Title of Project

Adolescent Movement Program: From the clinic to the community

Chief Supervisor

Professor Beth Hands

Other Supervisors

Fleur McIntyre

Project Outline

The Adolescent Movement Program is designed to build physical fitness and movement skills in teenagers with movement difficulties.  Participants attend the clinic for 90 minutes twice a week. Once they have graduated from the program, the adolescents will be encouraged to join a community gym in their local Council.  We are interested in finding out how sustainable the program was. 
Potential candidates could

1. Monitor fitness and physical activity levels of the graduates over time.
2. Identify and develop tools and resources to maintain involvement.
3. Develop a survey to monitor ongoing involvement.
4. Use qualitative methodologies to identify key issues for adolescents with movement difficulties

Suitable for

Essential qualifications

Undergraduate degree in Exercise Science, Health and PE, Preventive Health, Physiotherapy or similar.

Essential skills

Background knowledge and/or interest in relevant areas such as health promotion, motor development

Additional skills

Proficiency with Statistical packages (e.g. SPSS)

Contact

Professor Beth Hands beth.hands@nd.edu.au or phone:
+61 8 9433 0206