Promotion of Physical Activity for the General Older Population

“Someone’s Got My Back”: Older People’s Experience of the Coaching for Healthy Ageing Program for Promoting Physical Activity and Preventing Falls

“…Poor motivation is a primary reason for inactivity among older adults (Kosma & Cardinal, 2016). Motivation may be affected by low self-efficacy, chronic medical conditions, pain, and fear about injury (Hill, 2018). In particular, fear of falling can lead to the avoidance of PA (Hornyak et al, 2013;Stathi, Fox, Withall, Bentley, & Thompson, 2014).…”

“…Social and environmental contexts can profoundly impact the options for PA (World Health Organization, 2015). Important factors include financial costs, time constraints (Hoare, Stavreski, Jennings, & Kingwell, 2017), and poor adaptation of programs for older adults (Hill, 2018), including those with cultural or gender-specific preferences about exercise (Devereux-Fitzgerald, Powell, Dewhurst, & French, 2016;Franco, Tong, et al, 2015;Kosma & Cardinal, 2016). Older adults may prefer flexible, noncompetitive activities with people of a similar age (Burton, Khan, & Brown, 2012).…”