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Avoiding ‘voltage drop’ in schools research
Designing and evaluating a scalable whole-of-school physical activity intervention that is effective and inexpensive. Physical inactivity is a global problem and schools are ideal settings to address this challenge. Single component interventions (e.g., physical education only) can increase students’ activity during one segment of the…
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Creating A Solution that transforms physical activity culture in schools
A whole school framework to embed physical activity at the heart of the school so that it becomes everyone’s responsibility. The Global Action Plan on Physical Activity highlights just how complex it is to change levels of physical activity. Schools are an important component of…
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Collaborative working to increase walking in local parks
Academics work with local stakeholders to enhance a community asset in a deprived area of a UK town Delapré Park is a 550-acre urban park in Northampton in the East Midlands region of the United Kingdom that has been the location for local partnership working…
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“We don’t have to do things the same way”
Tackling physical inactivity through sport; an evaluation of the Move It AUS program The SPort & Recreation INTervention & Epidemiology Research (SPRINTER) group is a research partnership between the Prevention Research Collaboration, University of Sydney and the New South Wales Office of Sport. SPRINTER provides…
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Every Step Counts: celebrating 20 years of success for 10,000 Steps Australia
Over 550,000 members and 285 billion steps later: Understanding the long-term implementation achievements of a community-wide eHealth intervention program. Like many countries globally Australia faces an inactivity crisis, with less than half the population meeting the National Physical Activity Recommendations. In 2001 the Queensland State…
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Researchers work with City Hall to develop local solutions to promote sport and recreation for all
University faculty proposes local community sports facilities to combat physical inactivity in Arad, Romania Aurel Vlaicu University through the Physical Education and Sport Faculty are involved in improving the recreational sports infrastructure for all the citizens in the city of Arad, Romania. Statistics from the…
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Time, Training, Trust – making movement prescription an easier choice
Why aren’t more doctors prescribing physical activity? The World Health Organization ranks physical inactivity as the 4th leading risk factor for death worldwide. The need is greater than ever to integrate physical activity into all facets of healthcare. Physical activity can reverse or help manage…
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Embedding physical activity into the curriculum of trainee healthcare professionals
National action in the UK to raise the visibility and quality of physical activity teaching for healthcare professionals The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Action Plan on Physical Activity 2018 – 2030 (GAPPA) highlights the importance of the health sector in tackling inactivity globally. GAPPA…
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#8Investments (Dutch translation) presented to Minister of Regional Development and Sports in Suriname
On August 17, 2021 Se-Sergio Baldew from the Anton de Kom University of Suriname met with the Surinamese Minister of Regional Development and Sports and her team and handed over the Dutch version of the #8investments that work for physical activity. He had the opportunity…
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