Physical Activity and Health Promotion: Trends, Strategies, and Innovations
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Behavior, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2021) | Viewed by 6673
Special Issue Editors
Interests: physical activity; health promotion; men’s health; community engagement; professional sport
Interests: physical activity and health promotion in children and youth
Interests: marginalized populations; access to health; culturally and linguistically diverse groups; obesity; lifestyle interventions
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Participation in regular physical activity is associated with a range of health benefits, including reduced chronic disease risk, improved mental health outcomes, and improved quality of life. Despite known benefits, adults and young people are insufficiently physically active globally. Therefore, the World Health Organization included a goal of a 10% relative reduction in the prevalence of insufficient physical activity in their Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases 2013–2020. Progress towards this goal has been slow, and insufficient physical activity remains a global public health concern. There is an urgent need for innovative, sustainable, and translational physical activity and health promotion initiatives that empower individuals and communities to make positive lifestyle choices.
This Special Issue provides an interdisciplinary platform to showcase research exploring current trends in physical activity (and inactivity), factors influencing physical activity and sport participation, innovative health promotion interventions targeting physical activity, and reviews collating evidence on the nature and effectiveness of physical activity interventions across the lifecourse. We invite researchers from broad areas of physical activity and health promotion, using rigorous study designs to address these and related topics, to submit their work for this Special Issue.
Dr. Emma George
Dr. Justin Guagliano
Dr. Freya MacMillan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Physical activity
- Health promotion
- Chronic disease
- Population health
- Health inequality
- Global health
- Social determinants of health
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