• intervention coordinators, funders and policy makers when deciding on the future of PA interventions. INTRODUCTION To answer the question: “How do we successfully implement effective interventions designed to reduce physical inactivity in Ireland?” OBJECTIVES METHODS RESULTS • I-PARC highlights the need for effective partnerships and buy in from various sectors in order to promote PA • The project is securing significant support for the development of a pragmatic evaluation framework that can be suitable for real world application and useful for various stakeholders • Gathering information from those involved in the delivery of PA interventions will provide valuable insight into the facilitators and barriers of implementation • The collaboration leads to the transfer of knowledge for all parties, reducing the gap between research, practice and policy DISCUSSION 1 Physical Activity for Health Cluster, Health Research Institute, Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick, Ireland; 2 Department of Health, Dublin, Ireland; 3 Sport Ireland, Dublin, Ireland; 4 Health Service Executive, Dublin, Ireland; 5 School of Health Sciences, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland; 6 School of Sport, Ulster University, Jordanstown Campus, Northern Ireland; 7 Department of Education, Dublin, Ireland; 8 Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Dublin, Ireland; 9 Health and Social Care, Public Health Agency, Belfast, Northern Ireland. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would also like to thank the members of the I-PARC team, research collaboration, the practitioner advisory group and funders. REFERENCES 1. World Health Organization, A European Framework to Promote Physical Activity for Health. Copenhagen, Denmark; 2007. 2. Woods CB, Powell C, Saunders JA, O’Brien W, Murphy MH, Duff C, Farmer O, Johnston A., Connolly S. and Belton S. (2018). The Children’s Sport Participation and Physical Activity Study 2018 (CSPPA 2018). https:// www.sportireland.ie/Research/CSPPA%20Final%20Report.pdf 3. Dublin, Ireland and Sport Northern Ireland, Belfast, Northern Ireland.Sport Ireland. (2017). Irish Sports Monitor Annual Report 2017. Ipsos MRBI. 4. Turner, N., Donoghue, O., Kenny, RA. (2018). Wellbeing and Health in Ireland’s over 50s 2009-2016. 5. Department of Health (2016) Healthy Ireland - Get Ireland Active! National physical activity plan for Ireland. http://www.getirelandactive.ie/Professionals/National-PA-Plan.pdf . 6. 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CONTACT INFORMATION [email protected] @JoeyJMurphy [email protected] @JemBonQuiQui Find out more at i-parc.ie or follow the project on twitter @IPARC_1 • Regular physical activity (PA) is known to have many health benefits, making its promotion a key component of health promotion strategies worldwide 1 . • Although PA guidelines are reported in Ireland, insufficient numbers of children (13.5%) 2 , adults (32.6%) 3 and older adults (33%) 4 achieve them. • In Ireland, the need for increased PA levels are emphasised by the National Physical Activity Plan (NPAP) 5 and the National Sports Policy 6 . • Guided by the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) framework 7 (Figure 1), the Irish Physical Activity Research Collaboration (I-PARC) was established to play a key role in contributing to the outcomes of the NPAP. Figure 1. Adapted from the NIRN Framework Effective Interventions Effective Implementation Enabling Contexts Increased population PA levels Update and key learnings from the Irish Physical Activity Research Collaboration I-PARC uses a mixed methods approach through a partnership. WP1 WP1 seeks to establish a collaboration of key stakeholders in order to enable effective knowledge translation. WP2 WP2 involves the development of a standardised evaluation framework (SEF) for assessing PA interventions. WP3 WP3 combines survey and interview methods to understand implementation barriers and facilitators of PA interventions in Ireland Research Advisory Panel Practitioner Advisory Group Participation events, social media and an I-PARC website have been successful for the dissemination of the project aims, updates and outputs Work on the SEF has led to key learnings around creating a tool that is both effective and usable in practice 8 Two surveys for examining factors related to implementation have been developed and piloted. These will be administered to service coordinators and providers. I-PARC has created a collaboration of key stakeholders involved with PA promotion across various sectors Research Institutes Government Departments & Agencies Practitioners PA Research Institutes Government Departments Government Agencies Project Team I-PARC is split into three work packages (WPs): Joseph J Murphy 1 , Jemima Cooper 1 , Fiona Mansergh 2 , Benny Cullen 3 , Sarah O’Brien 4 , Niamh Murphy 5 , Marie H Murphy 6 , Shirley O’Shea, Peter Smyth 2 , Vydehi Muppavarapu 2 , Ronan Kielt 7 , James Lavelle 8 , Colette Brolly 9 , Enrique G Bengoechea 1 and Catherine B Woods 1 .