Upstream Strength Training Interventions to Improve the Ageing Trajectory of Women in Midlife

上游力量训练干预改善中年女性的衰老轨迹

• 批准号: ES/Y001427/1
• 负责人: Anna Lowe
• 金额: $ 12.55万
• 依托单位: Sheffield Hallam University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FY001427%2F1
• 关键词: Upstream; Strength; Training; Interventions; Improve

In the Phase 1 Zinc Catalyst award women with lived experiencewere at the heart of the process. This enabled us to gain deepinsight that will underpin the product development process. Webelieve that this will enable us to shape the product so that it issensitive to the challenges that women face, and creates aresonant value proposition that is genuinely unique.This led to the development of a blueprint for a co-designedstrength training app for women in midlife. We have workedwith women to identify key features, desired functionality, exploreopportunities to collect data, and to understand the visual languageand terminology that resonates. This insight has led to the co-design of a blueprint for an innovative, strength training app.We identified key factors that differentiate our product including:(i) the product's credibility; a sound evidence-base was perceived tobe lacking in existing offers and this meant that women did not trustthem.(ii) the product's inclusivity; existing offers focused on 'sporty-fittypes' and this has the potential to widen existing inequalities inphysical activity participation and more broadly in health.(iii) the fact that our product is genuinely co-designed with women,for women. This has influenced every aspect of the developmentprocess including the medium, the visual language, theunderpinning exercise science and the behaviour changeapproaches.The next step is to bring the vision to life, to test our assumptionsand to gain proof of concept. For the next phase we will be focusingon the opportunity to improve women's health via workplacewellbeing strategies.

在第一阶段锌催化剂奖中，有生活经验的女性是这一过程的核心。这使我们能够获得深刻的洞察力，这将支持产品开发过程。我们相信，这将使我们能够塑造产品，使其对女性面临的挑战敏感，并创造出真正独特的共鸣价值主张。这导致了为中年女性共同设计的力量训练应用程序的蓝图的开发。我们与女性一起工作，以确定关键特征、期望的功能、利用收集数据的机会，以及理解引起共鸣的视觉语言和术语。这种洞察力导致了我们共同设计了一款创新的力量训练应用程序的蓝图。我们确定了使我们的产品与众不同的关键因素，包括：(I)产品的可信度；现有产品被认为缺乏可靠的证据基础，这意味着女性不信任它们。(Ii)产品的包容性；现有的产品专注于“适合运动的类型”，这有可能扩大现有的身体活动参与和更广泛的健康方面的不平等。(Iii)我们的产品是真正与女性共同设计的，面向女性。这影响了发展过程的方方面面，包括媒介、视觉语言、支撑运动科学的基础和行为改变的方法。下一步是将视觉变成现实，检验我们的假设，并获得概念证明。在下一阶段，我们将重点关注通过工作场所福利战略改善妇女健康的机会。