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Communicating with older people about physical activity

Little is known about how to effectively encourage higher levels of activity among older people. This study tested the effectiveness of a public service advertisement designed according to recommendations for communicating with older audiences and featuring five types of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity: tennis, line dancing, cycling, swimming and jogging.

Citation:
Pettigrew S, Jongenelis MI, Rai R, Jackson B, Newton RU. Communicating with older people about physical activity. Aust New Zealand J Public Health. 2021.

Keywords:
Message effects; public service announcement; Australian; dancing; guilt; human experiment; jogging; public health message; swimming; tennis

Abstract:
Little is known about how to effectively encourage higher levels of activity among older people. This study tested the effectiveness of a public service advertisement designed according to recommendations for communicating with older audiences and featuring five types of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity: tennis, line dancing, cycling, swimming and jogging.