Sport and physical activity the role of health promotion /: the role of health promotion. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jacqueline Merchant, Barbara L. Griffin and Anne Charnock.
• Other Names: Merchant, Jacqueline; Griffin, Barbara L; Charnock, Anne
• Contents: Cover ; Half-Title ; Title ; Copyright ; Contents ; Foreword, David F. Seedhouse; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Introduction ; PART I ; INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH PROMOTION, AND SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ; 1 Defi nitions, Values, Models and Approaches in Health Promotion 2 Defi nitions, Models and Development Issues in Sport 3 Planning and Project Management ; 4 Research and Evaluation ; PART II ; HEALTH OF THE INDIVIDUAL ; 5 Heath Benefi ts of Physical Activity across the Lifespan ; 6 Drug Use in Sport 7 Culture, Lifestyle and Identity: Constructing the Healthy You 8 Health Promotion and Healthy Lifestyles: Motivating Individuals to Become Physically Active ; 9 Psychology and Home Exercise Prescription ; PART III ; HEALTH OF COMMUNITIES 10 Physical Activity across the Lifespan: Establishing Community-Based Classes for the Older Person 11 How Understanding Community Development Will Help Your Career ; 12 From 'Personal Exercise on Prescription' to 'HELP': Evolution of an Exercise on Referral System 13 Ethnicity and Health Promotion 14 Gender and Sport: Promoting/Preventing Health in Our Schools ; 15 Disability, Sport and Exercise ; PART IV ; HEALTH OF SOCIETY ; 16 Social Inequalities, Social Exclusion and Health
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxii, 300 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 613.71; Sports training & coaching; Health promotion; Physical fitness; Sports; HEALTH & FITNESS / Healthy Living; HEALTH & FITNESS / Holism; HEALTH & FITNESS / Reference; MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine; Health promotion; Physical fitness; Sports; Physical Fitness; Sports; Health Promotion; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137061270; 1137061278
• Related ISBNs: 9781403934123; 1403934126
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.