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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  -­‐  B.M.E.Laventure@Lboro.ac.uk,    

and  Secretariat  -­‐  Liesbeth  Preller  –    liesbeth.preller@kcsport.nl    

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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  

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