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Sports-Based Health Interventions: Case Studies from Around the World

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Sports-Based Health Interventions: Case Studies from Around the World

Sports-Based Health Interventions: Case Studies from Around the World
Springer | Public Health | December 24, 2015 | ISBN-10: 1461459958 | 324 pages | pdf | 8.97 mb

Editors: Conrad, David, White, Alan (Eds.)
Features a broad spectrum of health promotion projects from Europe, Africa, the US, and Australia
Highlights innovative public health interventions with a sport theme or taking place in a sport setting, addressing health issues such as HIV/AIDS, conflict and natural disasters, immunization, and mental health
Examines the lessons learned and generalizability of these projects to ​other countries or other public health issues


About this book
This unique volume explores a growing collaboration between the sport and health sectors to deliver innovative public health interventions in the community. It explores the role of sport and sports settings as a vehicle for achieving health outcomes, as well as some of the practical and moral challenges presented by sport and public health partnerships working together.

Twenty detailed examples illustrate the broad range of programs which have already been developed around the world, from across the spectrum of public health activity.

Chapters include:
• Time Out for Your Health: A sports-based health intervention approach with American football teams
• Promoting Mental Wellbeing in Rugby League communities
• Slum Soccer – female empowerment through football
• Football 4 Peace
• Sport as a post-disaster psychosocial intervention for children in Bam, Iran
• Sex and Sport: An Australian rules football-based chlamydia screening initiative

As well as showcasing what has been achieved in this exciting new field, Sports-based Health Interventions shares valuable advice and lessons learnt to inform the next generation of sports-based public health initiatives.

Number of Illustrations and Tables
22 illus., 2 in colour
Topics
Public Health
Social Work

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