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Promoting Physical Activity : A Guide for Community Action
by Centers for Disease ContrEdition:
2nd
ISBN13:
9780736062084
ISBN10:
0736062084
Format:
Paperback
Pub. Date:
5/4/2010
Publisher(s):
HUMAN KINETICS PUBLISHERS
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This user friendly resource will show you how to get people off the couch and on their way to healthy living.
Table of Contents
| Foundations for Physical Activity Promotion | |
| Health Benefits of Physical Activity | |
| What Is Physical Activity? | |
| What Is Physical Fitness? | |
| Physical Activity and Energy Expenditure | |
| Determinants of the Health Benefits of Physical Activity | |
| Types of Physical Activity | |
| Other Attributes of Physical Activity | |
| Preventive Health Benefits of Physical Activity | |
| Health Benefits of Physical Activity in Children | |
| Prevention of Functional Limitations and Disability | |
| Therapeutic Exericse | |
| Perspective on Physical Activity Risks | |
| Conclusion | |
| Resources | |
| Physical Activity Recommendations | |
| Healthy People 2010: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives Related to Physical Activity and Physical Fitness | |
| Physical Activity Recommendations for Adults-Historical Considerations | |
| Overview of Current Physical Activity Guidelines for Adults | |
| Current Physical Activity Guidelines for Adults | |
| What's New About the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines For Americans? | |
| Physical Activity Recommendations for Older Adults-Historical Considerations | |
| Current Physical Activity Guidelines for Older Adults | |
| Physical Activity Recommendations for Children and Adolescents-Historical Considerations | |
| Current Physical Activity Guidelines for Children And Adolescents | |
| Summary | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Approaches and Interventions for Changing Physical Activity Behavior | |
| Informational Approaches to Promoting Physical Activity | |
| Community-Wide Campaigns | |
| Point-of-Decision Prompts | |
| Behavioral and Social Approaches to Promoting Physical Activity | |
| Enhanced School-Based Physical Education | |
| Individually-Adapted Behavior Change Interventions | |
| Social Support Interventions in Community Settings | |
| Environmental and Policy Approaches to Promoting Physical Activity | |
| Creation of or Enhanced Access to Places for Physical Activity Combined With Informational Outreach Activities | |
| Community-Scale and Street-Scale Urban Design and Land Use Policies and Practices to Promote Physical Activity | |
| Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating Your Intervention or Program | |
| Partnerships | |
| Key Steps to an Effective Partnership | |
| Determine Whether a Partnership Is Necessary | |
| Determine Whether Potential Partners Have the Capacity and Interest to Support the Physical Activity Partnership | |
| Recruit Partners | |
| Establish Leadership | |
| Determine One or More Common Goals | |
| Determine the Partner's Level of Involvement and Cooperation in the Partnership | |
| Define the Partnership's Operational Structure | |
| Keep the Long-Term Goal in View | |
| Start with Reasonable Short-Term Objectives | |
| Evaluate the Partnership | |
| Conclusion | |
| Recommended Readings | |
| Program Planning and Evaluation | |
| Program Planning | |
| Program Evaluation | |
| Conclusion | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Resources for Action | |
| Physical Activity and Disability | |
| Physical Activity Surveillance | |
| Physical Activity and Fitness (HP 2010 Progress Review) | |
| Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General (Executive Summary) | |
| Resources | |
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