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GR1_2_1: Abstract presentations: Systems, Policy and Equity in Physical Activity Promotion Location: Glass room 1 Session Chair: Anja Frei | |
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10:35am - 10:45am
Leisure-time Physical Activity for Socio‑Professional Reintegration in Swiss Disability Insurance: Insights from an Exploratory Study UNIL, Switzerland Background This study examines the feasibility of integrating a Physical Activity (PA) intervention into Switzerland’s Disability Insurance (DI), a compulsory social insurance aimed at rehabilitating individuals with chronic disabilities. Although PA is known to enhance health and support reintegration by mobilising preserved capacities, its role within SI systems remains underexplored. This exploratory case study investigates how PA could be implemented as an innovative reintegration measure for DI beneficiaries Switzerland. Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted with officials from the cantonal DI offices of Fribourg, Geneva and Vaud. The interview guide addressed participants’ professional trajectories, beneficiary profiles, existing interventions, and legal and practical possibilities for introducing PA programmes. Special attention was paid to interviewees’ conceptions, practices and attitudes toward PA. Interview transcripts were analysed through qualitative discourse analysis informed by categories derived from the Swiss DI Act. Results Findings indicate that the Swiss legal framework provides sufficient flexibility to incorporate PA as a socio-professional reintegration measure. Respondents highlighted the strong alignment between DI objectives and PA promotion. PA may be particularly suitable during the first year of DI support and for young adults. However, wider adoption of PA programs would require addressing professionals’ attitudes and raising awareness of complementarities between DI goals and PA promotion. Conclusions Socio-professional PA interventions could reach 200,000 Swiss DI beneficiaries. As vulnerable groups face elevated risks of multimorbidity, ensuring long-term access to low-cost intervention requires social welfare actors to recognise shared interests between social insurance and PA promotion and support their integration into DI practice. Funding UNIL | |
