Self-directed physical activity for families
The City of Kuopio is collecting information on how to improve the possibilities for families’ self-directed physical activity
The study charts the needs of families with children related to physical activity, their relationship with physical activity and examines parents’ willingness to organise activities themselves. As a result of this study, the city acknowledges how families could utilize the city spaces for self-directed physical activity.
This study is carried out by Aino Karvonen, a service design student in Savonia University of Applied Sciences, as a part of her training and thesis in 2024. As a part of this study the City recognizes how design education could integrated into the physical activity services for families.
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Irma Savolainen
Development Specialist, Centre of Excellence for Comprehensive Security
Strategy and Development
Privacy statement of the project – Savonia
Personal data is collected from respondents. In addition, the survey seeks target group members for interviews and workshops, for which the respondents’ contact information is collected. The survey, interviews and workshops are part of a related thesis that develops a sports and design education service concept for families with children. Personal data collected from the survey, interviews and workshops are analysed and infographics and user profiles describing the target group in general are produced from the data. No personally identifiable information will be published in the study.