scholarly journals Vancouver and the 2010 Olympic Games: Physical Activity for All?

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1556-1564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inge Derom ◽  
Donna Lee
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Problem Definition ◽  
Critical Policy Analysis ◽  
Promotion Policy ◽  
Target Populations ◽  
The City

Background:The City of Vancouver, British Columbia strategically designed and implemented a municipal health promotion policy—the Vancouver Active Communities policy—to leverage the 2010 Olympic Games. The goal of the policy was to increase physical activity participation among Vancouver residents by 2010.Methods:In this paper, we conduct a critical policy analysis of health promotion policy documents that were available on the City of Vancouver’s website.Results:We elaborate on the background to the policy and more specifically we examine its content: the problem definition, policy goals, and policy instruments.Discussion:Our analysis showed inconsistency within the policy, particularly because the implemented policy instruments were not designed to address needs of the identified target populations in need of health promotion efforts, which were used to legitimize the approval of funding for the policy. Inconsistency across municipal policies, especially in terms of promoting physical activity among low-income residents, was also problematic.Conclusions:If other municipalities seek to leverage health promotion funding related to hosting sport mega-events, the programs and services should be designed to benefit the target populations used to justify the funding. Furthermore, municipalities should clearly indicate how funding will be maintained beyond the life expectancy of the mega-event.

Description of the Countrywide Physical Activity Network Coordinated by the Brazilian Ministry of Health: 2005−2008

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (s2) ◽  
pp. S253-S258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan G. Knuth ◽  
Deborah C. Malta ◽  
Danielle K. Cruz ◽  
Adriana M. Castro ◽  
Janaína Fagundes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Process Evaluation ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Small Cities ◽  
Ministry Of Health ◽  
Promotion Policy ◽  
Physical Activity Interventions ◽  
Indoor Sports

Background:Based on the Brazilian National Health Promotion Policy (PNPS), the Ministry of Health (MoH) started stimulating and funding physical activity interventions in 2005, leading to the establishment of a countrywide network. The aim of the present article is to geographically describe this network (2005−2008) and to present structure and process evaluation indicators of interventions funded in 2006 and 2007.Methods:In 2005, the 27 state capitals received funding for carrying out physical activity-related interventions. From 2006 onwards, public calls for proposals were announced, and cities were selected through a competitive basis. Coordinators of interventions in cities who got funding in 2006 and 2007 answered to survey questions on structure and process aspects of the interventions.Results:The network currently comprises 469 projects, out of which over 60% are carried out in small cities (<30,000 inhabitants). The most frequently used public spaces for the interventions are squares and indoor sports courts. The main physical activity-related topic of the PNPS prioritized in the projects is healthy diet. The main partnerships developed are between City's Health and Education Secretariats.Conclusion:Expanding the network to 1000 cities by 2010 and continuing the evaluation efforts are the next goals of the Brazilian MoH.

scholarly journals Development of a model for physical fitness and its correlates in children and adolescents from the canton de Vaud: the PACE model

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Young People ◽  
General Population ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Legal Context

The Lausanne Youth Olympic Games in January 2020 rep­resent a unique opportunity for the canton of Vaud to ­strengthen its policy of health promotion through physical activity and sport among young people. Several factors influence physical activity and physical fitness of a population. Ecological models describe correlates of physical activity in general population and youth. However, no model describes correlates of physical fitness. To close this gap, the model of physical fitness and its correlates among children and adolescents of the canton of Vaud (PACE model) was developed. The model is organized in the following levels: global (guidelines, policy and legal context), environmental (social, built and natural environment), interpersonal (family and relatives social support) and individual (biological, socio­demographic, psychological and behavioral aspects). Perspectives on the application of the PACE model are also ­presented. La forme masculine est utilisée dans cet article par souci de concision. Elle doit être comprise comme englobant l’ensemble des réalités liées au genre.

scholarly journals ‘The Feel of the Stones, Sounds of Cars, the Different Smells’: How Incorporating the Senses Can Help Support Equitable Health Promotion

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Andrew Barnfield
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Sense Making ◽  
Prevention Strategies ◽  
Recreational Runners ◽  
The Senses ◽  
Sense Of Touch ◽  
The City ◽  
Health Promotion Practice

There has been limited consideration to the role of the senses in health promotion regardless of the prominence placed on corporeality in intervention and prevention strategies. Touch as a form of sense-making challenges the representational approaches that characterize health promotion methods to increase participation in physical activity. This paper explores recreational running practices through the sense of touch and is drawn from an in-depth qualitative research project with recreational runners in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. The project examined how recreational running was established and maintained within the city. This paper concludes that there is potential for health promotion to adopt a more open stance towards the study of sensual experiences of the built environment. Insights from approaches attentive to the senses hold promise for agendas and interventions in health promotion practice and intervention.

scholarly journals Walkable Environments and Healthy Urban Moves: Urban Context Features Assessment Framework Experienced in Milan

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Rebecchi ◽  
Maddalena Buffoli ◽  
Marco Dettori ◽  
Letizia Appolloni ◽  
Antonio Azara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Active Transport ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Assessment Framework ◽  
Design Recommendations ◽  
The City

Recent studies in public health have focused on determining the influences of the built environment on the population’s physical and mental health status. In order to promote active transport and physical activity, considered favorable behavior for the prevention non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as obesity, it is necessary to reduce the negative effects of the built environment and develop positive ones, such as, for example, a walkable urban space. The aim of the research is to define a city’s walkability assessment framework capable of highlighting points of strength and weakness in its urban environment. All of the aspects that have a direct influence (evidence-based) on fostering the adoption of healthy lifestyles or promoting active transport as a strategy to increase the level of physical activity due to the existence of daily urban travel should be considered. After conducting a literature review aimed at identifying all of the existing assessment tools, 20 research studies were examined in detail. The new evaluation method arises from the comparison and critical selection of the various qualitative–quantitative indicators found, integrated into a multi-criteria analysis structure of dual-scale survey, with reference to walkability and paying attention to those indicators that have implications on health promotion. The new assessment framework, named Milano Walkability Measurement (MWM), is applicable in different urban contexts and was tested in two different areas of Milan. The Macro dimension (i.e., Density, Diversity, and Design criteria) refers to the urban scale and examines the city from a top view. It describes quantitatively the overall urban factors (urban area size equal to 1.5 Km2; typology of data: archival). The Micro dimension (i.e., Usefulness, Safeness, Comfort, and Aesthetics criteria) investigates the city at the street scale level. It describes qualitatively features of the outdoor spaces (road length of about 500/700 mt; typology of data: observational). Finally, the framework was weighted by comparison with a panel of experts. The expected results were reflected in the design recommendations based on the collected qualitative-quantitative data. The developed assessment method brings innovative criteria such as the multi-scaling assessment phase (Macro and Micro) and the ability to take into consideration aspects that according to the literature have relationships with health promotion linked to the improvement of a healthy lifestyle, related to daily active transportation choices. The design recommendations are useful both to policy-makers, to make evidence-based specific choices, and to designers, to understand what aspects of the urban environment must be improved or implemented in order to promote a walkable city.

scholarly journals Southeast Raleigh Minority Faith-based Health Promotion Initiative

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (SI) ◽  
pp. 87-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolette Warren-White ◽  
Patricia Moorman ◽  
Morris J. Dunn ◽  
Carol S. Mitchell ◽  
Ariel Fisher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Community Garden ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Community Residents ◽  
Faith Based Organizations ◽  
Walking Programs

Faith-based organizations are a powerful resource for addressing health issues within the African American community. In this paper, we describe two projects led by volunteer faith-based leaders and community residents who collaborated with public agencies to design programs to combat obesity. The first project, the Southeast Raleigh Community Garden Project, involved the construction of a community garden and the delivery of educational programs on healthy eating among youth. The second one, Project FACT (Faith-based groups Addressing health issues through Community outreach Together in the community), implemented church-based nutrition education programs and community walking programs led by church volunteers. The purpose of the two faith-based health promotion projects was to increase opportunities for physical activity and to encourage consumption of more fruits and vegetables. These projects resulted in the construction of a walking trail with the community garden as its destination, implementation of education programs to increase nutritional awareness, the initiation of multiple walking programs, and policy changes within the church to encourage a healthier lifestyle. The projects demonstrated the feasibility of collaboration among faith-based organizations, community residents and government agencies to promote physical activity and healthful eating among families by creating physical changes in the environment and implementing educational and walking programs in low income communities.

scholarly journals Strengthening health promotion policy

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
E De Leeuw
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Intervention Development ◽  
Knowledge Bases ◽  
Community Action ◽  
Good Evidence ◽  
Policy Network ◽  
Promotion Policy

Abstract Policy development and implementation are too often considered the 'autonomous' result of a mix of good evidence production and social support for change. But both these policy drivers need to be created, supported, and - to be honest - manipulated toward the best possible configuration of different intervention modalities (or 'policy instruments') involving ranges of audiences (from the traditional 'risk group' to a much more fuzzy caste of politicians at many different levels of governments and governance). Whereas there is an acknowledgement that intervention development and evaluation must take into account multi-level complexity thinking, the realisation that this must translate into a similarly complex world of policy development has not yet sunk in. This presentation will review the interface between (a) the available evidence and knowledge bases for health promotion policy effectiveness; (b) the role and deceptive nature of social, political and determinants of health and political action; and (c) the nature of deliberative democracy and its various forms (e.g., 'participatory budgeting') and the prerogative of community action. I will claim - and demonstrate - that the discipline of health political science has made available functional toolkits for shaping and investigating systematically the policy process for health. Particularly, we need to progress our thinking from traditional mono-paradigmatic empirical research only, to a dynamic world of hybridisation of theories and practices. I will demonstrate the feasibility of this approach by showing the new policy opportunities that can be created by combining policy network research with language frame network mapping.

Showcasing the ‘Land of Tomorrow’: Mexico and the 1968 Olympics

2004 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Zolov
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Mexico City ◽  
School Children ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Early Summer ◽  
Graphic Representation ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
The City ◽  
The Olympic Games

Atourist arriving in Mexico City in the early summer of 1968 would have found the capital awash in color, an air of expectation and optimism everywhere palpable as the country finalized last-minute preparations for the Olympic Games, scheduled to commence that October. Yellow, blue, and pink banners framing a white dove of peace lit up major thoroughfares. Throughout the city, numerous commercial billboards had been replaced with photographs of cultural and physical activity related to the Games; in one corner, was the omnipresent peace dove. Other enormous images laced the skyline: caricatured line drawings of school children, a family portrait, anonymous faces in a crowd. “Everything is Possible in Peace,” the new billboards proclaimed in a multitude of languages—set against a background of hot pink and vibrant yellow. Along a designated “Route of Friendship” that extended across the southern part of the city, large abstract sculptures of brightly painted concrete by artists of international renown could be observed in various stages of completion. The country's official logo for the Games—“MEXICO68”—whose evident Op Art influence was designed to evoke a moving, modernist feel, was omnipresent; so too were the hundreds of young edecanes (event hostesses), whose uniformed miniskirts and pantsuits were emblazoned with a graphic representation of the logo. The viewer could scarcely have avoided the sensation of a city, a country on the verge of something spectacular.

scholarly journals The Significance of the Participatory Approach in Health Promotion and Cancer Prevention

2020 ◽  
pp. 309-321
Author(s):  
Karina Leksy
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Cancer Prevention ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Participatory Approach ◽  
Preventive Action ◽  
Preventive Actions ◽  
Healthy Eating Habits ◽  
The City

Leksy Karina, The Significance of the Participatory Approach in Health Promotion and Cancer Prevention [Znaczenie podejścia partycypacyjnego w promocji zdrowia i profilaktyce nowotworowej]. Studia Edukacyjne nr 56, 2020, Poznań 2020, pp. 309-321. Adam Mickiewicz University Press. ISSN 1233-6688. DOI: 10.14746/se.2020.56.17The global spread of cancer makes every preventive action aiming at stopping the increase in number of cases and deaths related to cancer extremely important. Preventive actions may be especially effective in diseases etiologically related to lifestyles, including above all eating habits and level of physical activity. It is worth implementing them in compliance with the participatory approach, which constitutes a key component of health promotion and health education. The aim of this article is to present the reasons for and the need to implement prevention based on the idea of participation. This is justified by the results of the research conducted as part of a grant sponsored by Polska Liga Walki z Rakiem [Polish Cancer League] (“Onkogranty II” contest), entitled Promotion of healthy eating habits and physical activity in primary schools throughout the city of Bytom – a diagnosis of educational needs in the context of planning effective actions in primary cancer prevention. It seems that involving students in the process of identifying needs, determining priorities, planning and evaluating these actions is currently one of the most effective ways of developing awareness of cancer prevention.

scholarly journals A quasi-experimental study evaluating a health promotion program targeting healthy nutrition, physical activity and social network enhancement for low-income multi-problem households: study protocol

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Latifa Abidi ◽  
Gera E. Nagelhout ◽  
Renate Spruijt ◽  
Hermijn Schutte ◽  
Hein De Vries
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
Promotion Program ◽  
Healthy Nutrition ◽  
Quasi Experimental

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Previous studies have shown that people living in multi-problem households are less physically active, eat less healthy, have unstable social networks, and worse self-perceived general health than other people. The aim of this paper is to describe the development and evaluation of a health promotion program called “Back2Balance” for low-income multi-problem households aimed at improving healthy nutrition, physical activity, social networks, and self-perceived health.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> The Back2Balance program was developed using input from two formative studies and a co-creation process together with the target group and social workers. We used the theoretical domains framework to identify the functional components of our program. The Back2Balance program consists of: 1) a walking group, 2) cooking workshops, 3) motivational talks, 4) discounts on existing health promotion programs, and 5) family trips and children’s activities. In a quasi-experimental study respondents in the intervention group receive the usual social services support for multi-problem households and have the possibility to enroll in the program. Respondents in the control group only receive usual social services support.<strong> </strong>The program will be evaluated among 272 respondents from low-income multi-problem households living in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This protocol describes the development and evaluation of the Back2Balance program. We hypothesize that the program will lead to increased physical activity, healthy nutrition, social networks enhancement, and self-perceived health. The results of this study can be used as input for other national or international initiatives aiming to increase health of low-income multi-problem households.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Trial registration: </strong>NTR6512</p><p class="abstract"> </p>

Book Review

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 386-389
Author(s):  
Eduardo Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
City Image ◽  
European Capital Of Culture ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The World ◽  
The City ◽  
The Olympic Games

Evinç Doğan (2016). Image of Istanbul, Impact of ECoC 2010 on The City Image. London: Transnational Press London. [222 pp, RRP: £18.75, ISBN: 978-1-910781-22-7]The idea of discovering or creating a form of uniqueness to differentiate a place from others is clearly attractive. In this regard, and in line with Ashworth (2009), three urban planning instruments are widely used throughout the world as a means of boosting a city’s image: (i) personality association - where places associate themselves with a named individual from history, literature, the arts, politics, entertainment, sport or even mythology; (ii) the visual qualities of buildings and urban design, which include flagship building, signature urban design and even signature districts and (iii) event hallmarking - where places organize events, usually cultural (e.g., European Capital of Culture, henceforth referred to as ECoC) or sporting (e.g., the Olympic Games), in order to obtain worldwide recognition. 

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