Health Behaviour among People with Intellectual Disability

Many evidence suggested that physical activity provides benefits to people with intellectual disabilities (ID), yet adults with ID did not reach the recommended guideline for physical activity and further research of PA programme that adaptable to the need of ID was important for this special population. There was no SCT-based PA intervention programmes to promote healthy behaviour among adults with ID in Hong Kong worksite, and findings from the reviews showed that Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) is the most widely used theoretic foundation. This study was to evaluate the effects of a Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) based physical activity intervention designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the twelve-week intervention with regard to psychosocial behaviour using SCT and physical activity behaviour among adults with intellectual disability in non-working time.

Autorentext

Dr. Ada S. Y. Chan, PhD, is currently a lecturer in Department of Physical Education at Hong Kong Baptist University. Her research interests are in areas of education, physical activity, special population, and health.