How Do Decision Makers and Service Providers Experience Participatory Approaches to Developing and Implementing Physical Activity Interventions with Older Adults? A Thematic Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Physical activity has numerous health and well-being benefits for older adults, but many older adults are inactive. Interventions designed to increase physical activity in older adults have typically only produced small effects and have not achieved long-term changes. There is increasing interest in participatory approaches to promoting physical activity, such as co-production, co-design and place-based approaches, but they have typically involved researchers as participants. This study aimed to understand the experiences of decision-makers and service developers with the introduction of such participatory approaches when developing new physical activity programmes outside of a research setting. Semi-structured, qualitative interviews were conducted with 20 individuals who were involved in

SUBMITTER: Davies A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7926435 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature