Abstract
Introduction Socially disadvantaged women (SDW) have lower levels of physical activity (PA), health inequalities and poorer health outcomes. These are associated with social determinants of health, e.g. Socioeconomic position and ethnic minority. Developing effective behaviour change programmes for SDW is complex due to disparities such as limited income and/or culturally inappropriate settings. These intricacies are often overlooked in PA policy. Consequently, interventions aimed at SDW often fail to show adequate reach, adoption and/or maintenance of PA. Therefore, we aim to inform policy and practice by developing needs-led PA interventions with SDW using Intervention Mapping (IM). IM begins with a needs assessment and follows an iterative six step process for planning interventions. Method Needs assessment tasks involved regular researcher participation in local PA sessions with SDW. The researcher also conducted 17 semi-structured interviews with SDW and community PA practitioners on the topic of PA. This data was thematically analysed and used within the first step of IM: to create a logic model of the PA health problem. Results Data gathered from interviews shows PA variety and suitable opportunities in Leeds and surrounding areas are lacking for SDW. These insights have demonstrated that the needs of SDW are essential to inform IM, PA policy and practice. Conclusion IM begins with a needs-led approach when tackling the health problem of inactivity for SDW. IM will continue to be used to design a comprehensive tool for practice and inform PA policy for SDW.
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Status: | Unpublished |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Physical Activity, women, inequalities, low income, socioeconomic, ethnic minorities, hard-to-reach, social disadvantage, inactivity, intervention, |
Depositing User (symplectic) | Deposited by Brook, Kathryn |
Date Deposited: | 17 Oct 2018 11:01 |
Last Modified: | 16 Jul 2024 17:34 |
Event Title: | 7th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress (ISPAH) |
Event Dates: | 15 October 2018 - 17 October 2018 |
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Poster) |
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