On The Physical Activity Policy For Older Adults In U.S. And Its Revelation

Faced with the fierce situation of aging worldwide,many countries all over the world have taken actions.By Society Ecological Theory,Life Course Theory,and Public Policy Theory,the paper takes U.S.as the typical case to analyze its policy and the whole process of policy so as to comb systematically and analyze profoundly the characteristics of policy for physical activity(PA)for older adults in America via text analysis and comparison.Combining with the analysis of Active For Living(AFL)Program,one case of promotion practices in National Blueprint(NB),the paper elaborates the differences of that between China and America after comparing their pros and cons.In the end the paper puts forward the revelations for the development of policies of PA for older adults in China.By literature review,the paper combed 141 copies of policy and from the perspective of policy types,the change in quantity,the policy makers,and policy instruments,the paper revealed policies regarding to the promotion of physical activity for older adults undergoed preshaping,enlightening,developing and reinforcing periods.The paper analyzed the 41 policies sorted from 141 policies and come up with that the policy in America had formed a stable triangle structure made up of national blueprint,community strategy guide,and the guideline for older adults in participation of physical activity,which was also supported by surrounding environmental policies too.Secondly,multi-sectors parternship and collabration,the individualization dealing with the heterogeneity problem,emphasizing the personal demands are outstanding features too.However,the shortcoming is also evident in terms of the implemention problem,the financial sustainability and the limitation of assessment.By analyzing the policy-making,progress of practice,and the evaluation of policy in terms of AFL,the paper also puts forward the charactersitics,namely,stable triangle structure of policy formed in the PA policy for older adults in America in i ts quantity;the mult-sector collaboration and multi-layers promotion in policy-making based on ecological theory;changing behaviour by information consultation and education,emphasizing individual demand guding scientific research in terms of policy instrument;the overbalance in policy-making and evaluation.With the national strategy of Healthy China put forward in 2016,the promotion of health for older people is indispensible part in the strategy.Therefore PA for older people becomes vital,convenient,and cheap way to prevent disease when the model of combing prevention,cure and support was advocated gradually.To forming harmonious community dealing with traditional support to older people and in-place aging exist simultaneously for a long period of time,the following four revelations was sumed up:developing long-life PA participation concept based on life course theory;establising policy system with laterally combined PA and pulic health policies and longitudinally set up cooperation and collaboration system;sticking to the multi-sectors-propelled evidenced-based policy making;bringing the politic system into play to strengthen the supervision and evaluation.