About the seminar
Three top-level speakers will discuss the evaluation of physical activity interventions at a seminar co-hosted by the Prevention Centre, the Prevention Research Collaboration and the Sax Institute.
The presenter
- Dr David Ogilvie, Cambridge University, and Thinker in Residence, Prevention Research Collaboration, Sydney Medical School, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
Panellists
- Professor Don Nutbeam, Sax Institute and Prevention Research Collaboration, Sydney Medical School, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
- Professor William Trochim, Cornell University, New York, US
Keynote address
Physical activity can reduce the risk and burden of many chronic diseases, but there is little evidence of public health strategies that have been effective in shifting population activity patterns in the right direction. The solutions may lie in environmental and policy changes well beyond the health sector, but these can be contentious or expensive and are often difficult to evaluate. In this presentation Dr Ogilvie will explore the opportunities and challenges in attempting rigorous evaluation of environmental approaches to promoting a more active way of life, drawing on the methods and findings of his studies of urban transport infrastructure in the UK.
The program
- Registration: 4.30pm – 5pm
- Keynote address: 5pm – 5.40pm
- Panellists’ responses: 5.40pm – 6pm
- Questions and discussion: 6pm – 6.30pm
Followed by drinks and canapes.
Date: Thursday 17 March 2016
Time: 5pm-6:30pm
Venue: Seminar room, level 6, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006
Cost: free
This is a free event but registration is essential.
Please register by Monday 14 March 2016
For more information please contact: preventioncentre@saxinstitute.org.au or call (02) 9188 9520.
