Public policies and physical activity programs for the Brazilian elderly population

• Autor(a) principal: Sadala, Maria Neide
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Costa, Alisson Vieira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Multi-Science Journal
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ifgoiano.edu.br/multiscience/article/view/1561
• topic: Políticas Públicas; Programas de Atividades Físicas; População Idosa.; Elderly; Physical exercise; State policy

This research is characterized as a narrative review through the need to identify the ways that Brazilian public policies act to promote physical activity programs for the elderly population. The descriptive synthesis took place through the spreadsheet with the data obtained with 4 scientific works for review. Data from this study emerged from information obtained from the SciElo database. In which the following descriptors were sought: “Public programs for the practice of physical activity for the elderly” and “Physical activity for the elderly and public policies”. Being evaluated and analyzed 4 original articles. The present study showed that public policies aimed at the elderly population are still scarce and that when they occur, they do not actually study people over sixty years old. And that there is a lack of trained professionals in the environments where physical activity practices occur.