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Title Promoting physical activity : a guide for community action / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity ; edited by David R. Brown, Gregory W. Heath, and Sarah Levin Martin
Edition Second edition
Published Champaign : Human Kinetics, 2010

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Description xviii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Contents Health benefits of physical activity / David M. Buchner -- Physical activity recommendations / Janet E. Fulton and Harold W. Kohl III -- Informational approaches to promoting physical activity -- Behavioral and social approaches to promoting physical activity -- Environmental and policy approaches to promoting physical activity -- Partnerships / Tamara Vehige Calise, Refilwe Moeti, and Jacqueline N. Epping -- Program planning and evaluation / Sarah Levin Martin and Lauren M. Workman
Summary Promoting Physical Activity: A Guide for Community Action, Second Edition, is an essential resource filled with advice, ideas, inspiration, and education to help you bring health and wellness to your community. --Book Jacket
This user-friendly resource has been fully updated to reflect advances made in this evolving field. The new edition discusses emerging topics related to physical activity and public health with a renewed focus on community-wide physical activity interventions. You'll find up-to-date summaries of the national health objectives and the latest physical activity recommendations for adults, children, and older adults, which can serve as a foundation for your programs. You'll also find a more in-depth exploration of establishing partnerships in order to enhance the effectiveness and reach of your programs and an expanded discussion of program evaluation. --
Notes Previous ed.: 1999
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Health promotion -- Social aspects -- United States.
Medicine, Preventive -- Social aspects -- United States.
Physical fitness -- Social aspects -- United States.
Health Promotion.
Physical Fitness.
Preventive Medicine.
Sociology, Medical.
SUBJECT United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481
United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481
Author Brown, David R., Ph. D.
Heath, Gregory.
Martin, Sarah Levin.
Coordinating Center for Health Promotion (U.S.)
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.). Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity.
LC no. 2009047443
ISBN 0736062084 (soft cover)
9780736062084 (soft cover)