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1 online resource (626 pages) |
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Routledge International Handbooks |
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Routledge international handbooks.
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| Contents |
Part, 4I Policy issues in physical activity -- chapter Theme a introduction -- Policy concepts and contexts / Joe Piggin Louise Mansfield Mike Weed -- chapter 1 Concepts and theories in physical activity policy / Joe Piggin -- chapter 2 Putting physical activity on the policy agenda / Catherine Woods Nanette Mutrie -- chapter 3 The global physical inactivity pandemic -- An analysis of knowledge production / Joe Piggin Alan Bairner -- chapter 4 Is exercise medicine? -- A critical sociological examination / Dominic Malcolm Emma Pullen -- chapter 5 Sport and physical activity for health and wellbeing -- Choice and competing outcomes / Paul Downward -- chapter 6 The imperative of physical activity in public health policy and practice / Louise Mansfield -- chapter Theme B Introduction -- Evidence and policy / Joe Piggin Louise Mansfield Mike Weed -- chapter 7 The interpretation and misinterpretation of biomedical evidence to inform physical activity guidelines / Mike Weed -- chapter 8 Only connect -- How social science can improve physical activity guidance / Tess Kay -- chapter 9 The use of behavioural evidence in physical activity policy / Fiona Gillison Fay Beck -- chapter 10 Tracing translations -- The journey from evidence to policy to physical activity promotion campaigns / Jessica Lee Benjamin Williams Bernadette Sebar -- chapter 11 Measuring physical activity / Dale Esliger Andrew Kingsnorth Lauren Sherar -- chapter Theme C introduction -- Policy communities and physical activity / Joe Piggin Louise Mansfield Mike Weed -- chapter 12 Physical activity and mental health -- A focus on depression / Guy Faulkner Markus Duncan -- chapter 13 Neighbourhood accessibility and active travel / Hugh Barton Michael Horswell Paul Millar -- chapter 14 The environment, physical activity, recreation and the outdoors / Barbara Humberstone Heather Prince Lois Mansfield -- chapter 15 Sport policy / Pippa Chapman -- chapter 16 Young people, physical activity and 'active play' promotion in Canada / Stephanie Alexander -- chapter 17 Education, physical education and physical activity promotion / Andy Smith Ken Green Miranda Thurston -- part, II Practices -- chapter Theme D introduction -- People, places and physical activity / Joe Piggin Louise Mansfield Mike Weed -- chapter 18 Physical activity and ageing / Cassandra Phoenix Emmanuelle Tulle -- chapter 19 Girls, women and physical activity / Philippa Velija Louise Mansfield -- chapter 20 Disability and physical activity / Toni Williams Brett Smith -- chapter 21 Physical activity, families and households / John Day -- chapter 22 Workplace physical activity -- Theory, policy and practice / David McGillivray -- chapter 23 Physical activity in schools / Jordan Smith David Lubans Rodney Lyn -- chapter 24 Physical activity in prisons / Mark Norman -- chapter Theme E introduction -- Understanding and evaluating practices and programmes / Joe Piggin Louise Mansfield Mike Weed -- chapter 25 Employing voluntary sports organisations in the implementation of physical activity policy / Anna Aggestål Josef Fahlén -- chapter 26 Physical activity opportunities for young people -- A case study of StreetGames / Carolynne Mason -- chapter 27 Schools, corporations and promotion of physical activity to fight obesity / Darren Powell Michael Gard -- chapter 28 The olympic games and physical activity promotion / Paul Bretherton Billy Graeff -- chapter 29 The role of evaluation in school sport policy, provision and participation -- Change4Life School Sports Clubs / Abby Foad Michelle Secker -- chapter 30 Linking physical activity and health evaluation to policy -- Lessons from UK evaluations / Andy Pringle Jim McKenna Stephen Zwolinsky -- chapter 31 Modelling the cost effectiveness of physical activity interventions -- The case of GP based interventions / Nana Kwame Anokye -- chapter 32 Cycling -- A path to physical activity through transportation, sport and leisure / Richard J. Buning Heather J. Gibson -- chapter 33 Will to win -- The darker side of elite swimming / Jenny McMahon -- part, III International perspectives on physical activity policy and practice -- chapter Theme F Introduction -- Physical activity policy and practice around the world / Joe Piggin Louise Mansfield Mike Weed -- chapter 34 The Arab region / Mahfoud Amara -- chapter 35 Australia / Margaret Heffernan Constantino Stavros Kate Westberg Angela Dobele Aaron Smith -- chapter 36 Brazil / Thiago Hérick de Sá Marco Antonio Bettine de Almeida Danielle Keylla Alencar Cruz -- chapter 37 The European Union / Mads de Wolff -- chapter 38 India / Aman Dhall -- chapter 39 South Africa / Tracy L. Kolbe-Alexander Estelle V. Lambert -- chapter 40 The United Kingdom / Emily Knox -- chapter 41 The United States of America / Sean Bulger Emily Jones Eloise Elliott |
| Summary |
"Physical activity, inactivity and their relationship to health are serious concerns for governments around the world. This is the first book to critically examine the policy and practice of physical activity from a multi-disciplinary, social-scientific perspective. Moving beyond the usual biophysical and epidemiological approaches, it defines and explores the key themes that are shaping the global physical activity debate. Unrivalled in its scale and scope, it presents the latest data on physical activity from around the world, including case studies from Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia. Drawing on social, economic and behavioural sciences, it covers contexts from the global to the local and introduces the dominant ideas which inform the study of physical activity. Its 41 chapters examine the use of different forms of evidence in policymaking, the role of organisations in advocating physical activity, and the practical realities of public health interventions. The Routledge Handbook of Physical Activity Policy and Practice is a landmark publication for all students, academics, policymakers and practitioners interested in the social-scientific study of sport, exercise, physical activity and public health."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Exercise -- Health aspects
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Medical policy.
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Public health.
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Health Policy
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Public Health
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public health.
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Exercise -- Health aspects
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Medical policy
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Public health
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handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mansfield, Louise
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Weed, Mike
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| ISBN |
9781317374169 |
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1317374169 |
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9781315672779 |
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1315672774 |
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9781317374176 |
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1317374177 |
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9781317374152 |
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1317374150 |
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