Physical activity and health promotion: evidence-based approaches to practice

Physical Activity and Health Promotion: Evidence-based Approaches to Practiceevaluates the realities and complexities of working to reverse the adverse trend toward physical inactivity. It is a well-rounded, evidence-based study of interventions for physical activity practice, covering a range of settings andtarget groups. Expert contributors present case studies which help to translate the theory into practice, from individual to societal levels, enriched by explanations of the socio-political context. INDICE: Section 1: Concepts for the development of physical activity practice.Chapter 1: Physical Activity, Health and Health Promotion.Rebecca Murphy, Lindsey Dugdill and Diane Crone.Chapter 2: Influencing Health Behaviour: Applying Theory to Practice.Lynne Halley Johnston, Jeff Breckon and Andrew Hutchison.Chapter 3: Promoting Physical Activity through Policy Change: Art, Science or Politics?.Nick Cavill.Chapter 4: Developing the Evidence-base for Physical Activity Interventions.Lindsey Dugdill, Gareth Stratton and Paula Watson.Section 2: Interventions in physical activity practice.Chapter 5: Physical Activity Promotion in Primary Health Care.Chris Gidlow and Rebecca Murphy.Chapter 6 Physical Activity Interventions in the Community.Diane Crone and Colin Baker.Chapter 7: Developing Physically Active Workplaces.Lindsey Dugdill and Margaret Coffey.Chapter 8: Young People and Physical Activity.Gareth Stratton and Paula Watson.Chapter 9. Populations: Older People and Physical Activity.Afroditi Stathi.Chapter 10 Physical Activity and Mental Health.Diane Crone, Linda Heaney and Christopher S. Owens.Chapter 11: International Developments in Physical Activity Promotion.Jim McKenna.Chapter 12: The Way Forward for Physical Activity and Health Promotion: Designing Interventions for the Future.Andy Smith, case study by Sara Moore

• ISBN: 978-1-4051-6925-7
• Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 280
• Fecha Publicación: 23/01/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés