance on the amount of physical activity recommended to maintain good health and fitness levels.

Do at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity activity a week or 75 minutes of vigorous intensity activity if you are already active, or a combination of both.

Do activities that improve strength, balance and flexibility on at least 2 days a week.
Reduce time spent sitting or lying down and break up long periods of not moving with some activity.

Aim to be phyically active every day. Any activity is better than none. The more you do the better, even if it's just light activity.
Walking is greatly encouraged in older adults.

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Sedentary change in the population as a whole is also a challenge for seniors.

Older adults may feel at risk trying to exercise because of various barriers, motivators and enviromental factors.

Feeling as if they don’t “fit in” in certain physical activity envrioments such as gyms

Living in high populated area’s may make it difficult to exercise due to pollution, crime and lack of place’s to exercise e.g nature parks

Without regular exercise adults over the age of 50 can experiece a range of different health problems such as  reduced muscle mass, strength and physical endurance, reduced balance and flexibilty.

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Bredland, Söderström and Vik (2018) conducted a study on nine retired men aged between 66 and 83. Each of the men wrote a Time Geographic Diary for 7 days, two focus group discussions were held with the men. A Systematic Text Condensation was used to analyse the data.

The analyses identified three categories to describe challenges in being physical active, differences between men and women, meaningful physical activity, and environmental - especially socio-cultural constraints.

The study concludes that to achieve the aim of active ageing, service providers aswell as local authorities need to have a better understanding of the challenges retired men encounter when ageing.

This study highlights vital aspects of the challenges faced by retired men in maintaining their physical activity level.

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A different study by Eronen, Rantakokko and Rantanen (2014) aimed to identify the effect of enviromental facilitators for outdoor walking on development of walking difficulty in community dwelling older people.

This study was a prospective study with a 3.5 year follow up time on 261 people aged between 75-81 years old, who at baseline were able to walk 0.5k without difficulty.

Environmental facilitators for outdoor walking were self-reported with standardized questionnaires, with a number of different questions regarding accessibility to outdoors, parks, recreational areas, features in nearby areas.

Of the participants, 46 % developed walking difficulty during the follow-up. Having a park or other green area within a walking distance from home was the most frequently reported facilitator.

The results indicate that the mobility of older community-dwelling people may be promoted with outdoor recreational facilities that are easy to access and located within a walking distance from home.

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The aim of my intervention is to promote walking and decrease the levels of sednetary in older adults within my community

To do this, I plan to promote a 3k walk twice a week designed for older adults but suitable for anyone to join.

I believe with bulding a strong confident group it will make it fun and easier for people to be physically active and help them to reach their physical activity guidelines.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4LCzlNGKNY

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Waterford greenway

Peoples Park

Natures park tramore

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The project would not need that much money for funding only for posters, use of the club hall to start the walk and any necessary equipment like fruit and water.

To fund this project it would be good to approach local business’s to encourage sponsorhip and also contact Sports parthnerships to let them know about the project and the plans for the fututre.

To spread awareness about the project I would ask different business to display posters in windows to promote, posters will be given to the base group of the walk to spread awareness to friends and family.

Information will be provided on the GAA club’s social media sites which will be a great way of letting people know about the project.

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Bulding a strong, entusiastic, group local people to participate in this walk will make this enjoyable. Getting out of the house for roughly an hour to meet up with friends and partake in the walk.

This will help all the partcipants get closer to meeting their recommended physical activity guidelines. This could be a start for some people but will hopefully lead them to a more physical, healthier lifestyle.

For mothers who want to get a break for an hour, or men who are looking to slowly build themselves up to eventually start running, it’s a great way to open up the lungs and get the blood flowing around the body.

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Bredland, E. L., Söderström, S., & Vik, K. (May 15, 2018). Challenges and motivators to physical activity faced by retired men when ageing: a qualitative study. Bmc Public Health, 18, 1, 1-9.

Eronen, J., von, B. M., Rantakokko, M., & Rantanen, T. (March 01, 2014). Environmental facilitators for outdoor walking and development of walking difficulty in community-dwelling older adults. European Journal of Ageing, 11, 1, 67-75.