Studies are heterogeneous in many aspects, including size sample, intervention, and instruments of measures.
We also thanks Francesca Holme supported production of the final protocol developing the integrated PRONTO intervention and instruments.
Currently there is one PhD student attached to each trial, examining various aspects of the intervention and instrument development work of the trials.
This side-event provided an opportunity to discuss emerging issues related to collective rights to lands, successful interventions and useful instruments such as the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGT).
It is therefore important to try to identify the effect of the various social determinants of health on health outcomes and access to health care in order to design evidence-based interventions and policy instruments.
In their ideal types, resources are allocated to develop evidence-based interventions and policy instruments and one would assume that, steeped in a validated body of knowledge, the policy will achieve its stated outcomes.
The five-year study design allows for the first year to be used as a planning and start up year, which is critical for piloting all interventions and study instruments prior to implementation.
The Retirement Village Physical Activity and Nutrition for Seniors (RVPANS) study is developed based on a previously validated study whereby the intervention programme and instruments were successfully implemented and tested (pre and post) in older Australian adults.
