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Reflections from the I-PARC Conference “Multiple agendas, one common goal: Cross-sectoral collaboration for HEPA promotion”

August 29, 2024

The vibrant city of Dublin played host to a groundbreaking event from August 19-21, 2024, as the HEPA Europe and I-PARC conference brought together leaders, researchers, and policymakers from across the globe. The Irish Physical Activity Research Collaboration (I-PARC) session was a highlight of this prestigious gathering, focusing on advancing strategies to integrate physical activity…
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Request for information of evidence based PA programmes for I-PARC repository

August 28, 2024

Programme for the I-PARC session at the HEPA Europe and I-PARC conference (19–21 August 2024, Dublin)

August 12, 2024

As part of the19th annual meeting and 15th conference of HEPA Europe on 19–21 August in Dublin, I-PARC will deliver a session titled “Multiple agendas, one common goal: Cross-sectoral collaboration for HEPA promotion”. The session will feature internationally and nationally renowned speakers across policy, research and practice and include panel discussions, interactive activities and networking…
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Two Upcoming Webinars on Global Estimates of Physical Inactivity

June 18, 2024

Date: Tuesday, 2 July 2024 – Wednesday, 3 July 2024 WHO is pleased to announce the launch of new global comparable estimates of the prevalence of physical inactivity. These will be published in the Lancet Global Health, providing data globally, by 9 country groupings, country, age and sex. The results also include trends from 2000-2022 and,…
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Successful HRB Applied Partnership Award for I-PARC and Active Cities Research Project

May 16, 2024

A total of €238,860 in funding has been awarded to the I-PARC team to continue with a new phase of research between 2024 and 2026. Details of the award are as follows: Host institution: University of Limerick Lead Researcher: Professor Catherine Woods Lead Knowledge User: Dr Fiona Mansergh (Department of Health) Award total: €238,860 (including…
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Upcoming PAfH Webinar

April 11, 2024

The Physical Activity for Health Centre are delighted to host a webinar on April 16th at 12:30pm. Professor Catherine Woods, University of Limerick will present an overview of the IMPAQT Project and Dr. Andrea Ramirez from UT Health Science Centre at Houston will give a presentation on the GOPA! Surveys. The event can be attended…
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Webinar Invitation- Every Move Counts: National Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines for Ireland

February 27, 2024

The HSE and Department of Health have published new National Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour guidelines for Ireland. The new guidelines provide evidence based recommendations for everyone on the amount and types of physical activity to gain health benefits, as well as recommendations for reducing sedentary behaviour. This will be of interest to professionals and…
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Promoting physical activity for older people: a toolkit for action

December 12, 2023

The world Health Organization has recently released a document titled ” Promoting physical activity for older people: a toolkit for action”. This toolkit is one of a series to help countries develop and implement policy actions to effectively increase the proportion of people participating in physical activity. It is underpinned by the Global Action Plan on…
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Assessing the implementation of physical activity-promoting public policies in the Republic of Ireland using the Physical Activity Environment Policy Index (PA-EPI)

July 3, 2023

In this featured blog, PhD Student Kevin Volf provides an overview of a recently published study, of which he is lead author, which is the first to apply the Physical Activity Environment Policy Index (PA-EPI) monitoring framework to assess the extent of implementation of government policies and actions: If you’re reading this you probably agree…
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Shining light on interdisciplinary walking promotion partnerships using social network analysis

June 13, 2023

Get Ireland Walking, in collaboration with a research team from South East Technological University, set out to investigate how useful systems approaches can be to Get Ireland Walking’s national and local walking promotion work in Ireland. This blog outlines one research study conducted by Dylan Power, Dr Barry Lambe, and Prof Niamh Murphy which investigates…
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