[Participate] Physical Activity and Social Support for Rural-Dwelling Older Adults

We'd like to share a research project looking at Physical Activity and Social Support for Rural-Dwelling Older Adults. Please find more information below and attached. If you have any questions please connect directly with the project staff (contact information included in the attached documents).

Purpose of Project

This project seeks to generate priority actions to improve the social support, physical activity, and thus the health of older adults living in rural communities.

What will happen during the project?

This is a two-phase project that will explore the experiences, needs, values, and priorities of persons with lived experience of physical activity social support in rural communities. In the first part, we engaged a diverse group of people with lived experience to participate in individual interviews. In Phase 2, we will host a consensus building workshop using deliberative dialogue. We will undertake the workshop with approximately 10-15 participants to explore key barriers and facilitators that impact participants’ interactions with their physical activity and social support.

You are being invited to take part in the Phase Two Consensus Building Workshop part of the study. During the workshop, we will use deliberative dialogue and will ask you engage in discussion and priority setting activities to generate actions that will support the creation of actionable priorities. Prior to the first deliberative dialogue we will share some documents with you to support our conversations. The initial dialogue session will be approximately 2 hours in duration, with approximately one hour of preparation.