This will help create an environment that supports physical activity and will generate recommendations that are linked into the Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan.
The strategy particularly focuses on identifying physical activity interventions such as facility development policies programs and services that are cost effective and most likely to succeed in increasing people’s ongoing participation in physical activity using available resources and through the development of strategic partnerships.
Specific objectives of the strategy are to:
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provide the policy context that describes the role of the City of Greater Geelong and other key stakeholders in planning developing managing and supporting opportunities that foster physical activity
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integrate planning for physical activity at a regional and municipal level
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foster partnerships that influence physical activity across the region
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identify levels of physical activity at a regional and local level
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identify key social and economic determinants of physical inactivity at a regional and local level
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identify enablers and barriers to physical activity at a local level
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provide evidence to develop guidelines and principles to inform policy and decision making that supports physical activity
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provide recommendations for resource allocation to support physical activity.
The main body of the report provides an overview of the importance of physical activity and the ways in which the City of Greater Geelong can help to create environments that support physical activity in the community based on specific interventions supported by national and/or international evidence.
A glossary has been provided at the end of this strategy. An accompanying Background Report provides a summary of the research and consultation outputs which led to the development of the actions contained within the strategy. The Evidence Review summarises key points from documents and research papers assessed as part of the project.