Benefits to Community
- Clients can benefit from follow up exercise expertise with AHC exercise specialists as well as social/peer-support for
exercise beyond that currently available through standard healthcare and fitness facilities.
- Clients can benefit from improved health profiles, particularly in terms of key risk factors (body mass index, blood
pressure, lipid and glucose profiles, etc).
- Clients can benefit from enhanced physical activity behaviour in terms of improved activity levels, frequency of
exercising, and exercise adherence.
Benefits to Research
- The AHC provides infrastructure to support aspects of the University research themes of healthy ageing and public
health and the IHP’s research priority area of physical activity and health.
- A major project supported at the Active Health Clinic in 2008 was a territory wide research study to validate the annual
physical fitness assessment for the Hong Kong Fire Services Department.
- Other research collaborations and student research projects are also undertaken at the AHC.
Benefits to Teaching and Learning
- The AHC provides improved hands-on ‘real world’ situated learning experiences for students majoring in exercise
science.
- The opportunity for an improved portfolio of skills and experiences for graduating exercise science students, increasing
their career prospects and employability.
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