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Author Merchant, Jacqueline, 1964- Editor, editor

Title Sport and physical activity : the role of health promotion / edited by Jacqueline Merchant, Barbara L. Griffin and Anne Charnock
Published Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan Limited, Aug. 2007 ; South Yarra : Palgrave Macmillan [Distributor]

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Description xxii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction / Barbara L. Griffin, Jacqueline Merchant and Anne Charnock -- Part I. Introduction to health promotion, and sport and physical activity -- 1. Definitions, Values, Models and Approaches in Health Promotion / B.L.Griffin & D.F.Seedhouse -- 2. Definitions, Models and Development Issues in Sport / Z.Pawlaczek -- 3. Planning and Project Management / B.L.Griffin & A.Learmonth -- 4. Research and Evaluation / B.L.Griffin & A.Learmonth -- Part II. Health of the individual -- 5. Health Benefits of Physical Activity Across the Lifespan / D.Blackwell -- 6. Drug Use in Sport / A.McInnes, R.Heron & M.Harrison -- 7. Culture, Lifestyle and Identity: Constructing the Health You / N.Watson -- 8. Health Promotion and Health Lifestyles: Motivating Individuals to Become Physically Active / I.Soos, J. Liukkonnen & R.W.Thomson -- 9. Psychology and Home Exercise Prescription / S.Darkings & A.Charnock -- Part III. Health of communities --
10. Physical Activity Across the Lifespan: Establishing Community Based Classes for the Older Person / L.Hughes -- 11. How Understanding Community Development Will Help Your Career / M.Burns & B.L.Griffin -- 12. From "Personal Exercise on Prescription" to "HELP": Evolution of An Exercise Referral System / G.Goodson & S.Collins -- 13. Ethnicity and Health Promotion / R.W.Thomson & I.Soos -- 14. Gender and Sport: Promoting/Preventing Health in our Schools / K.M.Russell -- 15. Disability, Sport and Exercise / H.Fitzgerald & D.Bass -- Part IV. Health of society -- 16. Social Inequalities, Social Exclusion and Health / J.Merchant -- 17. Getting Evidence About Physical Activity into Practice: Inequalities in Health and Their Reduction / M.P. Kelly & H.Crombie -- 18. Global Health Promotion: Issues, Principles and Practice / C.Llewellyn -- 19. Australian Government Policy on Sport and Health Promotion: A Look at "Active Australia" / T.D.Brown
Summary "This authoritative introduction to physical activity applies the main theories, models and approaches in health promotion to the field of sport and exercise. It draws together the disciplines of psychology, sociology, physiology and social policy to look at issues affecting the health of individuals, of communities and of society as a whole." -- Publisher's website
Analysis Evaluation
Health
Health promotion
Participation
Physical fitness
Sport
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Health promotion.
Physical fitness.
Sports.
Author Charnock, Anne, Dr.
Griffin, Barbara L.
Merchant, Jacqueline, 1964-
ISBN 1403934126 (paperback)
9781403934123 (paperback)