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How can we advance systems approaches for physical activity in Australia?

There is an urgent need to implement and evaluate systems focused interventions for physical activity. This project developed systems thinking frameworks and approaches that will be useful for physical activity promotion.
  • How can we advance systems approaches for physical activity in Australia?

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Key messages

  • Insufficient physical activity in the Australian population has been a longstanding issue, with little evidence of improvement over the past 25 years.
  • Effective national action requires a systems-based approach which engages multiple sectors and addresses systems-level determinants of physical inactivity. These include governance, legislation and regulation, and an improved national surveillance of the physical activity system.
  • Together with policy makers and stakeholders the project mapped the existing physical activity landscape to understand how different sector’s policies and programs contribute to population physical activity, and how states and territories measure adult physical activity.
  • We developed practical resources, including a conceptual systems map for physical activity, and a world-first comprehensive guide on systems approaches for physical activity, Getting Australia Active 3: A systems approach to physical activity for policy makers.
  • The project also progressed understanding about the role of laws and regulation for physical activity and on laws that affect the built environment for walking and cycling in Australia.
  • We identified an urgent need for policy, practice and research to move beyond describing the system, to implementing and evaluating systems interventions.
  • This project sets a strong foundation for further policy-relevant practice and research to support systems approaches for physical activity in Australia.

Associated content

  • The Australian Systems Approaches to Physical Activity (ASAPa) final project report

    Resource category: Reports Reports
    Date 30 Aug 2022
  • Getting Australia Active III: A systems approach to physical activity for policy makers

    Resource category: Reports Reports
    Date 01 Apr 2020
  • Systems approaches to physical activity: new tools and resources

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    Publications Publications
    Date 14 Sep 2022
  • Research seminar: Supporting systems approaches to accelerate progress on physical inactivity in Australia

    Resource category: Videos Videos
    Date 16 Sep 2022
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    News Category: Prevention Centre News
    Date 31 Aug 2022
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    News Category: Prevention Centre News
    Date 14 Apr 2022
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DATE 6 Sep 2022

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Prevention experts

  • Emeritus Professor Adrian Bauman AO

    The University of Sydney
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  • Tracy Nau

    The University of Sydney
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  • Adjunct Professor William Bellew

    The University of Sydney
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  • Professor Ben Smith

    The University of Sydney
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Topics

  • Physical activity ,

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Acknowledgement of Country

The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work.

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The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre is funded by the NHMRC, Australian Government Department of Health, ACT Health, Cancer Council Australia, NSW Ministry of Health, Wellbeing SA, Tasmanian Department of Health, and VicHealth. The Australian Government also contributed through the Medical Research Future Fund. Queensland Health became a financial contributor in 2022. The Prevention Centre is administered by the Sax Institute.

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