Sports-based Health Interventions: Case Studies from Around the World - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 1461459958 ISBN 13 : 9781461459958

Editeur : Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2015

Synopsis

This unique volume explores a growing collaboration between the sport and health sectors to deliver innovative public health interventions in the community. It explores the role of sport and sports settings as a vehicle for achieving health outcomes, as well as some of the practical and moral challenges presented by sport and public health partnerships working together.

 

Twenty detailed examples illustrate the broad range of programs which have already been developed around the world, from across the spectrum of public health activity.

 

Chapters include: 

• Time Out for Your Health: A sports-based health intervention approach with American football teams

• Promoting Mental Wellbeing in Rugby League communities

• Slum Soccer – female empowerment through football

• Football 4 Peace

• Sport as a post-disaster psychosocial intervention for children in Bam, Iran

• Sex and Sport: An Australian rules football-based chlamydia screening initiative

As well as showcasing what has been achieved in this exciting new field, Sports-based Health Interventions shares valuable advice and lessons learnt to inform the next generation of sports-based public health initiatives.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alan White is a professor of Men’s Health at Leeds Beckett University. David Conrad is a Consultant in Public Health at Hertfordshire County Council and Associate Member of the Centre for Men’s Health at Leeds Beckett University. Together they have previously edited two books for health professionals – Men's Health: How To Do It (published by Radcliffe in 2007) and Promoting Men's Mental Health (Radcliffe 2010). Professor White is currently evaluating the Premier League Health with the English Premier League, is part of the Evaluation team of the Fit Fans in Training initiative with the Scottish Premier League and has run a two season long health campaign with the Leeds Rhino’s Rugby League team. He has recently headed up the completion of the ‘State of Men’s Health in Europe Report’ for the European Commission.    

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

This unique volume explores a growing collaboration between the sport and health sectors to deliver innovative public health interventions in the community. It explores the role of sport and sports settings as a vehicle for achieving health outcomes, as well as some of the practical and moral challenges presented by sport and public health partnerships working together.

 

Twenty detailed examples illustrate the broad range of programs which have already been developed around the world, from across the spectrum of public health activity.

 

Chapters include: 

Time Out for Your Health: A sports-based health intervention approach with American football teams

Promoting Mental Wellbeing in Rugby League communities

Slum Soccer female empowerment through football

Football 4 Peace

Sport as a post-disaster psychosocial intervention for children in Bam, Iran

Sex and Sport: An Australian rules football-based chlamydia screening initiative

As well as showcasing what has been achieved in this exciting new field, Sports-based Health Interventions shares valuable advice and lessons learnt to inform the next generation of sports-based public health initiatives.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1461459958
• ISBN 13: 9781461459958
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 200
• Éditeur: Conrad David, White Alan
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