Features of 50 year old and older people's participation in health enhansing programs

Reasearch object: Older people‘s participation in health promotion programs. Purpose: Find out 50 years old and older people‘s needs to participate in health strengthen or physical activity incentive programs. Objectives: 1. To analyze the data of the survey Kaunas district social favour centre programs needs. 2. To set the causes of 50 years old and older people‘s participation in health enhansing programs. 3. To find out information about dissemination characteristies of health promoting and physical activity inducing programs. Conclusion: 1. Kaunas district social favour centre programs needs survey respondents indicated that they would choose activities strengthen this physical properties and solve specific health problems (e.g.: more than half of the respondents would choose physiotherapy). 2. The main incentive to participate in the programs would be for communication and the need for new skills. Factors that might encourage 50 year old and older people to participate in health enhancing programs are the following: the desire to enhance their health, increase their physical activity, the desire to acquire new knowledge, free programs activities and appropriate program operational availability. Less encouraging factors to participate in the program are: a wish to be engaged in any activity and willingness to meet the congenial. 3. Most respondents get information about health enhancing programs from their neighbors, municipality employees. Municipality ads and family members. Fewer respondents find out information from online sources and the press. Public health offices and clinics provide least information