ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 4I|254 pages
Policy issues in physical activity
chapter 5|18 pages
Sport and physical activity for health and wellbeing
chapter 10|14 pages
Tracing translations
part II|217 pages
Practices
chapter 29|16 pages
The role of evaluation in school sport policy, provision and participation
chapter 30|16 pages
Linking physical activity and health evaluation to policy
chapter 31|10 pages
Modelling the cost effectiveness of physical activity interventions
part III|111 pages
International perspectives on physical activity policy and practice