FitSkills: a community-university partnership to increase participation in exercise among youth with disability [ 2016 - ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Prof Nora Shields (Principal investigator) ,  A/Pr Jennifer Watts ,  A/Pr Luke Prendergast ,  Prof Christine Imms ,  Prof Nicholas Taylor

Brief description Youth with disability have poorer health and are more socially isolated that their typically developing peers. Participation in exercise can improve their health and social connectedness. FitSkills is an evidence-based program that matches a young person with disability with a mentor and the pair exercise together at their local gymnasium. This research translation project will implement FitSkills as an on-going community-university partnership.

Funding Amount $857,941.00

Funding Scheme Partnerships

Notes Partnership Project for Better Health