TY - JOUR
T1 - The ENJOY Seniors Exercise Park IMP-ACT project
T2 - IMProving older people’s health through physical ACTivity: a hybrid II implementation design study protocol
AU - Levinger, Pazit
AU - Fearn, Marcia
AU - Dreher, Bronwyn
AU - Bauman, Adrian
AU - Brusco, Natasha K.
AU - Gilbert, Andrew
AU - Soh, Sze Ee
AU - Burton, Elissa
AU - James, Lisa
AU - Hill, Keith D.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the City of Whittlesea, Nillumbik Shire Council, Hobsons Bay City Council, Wyndham City Council, Mitchell Shire Council and Parks and Leisure Australia VIC/Tasmania for their collaboration and partnership in this project. Moreover, we would like to thank Lark Industries for the Seniors Exercise Park equipment installation and associated advice and support at the relevant sites. Finally, we would like to thank consumer representatives (older people/local volunteers) who have been involved in the conceptualisation of the project and associated advise and support.
Funding Information:
This study is funded by The Commonwealth of Australia—Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) —Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Mission—2021. This funding source had no role in the design of the study, and will not have any role during its execution, analyses, interpretation of the data, and in writing the manuscript for publication.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024/3/26
Y1 - 2024/3/26
N2 - Introduction: The health benefits of physical activity are well established; however, most older people are not sufficiently physically active. Despite the availability of various physical activity interventions and programs, implementation of effective prevention strategies to reduce older people’s physical inactivity are lacking. The ENJOY IMP-ACT project is an implementation research project, based on a previous evidence-based physical and social activity program utilising specialised outdoor exercise equipment (the Seniors Exercise Park) for older people. The ENJOY IMP-ACT aims to increase participation in physical activity to improve health outcomes for older people in Victoria, Australia. Method: The ENJOY IMP-ACT is a hybrid II implementation-effectiveness pre-post mixed method study design. Five local governments (6 public sites/parks) will undergo a 3-month control period followed by 9-months implementation intervention (TERM framework intervention: Training, Engagement, Resources development, Marketing and promotion), and a maintenance phase (3 months). Various methodologies will be employed throughout the project at each site and will include direct observations of park users, intercept surveys with park users, online access monitor platform (using an online app), interviews with stakeholders and exercise program leaders, a process evaluation of physical activity programs, a social return-on-investment analysis, and other related activities. Discussion: Through the implementation framework design, the ENJOY IMP-ACT is uniquely placed to translate an evidenced-based physical and social activity program into real world settings and increase physical activity among older people. If successful, this program will inform scale up across Australia with the goal of improving the health and wellbeing of older people. Trial registration: This registration trial is prospectively registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry. Trial number ACTRN12622001256763. Date registered 20/09/2022.
AB - Introduction: The health benefits of physical activity are well established; however, most older people are not sufficiently physically active. Despite the availability of various physical activity interventions and programs, implementation of effective prevention strategies to reduce older people’s physical inactivity are lacking. The ENJOY IMP-ACT project is an implementation research project, based on a previous evidence-based physical and social activity program utilising specialised outdoor exercise equipment (the Seniors Exercise Park) for older people. The ENJOY IMP-ACT aims to increase participation in physical activity to improve health outcomes for older people in Victoria, Australia. Method: The ENJOY IMP-ACT is a hybrid II implementation-effectiveness pre-post mixed method study design. Five local governments (6 public sites/parks) will undergo a 3-month control period followed by 9-months implementation intervention (TERM framework intervention: Training, Engagement, Resources development, Marketing and promotion), and a maintenance phase (3 months). Various methodologies will be employed throughout the project at each site and will include direct observations of park users, intercept surveys with park users, online access monitor platform (using an online app), interviews with stakeholders and exercise program leaders, a process evaluation of physical activity programs, a social return-on-investment analysis, and other related activities. Discussion: Through the implementation framework design, the ENJOY IMP-ACT is uniquely placed to translate an evidenced-based physical and social activity program into real world settings and increase physical activity among older people. If successful, this program will inform scale up across Australia with the goal of improving the health and wellbeing of older people. Trial registration: This registration trial is prospectively registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry. Trial number ACTRN12622001256763. Date registered 20/09/2022.
KW - Built environment
KW - Exercise
KW - Older people
KW - Physical activity
KW - Seniors Exercise Park
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85189019520&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1186/s13690-024-01262-z
DO - 10.1186/s13690-024-01262-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 38532524
AN - SCOPUS:85189019520
SN - 0778-7367
VL - 82
JO - Archives of Public Health
JF - Archives of Public Health
IS - 1
M1 - 43
ER -
