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Diffusing a research-based physical activity promotion program for seniors into diverse communities: CHAMPS III.

Anita L Stewart1, Dawn Gillis, Melanie Grossman

  • 1Institute for Health & Aging, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California St, Suite 340, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA. Anita.Stewart@ucsf.edu

Preventing Chronic Disease
|March 17, 2006
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Community organizations adapted a research-based program to promote physical activity in older adults. Despite challenges, the initiative fostered community-level changes and sustainability, reaching underserved seniors.

Area of Science:

  • Gerontology
  • Public Health
  • Community Health Interventions

Background:

  • Translating research-based physical activity programs for older adults into community settings presents significant challenges due to differing real-world and research environments.
  • The Community Healthy Activities Model Program for Seniors (CHAMPS) II, an evidence-based program, was adapted for diffusion through community organizations to target lower-income and minority older adults.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To adapt and implement the CHAMPS II program within community organizations to increase physical activity among underserved older adults.
  • To foster sustainable physical activity promotion programs within community settings.
  • To evaluate the effectiveness and challenges of diffusing a research-based program into diverse community environments.

Main Methods:

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  • An academic-community partnership was formed to adapt the CHAMPS II program, train community staff and volunteers, and implement it across three community organizations.
  • Evaluation utilized methods recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to assess program adaptation, participant engagement, and physical activity levels.
  • The adapted program, CHAMPS III, incorporated group-based components and resource guides, with adaptations made based on organizational resources.

Main Results:

  • The adapted CHAMPS III programs varied across organizations, with a focus on group activities due to resource limitations, omitting individualized components.
  • A total of 321 older adults enrolled. A trend towards increased physical activity was observed at two sites, with estimated weekly energy expenditure increases of 481 kcal/week (P = .08) and 437 kcal/week (P = .06).
  • The project identified implementation challenges alongside unexpected community-level benefits, with all participating organizations continuing their physical activity promotion efforts.

Conclusions:

  • Community organizations successfully implemented adapted physical activity promotion programs, demonstrating feasibility despite resource constraints.
  • The adapted programs, while differing from the original research model, served as a catalyst for significant community-level changes and sustainability.
  • Findings offer guidance for future diffusion of evidence-based interventions to reach underserved older adult populations.