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Fitness Resources for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS

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

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Fitness Resources for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS

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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. The Dr. Peter Centre Providing Comfort Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS

  5. Our Project

  6. 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

  7. Research • The Population - Preliminary • Fitness • Structuring fitness programs • Adaptations • Benefits of Exercises • Accommodations to population

  8. 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 DTES Addictions 75% Mental Illness 60% Survivors of abuse 41% Dr Peter Centre Fast Facts (2008) The Dr. Peter Diaries (2008) http://www.cbc.ca/drpeter/

  9. Fitness as a key component of Health Dialogue with Staff & Independent Research Identification of key components of a comprehensive fitness program Warm up & Cool Down Cardiovascular Core Weight Training Elements of Relaxation Cognitive exercises (Mental Fitness)

  10. 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)

  11. Interactions • Day Patients & Residents • Staff

  12. Challenges & Solutions • Population’s continuum of capacities • Time constraints • Multidisciplinary Team • Trying to make changes within an established environment • Long term results? http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/images/clock.gif

  13. Fitness Centre Re-opening

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. Aliyah

  18. Duarte ?

  19. Guilaine

  20. Hassan

  21. Katie L.

  22. Katie O.

  23. Melanie

  24. Stephanie

  25. Thank you! This project would not have been possible without the efforts of: VladislavaMaksimcev and The DPC Staff Dr Jim Frankish Margot Fryer and the UBC Learning Exchange Staff Margot Bell and TlellElviss

  26. References • The Learning Exchange (2008). Retrieved on March 7th from • Community Service Learning (2008) • The Broader Determinants of Health (2007). Pharmacy Meets Public Health. Retrieved on March 7, 2008 from http://www.pharmacymeetspublichealth.org/publichealthbackground_determinants.html • Dr. Peter Centre Fast Facts (2008) • Dr. Peter Diaries (1992). CBC Television: The Legacy of Dr. Peter. Retrieved on March 7th, 2008 from http://www.cbc.ca/drpeter/ • Clock Character (2008). Discover School. Retrieved on March 7, 2008 from http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/clip/clock.html

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