Challenges, opportunities and solutions for local physical activity stakeholders: an implementation case study from a cross-sectoral physical activity network in Northeast England.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasingly, national policy initiatives and programmes have been developed to increase physical activity (PA). However, challenges in implementing and translating these policies into effective local-level programmes have persisted, and change in population PA levels has been small. This may be due to insufficient attention given to the implementation context, and the limited interactions between local policy-makers, practitioners and researchers. In this paper we use a case study of a cross-sectoral network in Northeast England, to identify the local-level challenges and opportunities for implementing PA policies and programmes, particularly the updated 2019 UK PA guidelines.

Methods

Five focus groups (n = 59) were conducted with practice partners, local policy-

SUBMITTER: P Rigby B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7686773 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature