8th Annual Meeting and Symposium of HEPA Europe

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Physical Activity and Nutrition Networks for Wales hosted the 8th annual meeting and symposium of the European Network for the Promotion of Health-Enhancing Physical Activity (HEPA Europe) on the 26th and 27th September 2012. The main theme of the event was:

Getting to the grassroots: Using the ‘green’ environment to promote physical activity.

The symposium featured a welcome address by the Chief Medical Officer for Wales, Dr Ruth Hussey and a key note lecture by Dr William Bird MBE. The following parallel sessions were held as well as poster sessions.

 

National projects and approaches to HEPA promotion	Regional and community approaches to HEPA promotion	Monitoring and intervention research	Health effects of physical activity	HEPA promotion in specific target groups	Informing HEPA practice
Day length and weather effects on children's physical activity	The physical activity loyalty card scheme: a randomised controlled trial	Development of tool to assess social influences on physical activity in low SES groups	Green space and physical activity, an observational study	Correlates of habitual physical activity in German children	Environmental influences on physical activity in ethnic children: a qualitative analysis
Changes in physical activity during school recess	Promoting physical activity in older people: the Activ'Age project	Quantifying the health and economic benefit of increased cycling: a trial using the HEAT tool for cycling	Is physical activity a mechanism behind apparently positive natural environment health associations	Promoting adolescent physical activity through the use of green space	Questionnaires assessing the physical environment in the context of youth physical activity behaviour: a systematic review
From the couch to the coach: can sport reach inactive people	Results from a community led intervention reducing health inequalities related to physical activity	Only half the story: access to parks	Gardening activity as a form of 'green exercise' for healthy ageing	An examination of the relationship between enjoyment, physical education, physical activity and health in Irish adolescents	Appying a socio-spatial recall methodology to investigate professional considerations relating to walkability
The active travel (Wales) bill	Is proximity of urban greenspaces to schools a determinant of physical activity?	Physical activity in urban parks	Translating exercise-derived health benefits from the laboratory in to the community	The relationship between physical activity and greenspace in deprived London neighbourhoods	Wales outdoor recreation survey
Healthy towns, healthier people?	"Join the healthy boat" school programme	Activity trails and risks of falling	Young people with cerebral palsy's experiences of adapted dynamic cycling	Using the green environment to bring physical activity to young people living in deprived communities	Planning and tailoring recruitment activities for 'hard to reach' groups
The national physical activity plaza: an interactive web database			Access to greenspace and health inequalities	Nordic walking with Age Cymru	Cycle logistics: shop by bike and 'moving goods by cycle'

 

The annual meeting of HEPA Europe included parallel sessions of its working groups and the plenary annual meeting of the network. The event also included a mayoral reception, a conference dinner and a range of activities including a cycle tour of Cardiff and Nordic walking.

 

Ogilvie Design was present at the symposium to provide a unique artwork based method of sharing information and feedback. Using quick fire drawings Ogilvie Design captured the meaning behind the discussions at the symposium and built a gallery of A1 images which delegates could then comment on and rate using sticky post its. These drawings have now been converted in to full colour digital illustrations which can be viewed here.

 

The programme from the event can be viewed here.

 

The evaluation report can be viewed here.

 

If you would like further information about this event or the HEPA Europe network please email [email protected]   

          

Supported by the European Union in the framework of the Health Programme 2008-2013