Public Seminar - Physical Activity and Nutrition
This public seminar hosted by the University of Newcastle Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition presents Associate Professor Annemarie Wagemakers from Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
Tackling physical activity inequalities: the promise of community-based health enhancing physical activity programs
Associate Professor Annemarie Wagemakers
Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Socially vulnerable groups are less engaged in sport and physical activity compared to other groups. To tackle this inequality, Dutch policy promotes community-based health enhancing physical activity (CBHEPA) programs. Annemarie Wagemakers and her colleagues carried out a comprehensive evaluation of these programs in order to assess the 1) effectiveness of CBHEPA programs at participant level, 2) appreciation of principles for action at group level, and 3) underlying mechanism explaining what worked and why at program level. In this lecture, results of the study will be discussed as well as the use of mixed methods to evaluate CBHEPA programs, the role of the researcher and implications for research, policy and practice.
Annemarie Wagemakers, Associate Professor Group Health & Society, Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University, has a long standing experience in studying the combined influence of lifestyle and the social and physical environment of health and well-being in real-life settings. She has a special interest in facilitating and evaluating public health promotion projects and the use of mixed methods, including participatory action approaches. Annemarie is project leader and co-promotor in several different research projects, for example the projects Communities on the Move and Connecting Care, Sport and Physical Activity. She is also engaged in research on citizen Science for Public Health and Community Development of Indigenous Populations in Australia. Topics addressed are physical activity promotion, integrated care alliances, and Community-Based STI/HIV Prevention. Read more about the group Health & Society at www.hso.wur.nl
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