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“Now I Am Walking Toward Health”: A Qualitative Study About the Outcomes of Physical Activity Participation That Matter to Older Adults

Peter J. Young, Christine Wallsworth, Hitika Gosal, and Dawn C. Mackey

: Stakeholders’ experiences of community engagement in Australian autism research . Frontiers in Psychology, 13 , Article 876990 . 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.876990 Dodd , S. , Clarke , M. , Becker , L. , Mavergames , C. , Fish , R. , & Williamson , P.R. ( 2018 ). A taxonomy has been developed for

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Physical Activity Inclusion in Dementia-Friendly Communities: A Mixed Methods Study

Rebecca Hadley, Elspeth Mathie, Elizabeth Pike, and Claire Goodman

/cognitive decline, demonstrates its potential as a shared intergenerational interest ( Gronek et al., 2019 ; Livingston et al., 2020 ; Nuzum et al., 2020 ; Pringle et al., 2021 ; Wang et al., 2021 ; Yoon et al., 2021 ). English policy supports DFCs as an approach to community engagement that raises awareness

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Comparing Methods to Identify Wear-Time Intervals for Physical Activity With the Fitbit Charge 2

Sophie E. Claudel, Kosuke Tamura, James Troendle, Marcus R. Andrews, Joniqua N. Ceasar, Valerie M. Mitchell, Nithya Vijayakumar, and Tiffany M. Powell-Wiley

.0000000000001966 Yingling , L.R. , Brooks , A.T. , Wallen , G.R. , Peters-Lawrence , M. , McClurkin , M. , Cooper-McCann , R. , … Powell-Wiley , T.M. ( 2016 ). Community engagement to optimize the use of web-based and wearable technology in a Cardiovascular Health and Needs Assessment Study: A mixed

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Latin Dance Effects on Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Physical Function in Middle-Aged and Older Latino Adults

Omar Lopez, Navin Kaushal, Michelle A. Jaldin, and David X. Marquez

established relationships developed by the study team who had been working with Latino communities in the Chicagoland area since 2007. The Community Engagement Advisory Board of the Center for Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Illinois Chicago also provided assistance. Recruitment was

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Framing Physical Literacy for Adults Through a Rehabilitation Lens: An Expert Consensus Study

Celeste Petrusevski, Joy C. MacDermid, Michael G. Wilson, and Julie Richardson

limits unnecessary deconditioning, which can lead to development of new health conditions and increased risk of falls ( n  = 5); physical literacy lowers risk for chronic conditions ( n  = 5); and physical literacy can promote community engagement and minimize isolation ( n  = 5). Figure 3 —The link

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Adaptation to Athletic Retirement and Perceptions About Aging: A Qualitative Study of Retired Olympic Athletes

Michelle Pannor Silver

articulated personal interests in civic-minded postretirement activities, which were motivated by positive ideas about aging, formed early in their lives. In contrast, other participants associated their interests in postretirement community engagement with less favorable perceptions about aging. Though the

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Maintenance of Exercise Habit and Its Impact on Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Previously Sedentary People: A 7-Year Follow-Up

Sabrina Masotti, Erica Menegatti, Valentina Zerbini, Andrea Raisi, Tommaso Piva, Martina Morelli, Rosario Lordi, Giovanni Grazzi, Gianni Mazzoni, and Simona Mandini

large numbers of patients during their careers. This has enormous potential for advocating participation in regular PA. However, these interventions are still facing the classical barriers: education of health care professionals and patients, financial support, and community engagement ( Lion et

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Physical Activity Health Literacy in Iranian Older Adults: Development and Psychometric Testing

Moeini Babak, Barati Majid, Heidarimoghadam Rashid, Tapak Leili, and Parsamajd Shahryar

( 3 ), 222 . https://doi.org/10.30476/IJCBNM.2019.44997 Batterham , R.W. , Buchbinder , R. , Beauchamp , A. , Dodson , S. , Elsworth , G.R. , & Osborne , R.H. ( 2014 ). The OPtimising HEalth LIterAcy (Ophelia) process: Study protocol for using health literacy profiling and community

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Translating a Functional Exercise Program for Fall Prevention Among Diverse Older Adults in Urban Medically Underserved Areas: A Mixed Methods Study

Yi-Ling Hu, Marian Keglovits, Emily Somerville, Makenna Snyder, and Susan Stark

a larger randomized controlled trial. Acknowledgments The study was supported by the St. Louis Project Grant from the Civic Engagement Fund of the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. Special thanks to Jamie Tate, Kristina Vance, Kaitlin

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An Investigation of the Sled-Push Exercise Using a Resisted Sled Machine in Apparently Healthy Older Adults: An Exploratory Study

Micheal Baumann, Christopher Hill, Clayton Camic, Peter Chomentowski, Vitor Siqueira, Steven Petruzzello, and Emerson Sebastião

). Several individual and social factors such as exercise or physical activity (PA), diet, social support, and community engagement have been suggested to play a role in promoting healthy aging ( Abud et al., 2022 ; Eckstrom et al., 2020 ). As an important determinant of healthy aging, PA, particularly