Physical Activity Needs Assessment - Healthy Suffolk

Physical Activity Needs Assessment

Authors: Dr Catherine Lester, Dr S. Kulothungan, Sharna Allen and Dr Caroline Angus Date: July 2017

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Contents

List of figures........................................................................................................................................... 6 Abbreviations .......................................................................................................................................... 8 Aims of the Physical Activity Needs Assessment .................................................................................... 9 Options for reading the Physical Activity Needs Assessment................................................................. 9 Executive Summary...............................................................................................................................11 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 16

1.1. Suffolk resident's consultation on physical activity .............................................................. 16 1.2. The impact of physical inactivity in Suffolk: in brief ............................................................. 17 2. Evidence Base: National................................................................................................................18 2.1. National Policy and Guidance ............................................................................................... 18 2.2. Guidelines for PA................................................................................................................... 19 3. Children and Young people: Sports and physical activity levels ................................................... 21 3.1. CYP National PA levels ............................................................................................................... 21 3.2. Physical Education in Schools .................................................................................................... 24 3.3. Free play/ break time in school ................................................................................................. 25 3.4. Leisure time out of school.......................................................................................................... 26 3.5. PA in CYP with excess weight.....................................................................................................27 4. Adults: Sports and physical activity levels .................................................................................... 29 4.1. Physical Activity levels adults.....................................................................................................29 4.2. Insufficiently Active/ Fairly active Adults...................................................................................34 4.3. Inactive Adults............................................................................................................................35 4.4. Sedentary Activity Adults ........................................................................................................... 35 5. Older Adults: Sports and physical activity levels .......................................................................... 37 5.1. Knowledge and Understanding..................................................................................................37 5.2. Personal PA ................................................................................................................................ 39 6. Experiences and Understanding of Physical Activity in Suffolk .................................................... 42

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6.1. Findings ...................................................................................................................................... 42 6.2. Experiences of Physical Activity ................................................................................................. 43 6.3. Perceived barriers ...................................................................................................................... 45 6.4. Perceptions of local provision for Physical Activity ................................................................... 48 7. Active Travel..................................................................................................................................50 6.1. Active Travel Children and Young People .................................................................................. 50 6.2. Active Travel Adults ................................................................................................................... 52 6.3. Walking ...................................................................................................................................... 54 6.4. Cycling ........................................................................................................................................ 55 6.5. Road Safety in Suffolk ................................................................................................................ 57 8. Utilisation of outdoor space (natural environment).....................................................................58 9. Health and Physical Activity .......................................................................................................... 62 9.1. Physical Activity/Inactivity and its association with disease and disability .......................... 62 8.2. Healthcare Workers (HCW) in Suffolk........................................................................................65 8.3. Health cost of physical inactivity in Suffolk ............................................................................... 71 10. Inequalities................................................................................................................................73 9.1. Gender ....................................................................................................................................... 73 9.2. Illness and disability ................................................................................................................... 74 9.3. Socioeconomic deprivation........................................................................................................75 9.4. Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups ................................................................................... 76 9.5. Sexual orientation and gender identity ..................................................................................... 76 11. Local Policy and Organisational Support for PA in Suffolk........................................................77 10.1. Local policy...............................................................................................................................77 10.2. Local organisations................................................................................................................... 79 12. Recommendations: to address local physical activity, exercise, and sports need ................... 85 14. References ................................................................................................................................ 88 14. Addendum......................................................................................................................................93

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List of tables

Table 1. Summary of activity levels (excluding activity in school lessons), among children aged 5 to 15 yrs,

2008, 2012 and 2015 ("Health Survey for England 2015 Physical activity in children Health Survey for

England 2015: Physical activity in children," 2016).

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Table 2. National PA activity levels for young people ("Active Lives Survey 2015-16," 2016; Sport England,

2016c).

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Table 3. Physical activity levels in adults in England and Suffolk (2015/16) ("Active Lives Survey 2015-16,"

2016).

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Table 4. Methods of travel to school by primary and secondary school children in Suffolk, on the day of survey

(SHEU, 2015).

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Table 5. Residents of rural areas are less likely to use active travel (Sullivan-Kathryn & Cummings, 2016) 54

Table 6. Changes in walking prevalence in England over time (Department for Transport, 2016)

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Table 7. Proportion of how often and how long adults walk for (at least 10 minutes) by local authority,

2014/15 (Department for Transport, 2016).

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Table 8. Proportion of adults who cycle at least once a month for any reason, from 2010/2011 (Department

for Transport, 2016)

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Table 9. Proportion of how often and how long adults cycle for by local authority, 2014/15 (Department for

Transport, 2016).

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Table 10. Mental and physical health benefits of children in the natural environment adapted from 'Children

and the Natural Environment: experiences, influences and interventions' (Woolley et al., 2009).

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Table 11. Effect of physical activity on health. Adapted from (Department of Health, 2011b) and (US

Departments of health and Human Services, 2008).

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Table 12. Prevalence of LTC associated with PA (Sport England, 2016a).

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Table 13. National, regional and local inactivity levels, premature deaths and associated and availability of

access to PA participation opportunities. (UK Active, 2014).

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Table 14. Ill-health events preventable at different levels of physical activity in the population in Suffolk

(South West Public Health Observatory, 2013).

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