Interventions to Promote Physical Activity and Healthy Ageing

Dear Colleagues,

The Healthy Ageing Challenge aims for people to enjoy at least 5 extra healthy, independent years of life by 2035, while narrowing the gap between the experiences of the richest and poorest. Healthy Ageing not only identifies the importance of regular physical activity for the maintenance of good health in mid life, but also how keeping active in mid-life is important in maintaining independence and quality of life as people get older. Global physical activity guidelines highlight the benefits and the importance of helping adults to adopt and maintain regular physical activity participation throughout the lifecourse. With those thoughts in mind, this special issue welcomes submissions that report both the impact and implementation of physical activity intervention on adults and older adults. We encourage original studies investigating the impact of innovative physical activity programmes, as well as those studies that explore the key implementation considerations when delivering interventions, including what worked, as well as what worked less well and why.  Further, we welcome submissions that report on the activities that were undertaken to engage adults and older adults in dialogue around their physical activity preferences and needs and how these were met in the intervention design and delivery phase. We hope you will consider submitting to this special issue and we look forward to hearing from you. Please do not hestitate to get in touch with Nicky Kime or Andy Pringle if you have queries.

Prof. Dr. Andy Pringle
Dr. Nicola Kime
Guest Editors

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