PRAC: Sit, Walk, Boulé and Lacrosse

UNIT 3: VCE PHYSICAL EDUCATION.OUTCOME 1 SAC 2 -TEST: FEEDBACK SHEET Population and Individual based strategies: Generally well answered, the key to this question is a “specific” example, TV and radio is not good enough for mass media.

The “Go For Your Life” strategy is an example of a mass media campaign promoting the benefits of engaging in a more physically active lifestyle. A key role of mass media campaigns such as this is the promotion of physical activity participation, is providing information about the health benefits associated with regular physical activity.

Three other key roles of the mass media in terms of the promotion of participation in physical activity include:

Individual promotion strategies: Outline three advantages of using these types of strategies.

Counselling by health professionals- providing specific advice, eg “Active Script” doctor completes a 2 minute PA check. Telephone based counselling (minimal intervention) used to follow up a health professional, this has small cost, can be automated so not a lot of effort needed. The internet is great b/c it is rapid, convenient, cost effective for large numbers, immediate feedback, can tailor individual advice. Eg- gym newsletter offering services/advice.

Settings based approach:

Schools provide a crucial setting for the promotion of physically active lifestyles amongst children and youth. Describe one potential intervention strategy within the following areas that a school could introduce to promote physical activity within a school setting.

Settings based approaches: The workplace can be a very important and powerful setting for the promotion of physical activity. Recently, the management team of a company of 400 employees decided that they wanted to encourage their employees to increase their physical activity levels within their workplace. A) Other than the improvements in the health and physical wellbeing of its employees, outline three other benefits to the company of promoting physical activity within the workplace.

Outline three specific measures or strategies the company could adopt or implement within the workplace that would provide increased opportunities for employees to increase their physical activity levels. When answering this question, students needed to suggest how the company would benefit NOT the individual.

High risk sub groups (sub group is a smaller group of the population)

See the website (checkout the web links on my resources or below) For women in sport: http://www.sport.vic.gov.au/web9/dvcsrv.nsf/headingpagesdisplay/active+communitiesactive+women+and+ girlswomen+in+sport Indigenous Australians: http://catalogue.ausport.gov.au/isp/index.asp Disabled: http://catalogue.ausport.gov.au/dsu/index.asp Key word again is the “specific” program. Some people made them up. If you are going to make up programs call it “the Australian Sports commission strategy on…” This is not 100% correct but if you are going to guess it may get you some marks?

“Stages of Change” model- the six stages outlined in this model are:

You need to know the characteristics of a person in each stage of this model. You also MUST know the actual titles of the stages (stage 1 is not good acceptable for pre-contemplation stage) A person who is currently inactive but thinking about becoming more active within the next three months is in the contemplation stage.

Self-efficacy:

Two ways in which self-efficacy may affect individual behaviour.

What happens to an individual’s level of self-efficacy in regard to physical activity as they progress through the various stages outlined in the “Stages of Change” model of motivational readiness- it improves or enhances. Community based promotion strategies: The 10,000 Steps Rockhampton Project was an example of a large community-based physical activity promotion/strategy. The participants in this program used pedometers to measure the number of steps they took each day over a period of time.

How does the use of social theories such as the “Stages of Change model” of motivational readiness increase the ability of governments and private sector organisations to plan, implement and evaluate physical activity promotion strategies such as the 10,000 steps Rockhampton Project? This question was the most poorly answered, read below:

Case Study. David is a 45 year old senior partner in a major Melbourne based law firm who currently finds little or no time within his busy work schedule to engage in physical activity. He spends most of his working day behind his desk on the third floor of a city office building. He drives his car the two kilometres to the nearest railway station each morning and then catches the train to work. David’s wife and children have commented on his increasing waist line. As a result he has been thinking about becoming more active and has made enquiries with several personal trainers about programs they offer and the costs involved. He has decided to enlist the services of Mark from Elite Fitness Headquarters, a company that specialises in programs for busy executives and the like. In readiness for his first session, David has purchased some new fitness wear and a new pair of runners.

For the past 20 years, David’s wife Julia has been getting up early every day and going for a 6 km power- walk by herself before breakfast. She also rides her bike whenever she can and hardly ever uses her car. She also enjoys gardening and can often be found working in the garden on weekends.

Given the information provided, classify both David and Julia within the most likely stage of motivational readiness according to the Stages of Change model. When answering CASE STUDY type questions, students needed to highlight KEY areas of the question. i) David: stage of change:______Preparation phase ii) Julia: stage of change:______Termination phase

Other than engaging in a fitness or training program devised by Mark, the personal trainer, outline three simple measures that David could undertake during his work day to increase his level of physical activity.