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Table 3.

Who undertakes activities in the sphere of health promotion for older people? The institutional analysis scope and sketched results

Sector	MAIN Institutions with health promotion functions indicated for the project purposes	Street level health promoters- professionals, health care and public health specialists	Place of setting	Target groups	Particular actions (examples) – where, how
Health (health care sector understood as involved mainly in diagnostics, treatment, prophylactic processes)	GP/Primary care, Organisations, Insurers	GPs, Nurses, Public health professionals, Physiotherapists	Health centres/units Patient’s homes	Older Patients	Within service delivery – oriented on health conservation, improvement, postponing of worsening health condition, promotion of expected life style (improving health – diet/physical activity recommendation)
		Occupational therapists, Dieticians, Exercise counsellors
		Pharmacists, Opticians/optometrists, Speech and language therapists
Education/	Education offices/institutions	Teachers, pedagogy specialists, Sport trainers	Schools, other educational institutions, Sport clubs, Sport centres	Population by age	Educational programme realisation, sport/physical activity support and organisation
Sport	Education offices/institutions
Sport	Sports organisations/clubs/associations
Social Assistance	Social Services	Social workers, therapists, officials	Different settings (depending on the particular activity)	Vulnerable older people	Accompanying social service delivery, direct contact with professionals (advocacy for life style/habit change, personal support)
Social Assistance	Social Services	Environmental nurses	Different settings (depending on the particular activity)	Vulnerable older people
Governmental	National public health agencies/organs/bodies	Public health professionals, Epidemiologists	Different settings (depending on the particular activity)	Population	Programmes, research, policy/strategy
Regional/Local Authorities	Regional/local public health departments	Public health professionals, Teachers, Play workers, Community workers, Social workers, Environmental health officers	Different settings (depending on the particular activity)	Population by age	Strategies and policies at the local level, activities undertaken by particular professionals at the local level (local government. initiatives)
Enterprise	Health and safety at workplace services (inspectorates), Trade unions and workers organisations, Employers organisations	Occupational medicine specialists	Companies/workplace	Older employees	Regular worker check-ups, diagnostics and other services performed by occupational medical services and professionals, Programmes/trainings organised at the workplace
		Inspectors	Occupational medicine units
		Activists/educators	Occupational medicine units
NGO/Voluntary	Social and civic organisations – NGOs	NGO activists, Public health professionals, Trade union safety representatives, Pressure groups	Different settings (depending on the particular NGO and particular activity)	Groups of the older population	Actions of different kinds addressed to the older population in need in different settings (determined by the NGO type and mission)
Media	Media organisations	Journalists - Health correspondents	Different media (press, audio and TV programmes, internet)	The population generally and seniors particularly	Media designing/participating/supporting programmes/actions supporting health promotion for older persons.

(Source: own elaboration)