Translating GAPPA into local government policy – the example of Fujisawa City, Japan

Mini-Oral Presentation A3.13

Authors

  • Yuko Oguma Keio University
  • Yoshinobu Saito Kanagawa University of Human Services
  • Takayuki Tajima Tokyo Metropolitan University
  • Tomoya Ito Keio University
  • Tao Yu Keio University
  • Natsue Doihara Keio University
  • Noriko Takeda Kogakuin University
  • Yukio Oida Chukyo University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14288/hfjc.v14i3.454

Keywords:

Physical Activity Promotion, SDGs, Whole Systems Approach, Co-Benefits

Abstract

Background: The Physical Activity (PA) policy of Fujisawa city was formulated as part of the Fujisawa Health Promotion Plan (2nd stage, 2015–2024), which is based on Japan’s national 10-year health promotion plan (2013–2022). In 2018, the World Health Organization launched the Global Action Plan on Physical Activity 2018–2030 (GAPPA), which provides guidance through a framework of effective and feasible policy actions for increasing PA using the systems approach. Purpose: We examined if the PA policy was well applicable to the GAPPA framework and if there were any missing elements so that the policy could be improved upon. Method: The PA policy was categorized to comply with 20 policy actions under GAPPA. The public health nurses at the health promotion section of the city  and university researchers discussed and applied these to the GAPPA framework. Results: The 76 PA projects in 2020 were categorized into three themes and six sub-themes. Fujisawa +10 project, a community-wide intervention using social marketing (Saito et al.,2018), fit particularly well into GAPPA 1-1. We found that each of the GAPPA areas could be fulfilled by including non-PA measures, in the environmental, transportation, and city planning sections of the city. Discussion: It is necessary to share the co-benefits with the above sections not included in the PA policy, monitor common indicators, and evaluate the progress and results to help meet the country’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) because, according to WHO, PA policy action contributes to 13 of the 17 SDGs. Funding: JSPS KAKENHI 17K01795, JP18K11055, KISTEC, Kanagawa prefecture.

Published

2021-09-30

How to Cite

Oguma, Y., Saito, Y., Tajima, T., Ito, T., Yu, T., Doihara, N., Takeda, N., & Oida, Y. (2021). Translating GAPPA into local government policy – the example of Fujisawa City, Japan: Mini-Oral Presentation A3.13 . The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, 14(3). https://doi.org/10.14288/hfjc.v14i3.454