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HEPA Europe – the European Network for the promo5on of health enhancing physical ac5vity Ac5ve Ageing Working Group – established 2010
hDp://www.euro.who.int/en/health-‐topics/disease-‐preven5on/physical-‐ac5vity/ac5vi5es/hepa-‐europe Contacts for further informa5on Chair -‐ Bob Laventure -‐ [email protected],
and Secretariat -‐ Liesbeth Preller – [email protected]
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Current ac*ons and strategies • Annual mee5ng at HEPA EUROPE conference (Belfast 2016) • Communica5ons via Linkedin (2015 onwards) • Collabora5on with other EU Health, ac5ve ageing networks and
plaWorms including the EU ProFouND Falls Network and EuroSafe European Associa5on for Injury Preven5on and Safety Promo5on.
• Contribu5ng to the ROME Statement on Ac5ve Ageing together with EUNAAPA
• Hos5ng joint symposia and mee5ngs eg EUNAPPA European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS) conference RoDerdam 2014.
• Strategies to support members through interest groups -‐ eg. walking, sedentary behaviour, residen5al care homes
Objec*ves: -‐ The HEPA Ac5ve Ageing working group aims to • Iden5fy the main barriers (social, physical, spa5al,
financial) to sport and physical ac5vity par5cipa5on by older adults.
• Outline strategies for increasing par5cipa5on in health enhancing physical ac5vity for older adults
• Iden5fy specific needs in the area of research, evidence and prac5ce with regard to a range of effec5ve interven5ons
• Provide a plaWorm for the exchange of prac5ce, training and educa5on and the dissemina5on of scien5fic knowledge to policy makers and prac55oners.
Ac*ons to support ProFouND and falls preven*on ProFouND ac5vi5es have been disseminated to member groups and organisa5ons via: • HEPA Ac5ve Ageing members contact group (60 members) • The annual HEPA Conference (Zurich 2014 and Istanbul October 2015) • Linkedin electronic communica5ons network. The HEPA AA working group is challenged by being a small working group with no funding and as yet, the impact of the work to promote Ac5ve Ageing and Falls preven5on is unclear. However, we will con5nue with dissemina5on of ProFouND tools and learning