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The role and attitude of senior leaders in promoting group-based community physical activity: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: In the context of worldwide public health, it is very important to promote physical activity among the older people. This study explored the roles and attitudes of senior leaders in promoting group-based exercise in their local communities, specifically to determine the level and extent...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7532647/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33008403 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01795-2 |
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author | Komatsu, Hiroko Yagasaki, Kaori Oguma, Yuko Saito, Yoshinobu Komatsu, Yasuhiro |
author_facet | Komatsu, Hiroko Yagasaki, Kaori Oguma, Yuko Saito, Yoshinobu Komatsu, Yasuhiro |
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description | BACKGROUND: In the context of worldwide public health, it is very important to promote physical activity among the older people. This study explored the roles and attitudes of senior leaders in promoting group-based exercise in their local communities, specifically to determine the level and extent to which to elderly participation was encouraged. METHODS: This study conducted semi-structured face-to-face in-depth interviews and employed a subsequent thematic analysis. Participants included 10 club leaders and five sub-leaders who were working at senior clubs in Fujisawa-city, Kanagawa, Japan, from July to September 2018. RESULTS: Four themes emerged from the interview responses, including “unwavering attitude/conviction in relation to the vision,” “leaders must set an example,” “a search for balance in delegating responsibilities to members,” and “creating and fostering culture and environment of mutual help.” Further, each participant outlined several aims, including “achieving healthy longevity for the entire local community,” “having older people promote healthy activities among the older people,” and “creating a pro-health town.” CONCLUSIONS: Findings indicate that policymakers, public health workers, and healthcare providers should recognize the pivotal roles that senior group leaders play in promoting healthy activities for the older people. These efforts should be strongly considered when developing policies and strategies designed to promote overall healthy longevity from a general community perspective. |
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spelling | pubmed-75326472020-10-05 The role and attitude of senior leaders in promoting group-based community physical activity: a qualitative study Komatsu, Hiroko Yagasaki, Kaori Oguma, Yuko Saito, Yoshinobu Komatsu, Yasuhiro BMC Geriatr Research Article BACKGROUND: In the context of worldwide public health, it is very important to promote physical activity among the older people. This study explored the roles and attitudes of senior leaders in promoting group-based exercise in their local communities, specifically to determine the level and extent to which to elderly participation was encouraged. METHODS: This study conducted semi-structured face-to-face in-depth interviews and employed a subsequent thematic analysis. Participants included 10 club leaders and five sub-leaders who were working at senior clubs in Fujisawa-city, Kanagawa, Japan, from July to September 2018. RESULTS: Four themes emerged from the interview responses, including “unwavering attitude/conviction in relation to the vision,” “leaders must set an example,” “a search for balance in delegating responsibilities to members,” and “creating and fostering culture and environment of mutual help.” Further, each participant outlined several aims, including “achieving healthy longevity for the entire local community,” “having older people promote healthy activities among the older people,” and “creating a pro-health town.” CONCLUSIONS: Findings indicate that policymakers, public health workers, and healthcare providers should recognize the pivotal roles that senior group leaders play in promoting healthy activities for the older people. These efforts should be strongly considered when developing policies and strategies designed to promote overall healthy longevity from a general community perspective. BioMed Central 2020-10-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7532647/ /pubmed/33008403 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01795-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Komatsu, Hiroko Yagasaki, Kaori Oguma, Yuko Saito, Yoshinobu Komatsu, Yasuhiro The role and attitude of senior leaders in promoting group-based community physical activity: a qualitative study |
title | The role and attitude of senior leaders in promoting group-based community physical activity: a qualitative study |
title_full | The role and attitude of senior leaders in promoting group-based community physical activity: a qualitative study |
title_fullStr | The role and attitude of senior leaders in promoting group-based community physical activity: a qualitative study |
title_full_unstemmed | The role and attitude of senior leaders in promoting group-based community physical activity: a qualitative study |
title_short | The role and attitude of senior leaders in promoting group-based community physical activity: a qualitative study |
title_sort | role and attitude of senior leaders in promoting group-based community physical activity: a qualitative study |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7532647/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33008403 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01795-2 |
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