To benchmark national PA policies by forming national expert councils and national citizen councils to (i) assess national policy implementation using the PA-EPIQ and its best practice exemplars and (ii) co-create recommendations for national PA policy with a focus on increasing health equity in and through PA.

Lead: AUMC

Partners

Start Month: 18

End Month: 31

WP5 Objectives

  1. To identify and facilitate the participation of relevant stakeholder groups – a PA-EPIQ Expert Council, and a PA-EPIQ Citizen Council - throughout the different IMPAQT phases and tasks.
  2. To benchmark the extent of government policy implementation and actions, or inaction, against the PA-EPIQ good practice statements and international best practice exemplars.
  3. To engage both PA-EPIQ Councils in the development of country-specific PA-EPIQ report cards, with policy-level recommendations to overcome crucial implementation gaps in each country.

Principal Investigator: Professor Catherine WoodsIMPAQT

Physical Activity for Health (PAfH) Research Centre
Health Research Institute
Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences
Faculty of Education and Health Sciences
University of Limerick
Ireland

Email: catherine.woods@ul.ie