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Fitness Resources for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS. Guilaine Boyce, Melanie Byland, Hassan El Masri, Stephanie Hui, Aliyah Jessa, Katie Lightfoot, Katie Osborne, Duarte Rosario. Overview. Introductions Community Service Learning Dr. Peter Centre Concept of Health Promotion Our Project - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Fitness Resources for Fitness Resources for Persons Living with HIV/AIDSPersons Living with HIV/AIDS
Guilaine Boyce, Melanie Byland, Hassan El Masri, Stephanie Hui, Aliyah Jessa,
Katie Lightfoot, Katie Osborne, Duarte Rosario
Overview• Introductions
– Community Service Learning– Dr. Peter Centre– Concept of Health Promotion
• Our Project– Research– Interactions– Challenges and Solutions– Outcomes– Staff Appreciation Event– Grand Re-Opening
• Reflections
Community Service Learning
“a form of experiential education that integrates service in the community with academic
courses and/or extra-curricular programs”
Community Service Learning, UBC
The Dr. Peter CentreThe Dr. Peter Centre
Providing Comfort Care for People Providing Comfort Care for People Living with HIV/AIDSLiving with HIV/AIDS
Our Project
Health Promotion“The process of enabling people to increase
control over, and to improve, their health”-Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (1986)
Pharmacy Meets Public Health http://www.pharmacymeetspublichealth.org/publichealthbackground_determinants.html
Research
• The Population- Preliminary
• Fitness– Structuring fitness programs
• Adaptations– Benefits of Exercises– Accommodations to population
Population at DPC• “The Dr. Peter Centre residents have reduced their acute hospital bed stays by
98%”• “The Dr. Peter Centre day program clients have reduced their acute hospital
bed stays by 55%”• DPC Participant Profile:
HIV/AIDS 100%Income Assistance 81%No fixed address and/or 69%Living in DTESAddictions 75%Mental Illness 60%Survivors of abuse 41%
Dr Peter Centre Fast Facts (2008)The Dr. Peter Diaries (2008) http://www.cbc.ca/drpeter/
Fitness as a key component of Health
Dialogue with Staff & Independent Research
Identification of key components of a comprehensive fitness program
Elements of Relaxation
Cognitive exercises (Mental Fitness)
Warm up & Cool Down
CardiovascularCore
Weight Training
Adaptations
• Adaptation of general fitness guidelines to fit the capabilities and needs of the population
• Examples:– Varying intensity levels– Appropriate language and easy to follow content
(Health Literacy)
Interactions
• Day Patients & Residents• Staff
Challenges & Solutions
• Population’s continuum of capacities• Time constraints• Multidisciplinary Team• Trying to make changes within an established
environment• Long term results?
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Fitness Centre Re-opening
Outcomes
• Material– Fitness Manual– Posters– Grand Re-opening
• Immaterial– Our Personal Reflections – What we have learned– How the experience has contributed to our class
as whole
Reflections: Group Themes• Monday
– Questioning... Disappointment?... Uncertainty... – Realizing constraints of situation– ‘Protected‘ – Direction established for tomorrow, beyond...
• Tuesday– Preparation of the worst...– Energy and excitement, yet hesitation– Satisfaction, accomplishment– Perceptions were challenged
• Wednesday
Reflections: Group Themes• Wednesday
– Accomplishment– Team dynamics– Feelings of acceptance, welcoming and gratitude from the DPC staff
• Grand Re-Opening – Feeling connected– Meaning and value of what we’ve
completed– Appreciation of Staff– Closure to experience
Aliyah
Duarte
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Guilaine
Hassan
Katie L.
Katie O.
Melanie
Stephanie
Thank you!Thank you!
This project would not have been possible without the efforts of:
Vladislava Maksimcev and The DPC StaffDr Jim Frankish
Margot Fryer and the UBC Learning Exchange Staff
Margot Bell and Tlell Elviss
References1. The Learning Exchange (2008). Retrieved on March 7th from 2. Community Service Learning (2008)3. The Broader Determinants of Health (2007). Pharmacy Meets Public
Health. Retrieved on March 7, 2008 from http://www.pharmacymeetspublichealth.org/publichealthbackground_determinants.html
4. Dr. Peter Centre Fast Facts (2008)5. Dr. Peter Diaries (1992). CBC Television: The Legacy of Dr. Peter.
Retrieved on March 7th, 2008 from http://www.cbc.ca/drpeter/6. Clock Character (2008). Discover School. Retrieved on March 7, 2008
from http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/clip/clock.html