Football and Health Improvement: An Emergent Field

ISBN-13: 9780367029951 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 98 str.

Daniel Parnell; Andy Pringle

Opis

Football-led health improvement is an important part of the public health effort. Through the contributions of policy makers, programme providers and researchers, this text provides insights into a range of issues surrounding the role of football as a vehicle for health improvement for different groups.

Spis treści

1. Football and health improvement: an emerging field 2. A perspective from key stakeholders on football and health improvement 3. Supporting lifestyle risk reduction: promoting men’s health through professional football 4. Effectiveness of a community football programme on improving physiological markers of health in a hard-to-reach male population: the role of exercise intensity 5. Evaluating conflict mitigation and health improvement through soccer: a two-year study of Mifalot’s ‘United Soccer for Peace’ programme 6. The pursuit of lifelong participation: the role of professional football clubs in the delivery of physical education and school sport in England 7. Can ‘English Premier League’ funding for PE and school sport achieve its aims? 8. The influence of club football on children’s daily physical activity 9. Football for health: getting strategic