Early Career Professionals' (Researchers, Practitioners, and Policymakers) Role in Advocating, Disseminating, and Implementing the Global Action Plan on Physical Activity: ISPAH Early Career Network View.

Early Career Professionals' (Researchers, Practitioners, and Policymakers) Role in Advocating, Disseminating, and Implementing the Global Action Plan on Physical Activity: ISPAH Early Career Network View. J Phys Act Health. 2019 Oct 20;:1-5 Authors: Direito A, Murphy JJ, Mclaughlin M, Mair J, Mackenzie K, Kamada M, Sutherland R, Montgomery S, Shilton T, ISPAH Early Career Network Abstract Increasing population levels of physical activity (PA) can assist in achieving the United Nations sustainable development goals, benefiting multiple sectors and contributing to global prosperity. Practices and policies to increase PA levels exist at the subnational, national, and international levels. In 2018, the World Health Organization launched the first Global Action Plan on Physical Activity (GAPPA). The GAPPA provides guidance through a framework of effective and feasible policy actions for increasing PA, and requires engagement and advocacy from a wide spectrum of stakeholders for successful implementation of the proposed actions. Early career professionals, including researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, can play a major role with helping "all people being regularly active" by contributing to 4 overarching areas: (1) generation-of evidence, (2) dissemination-of key messages and evidence, (3) implementation-of the evidence-based actions proposed in the GAPPA, and (4) contributing to advocacy for robust national action plans on PA...
Source: Journal of Physical Activity and Health - Category: Sports Medicine Tags: J Phys Act Health Source Type: research