Abstract
This article presents an evaluation of the “Friuli Venezia Giulia in Movimento” project, aimed at promoting the culture of movement and well-being in a region which is particularly affected by population ageing. The goals of the project reside in promoting appropriate lifestyles through the endorsement of healthy behaviours (physical activity, healthy nutrition, well-being); increasing the number of physically active people in the various municipal territories, by enhancing or creating new pedestrian paths that reflect the 10,000-step goal; enhancing the local territory by promoting the existing paths and the initiatives already in place; promoting new paths and environments conducive to physical activity for people of all ages; encouraging the creation of new “walking groups” and the adhesion of people to them to promote physical activity and socialisation, with the consequent improvement of psychophysical well-being. Although the evaluation is still on-going, the preliminary results—obtained by means of two surveys and a multilevel model—show that the initial steps of the project have been carried out satisfactorily and that Municipalities still need to be supported in order to achieve good participation on part of the citizens.
Highlights
The “Friuli Venezia Giulia in Movimento” project aims at improving physical activity and physical health in the Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia
Through a dedicated call for proposals, all the Municipalities in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region shall potentially be involved in the project, even in aggregate form, with the aim of encouraging actions that enhance both human and environmental resources and that concern the health of citizens through the promotion of correct lifestyles and healthy ageing, the contrast of loneliness, the inclusion of fragile and/or disadvantaged people and, the environmental and tourist enhancement, continuing the experiences of multilevel governance and scaling-up already experienced with the ADESSO project
The project is financed by the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, which allocated funds to Federsanità ANCI Friuli Venezia Giulia that coordinates the project
Summary
The “Friuli Venezia Giulia in Movimento” project aims at improving physical activity and physical health in the Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. The project, implemented by Federsanità ANCI Friuli Venezia Giulia and supported by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, aims at enhancing the local territory by promoting the existing pedestrian paths and the initiatives already in place and by promoting new paths and environments that reflect the 10,000-step goal, conducive to increased physical activity. Walking groups are spontaneous initiatives of organised groups, designed mainly for the over-65s but open to everyone, in which groups of people meet periodically to stroll along established routes, under the guidance of a specially trained walking leader These programs are active within the Friuli Venezia Giulia region and are associated with the prevention and promotion of health and healthy ageing, through the adoption and dissemination of correct lifestyles, and their consolidation is necessary in order to achieve this project’s goals.
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