Following on from the official launch of the PEN PA-EPI in Brussels earlier this summer. The following report on results from the PA-EPI conducted in Ireland was presented by researchers from ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ at a dissemination event in Kilmainham, Dublin, on August 25 2022.
The report provides information on the research underpinning the development of the PA-EPI as well as the results of the first study to utilise the PA-EPI for physical activity policy research.
Also presented at the event was research undertaken by public health scientists at University College Cork which investigated food policy in Ireland. This research was conducted using the Food EPI tool, which inspired the development of the PA-EPI.
Present at the event were representatives from the Department of Health, the HSE, Sport Ireland, as well as NGOs and other organisations concerned with the policy problem of physical inactivity.