Personal and Environmental Factors of Physical Activity

This multidisciplinary project combined the expertise and perspectives of cluster researchers Dr. Jennifer Jakobi in Health and Exercise Sciences and Dr. Christiane Hoppmann in Psychology. Trainees Tiana Broen and Dana Ghareeb worked together to investigate the relationships between health, physical activity, and the physical environment using a unique “photovoice” method with physical activity monitoring. This method, of asking participants to take and describe photographs, actively engaged participants in the research process and offered a personal perspective to understanding the individual and environmental factors that these researchers sought to understand to influence wellbeing in older adults.

We are currently analyzing data and writing up the results of this research, stay tuned to learn what we’ve found.