Keynote Presentation #4: Scaling up Effective Physical Activity Interventions: Is there a Secret Sauce?
| Thursday, May 23, 2024 |
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
| Ballroom B |
Details
It has become increasingly apparent that to manage escalating health care costs there must be investment in effective, scaleable, upstream health solutions. Why then are so few health promotion and prevention (e.g., physical activity and healthy eating) programs delivered at scale? Is there a secret sauce to doing so?
Professor McKay will introduce key concepts and essential elements of scaling up health promoting programs. She will animate these concepts with real life case studies from Canada. She will share lessons learned working with community and government partners, drawing on her more than 15 years of scale-up experience.
Speaker
Dr. Heather McKay
Professor/lead Scientist Active Aging Research Team
University of British Columbia
Scaling up effective physical activity interventions: Is there a secret sauce?
Biography
Chair
Eric Calloway
Senior Research Scientist
Center for Nutrition and Health Impact
Speaker
Heather McKay
Professor/lead Scientist Active Aging Research Team
University of British Columbia
