Conceptualising Inclusion and Participation in the Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles

Bailey, Richard Peter; Angit, Suria

doi:10.3390/ijerph19169917

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Conceptualising Inclusion and Participation in the Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles

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Richard Peter Bailey

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Suria Angit

Centre for Academic Partnerships and Engagement, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Semenyih 43500, Selangor, Malaysia

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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(16), 9917; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19169917

Submission received: 8 July 2022 / Revised: 5 August 2022 / Accepted: 9 August 2022 / Published: 11 August 2022

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Promotion of Healthier Lifestyles through Nutrition and Physical Activity)

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The central tension in health promotion is between a public health policy presumption that healthy lifestyles have benefits at both the individual and societal levels and should be assertively encouraged, and liberal demands that states should maintain a stance of non-interference concerning private affairs. This tension is heightened when the engagement of marginalised or disempowered groups, such as persons with disabilities, women, or immigrants, enter discussions. This paper examines the concept of inclusion within the context of the promotion of healthy lifestyles, primarily sport and physical activity in community contexts. Using a form of ‘reflective equilibrium’, it explores a series of distinctions to evaluate critically different accounts of inclusion and offers a novel and somewhat radical approach based on re-interpretations and alignments of participation and hegemonic relationships.

Keywords: inclusion; promotion of healthy lifestyles; physical activity; sport; community; marginalised groups

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Bailey, R.P.; Angit, S. Conceptualising Inclusion and Participation in the Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 9917. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19169917

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Bailey RP, Angit S. Conceptualising Inclusion and Participation in the Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(16):9917. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19169917

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Bailey, Richard Peter, and Suria Angit. 2022. "Conceptualising Inclusion and Participation in the Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 16: 9917. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19169917

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Bailey, R. P., & Angit, S. (2022). Conceptualising Inclusion and Participation in the Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(16), 9917. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19169917

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