N/A - Exercise Delivery Approaches

Question 1

4 categories of exercise delivery approaches to get ppl active

Answer 1

presentation is important/ how we present things can influence behaviour
- personal approach
- interpersonal approach
- Organizational (environmental) approach
- institutional (societal) approach

Question 2

The personal approach

Answer 2

• the gold standard approach
• offers an intensive individual approach with individual attention (face to face approach; 1 on 1)
• the time and labour intensiveness of the approach can be seen as a disadvantage (very labour intensive to be 1on1 for 50ppl)

Question 3

The interpersonal approach

Answer 3

• very popular way to deliver exercise, focussed largely on group or class format

Question 4

advantages of interpersonal approach

Answer 4

• large participant to participant ratio, more cost affective
• there is on site supervision
• set structure; it’s at the same time every week with the same person
• potential peer support
• PA groups like other action based groups (i.e. sport, work, etc) become bound together based on the task and social component of the class/environment
• this is referred to as GROUP COHESION and it has been reported that a postive relationship exists between group cohesion and exercise adherence

Question 5

DISadvantages of the interpersonal approach

Answer 5

• schedule; class is always at 4:30 but I’m done work at 5
• the person has to travel to the class; 1on1 makes it easier for instructor to travel
• expenses (travel, rent a locker, parking, fees)
• limited variety of activities; instructors have to make the class for an expert and a newbie cuz they’re in the same class
• social costs
• style of class (I don’t like the instructor

Question 6

organizational (environmental) approach

Answer 6

these approaches focus on changing aspects of a setting or environment in order to promote a target health behaviour (i.e. changing organizational rules or policies, community norms, or the availability of the facility and its staff)
- worksites have become particularly popular outlets for organizational approaches to the promotion of PA
- they offer convenience, potential avenues for group support
- such programs are often attractive to both employees and employers who foresee potential benefits in employee morale and productivity as well as decreased health insurance costs and absenteeism
- schools, places of worship and to an increasing degree senior centres are increasingly being promoted as sites for exercise program delivery
- communities prefer community-wide exercise events such as races, fun runs, walk(for the cure)

Question 7

Institutional (societal) approaches

Answer 7

these approaches focus on public policy and legislation (i.e. changing laws as to promote PA; waling only areas)
- as such approaches are employed in either health promotion areas (seatbelts, drunk driving)
- possible strategies include
* more whops/walking areas
* tax breaks to encourage communities to make facilities available
* incentives to employee to use and encourage PA