WOMAN'S HURDLES
Gianluca Sotis - Head of CNR
A EUROPEAN COLLABORATION PARTNERSHIP TO INCREASE THE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PROGRAMS developed under the European Commission's “Erasmus + Sport 2020” program.
Despite the known benefits of physical activity, it often remains underutilized, especially among women. Community-based women's invitation to physical activity programs, however, are quite numerous and attract a large female population, suggesting that barriers to physical activity encountered by women can be overcome.
In reality, adherence to physical activity programs is varied with respect to age. Women in the height of their active life are more occupied with other tasks, such as work, housework, family care activities, and it is very difficult to obtain and maintain a good level of female participation.
The project has 3 main objectives:
- understand in detail the nature of the barriers to physical activity among women aged between 20 and 69, and then imagine possible solutions that can change the approach to physical activity;
- investigate online issues relating to female physical activity;
- organize training courses for professional trainers (doctors, physical trainers and those responsible for physical activity).
The CNR-IRPPS is called upon to collaborate in the management of the surveys and in the analysis of the preliminary data for the project activities dedicated to concrete training and awareness-raising actions for women.
Partners:
- Prevention and Safety Unit of National Research Council of Italy (IT) Prime contractors
- Bulgarian Sports Development Association - BSDA (BULGARIA)
- European Institute for Socio-Economic Development - ISES (ITALY)
- Hellenic Heart Foundation (GR)
- Guild of Independent Creators (LT)
- Cardioprevent Medical Foundation (RO)
- Cnr-Irpps