How Can the Health System Benefit from Increasing Participation in Sport, Exercise and Physical Activity?

Zwolinsky, Stephen; McKenna, Jim; Pringle, Andy

doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-5996-5_2

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“…Zwolinsky et al [3] stated that there is a need to recognize that adoption of active lifestyles programs for adults, introduction of sport physical activity to attract inactive audiences. Warburton et al [4] regular physical activity prevents musculoskeletal disorders such as mechanical low back pain, neck, shoulder pain and, assist to decrease risk of developing coronary heart disease (hypertension, diabetes, osteoporosis, and obesity and colon cancers).…”

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Factors Affecting Physical Activity Participation Among University Students

Oluyinka

Endozo

2019

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The Physical activities are indispensable to be healthy and away from illness, yet, students ignoring it. The factors affecting physical activity participation among university students in the Philippines examined in this study. Modified International Physical Activity Questionnaire adopted, Stata 13 and SPSS utilized to justify the objectives of study on a 470 samples. Findings revealed that participants who do physical activity for 3 days and accumulating at least 1500 metabolic equivalent tasks (MET) minutes per week or with combination of walking, moderate or vigorous intensity activities accumulating at least 3000 MET minutes were classified as highly active. Other participants were categorized as moderately active and low active/inactive. The results identified that lack of time due to busy lesson schedule was the most significant factors for not participating in physical activity among the samples. Priority on academic success over exercise was the most identified item that hinders individual to participate in physical activities. Thus, recommended the replication of this study to increase the generalizability of achieved results

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Factors Affecting Physical Activity Participation Among University Students

Oluyinka

Endozo

2019

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“…For example, few sport-based programmes attempt to influence social-economic factors, even though they may powerfully influence local environments, social interaction and individual choice [ 26 ]. Worse, left unaddressed, these factors may inadvertently exacerbate the existing marginalisation of non-participating groups [ 27 ]. Further, while increased social interaction and access to resources embedded in networks - social capital - [ 28 , 29 ] is thought to be among the greatest return that sports participation can generate [ 26 ], the principle interactions and networks experienced by marginalised groups are often levers for non -participation.…”

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Designing programmes of physical activity through sport: learning from a widening participation intervention, ‘City of Football’

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BackgroundImplementation profoundly influences how well new audiences engage with sport-based physical activity programmes. Recognising that effective implementation relies on concurrently generating supportive contexts, systems and networks for the least engaged ‘target’ groups; this paper aims to address what underpins children’s (non) engagement with football-based physical activity.MethodsAn observational research design, using a non-probability sample of N = 594 primary and secondary schoolchildren assessed outcomes of a three-year ‘City of Football’ (CoF) programme. Pupils self-reported football participation, personal friendship networks and exposure to six concurrent sources of influence (SoI). A 2-step hierarchical cluster analysis and univariate analyses assessed between-cluster differences.ResultsGirls played football least regularly (χ2 [4] = 86.722, p = 0.000). Overall, participation was significantly associated with personal networks engaged in football. Boys’ personal networks were more stable and structurally effective. Football participation was also positively and linearly association with SoI scores. Girls and pupils with no personal networks around football reported the lowest SoI scores. Three clusters emerged, dominated by social network influences. The Traditional Market (n = 157, 27.7%) comprised 81.7% boys; they regularly played football, had the most effective network structure and scored highly across all six domains of SoI. The Sporadically Engaging Socialisers (n = 190, 33.5%) comprised 52.9% girls who rarely played football, reported low SoI scores and an inferior network structure. In the Disconnected cluster (n = 220, 38.8%), 59.3% were non-footballing girls who reported the lowest motivation and ability SoI scores; and no personal networks engaged in football.ConclusionsThis study reveals new insights about the primacy of social network effects for engaging children in football-based physical activity programmes. With little or no attention to these social-oriented issues, such interventions will struggle to attract ‘target’ children, but will readily engage already well-connected, experienced football-playing boys. The challenge for drawing non-footballing children into football-based interventions lies with engaging children – especially girls - whose social networks are not football-focused, while they also find football neither personally motivating nor easy to do.

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“…The healthcare sector offers a variety of resources that can promote physical activity programs in tertiary institutions (Lobelo, Stoutenberg, & Hutber, 2014). Zwolinsky, McKenna and Pringle (2016) stated that there is a need to recognize the adoption of active lifestyles programs and the introduction of sport physical activity to attract inactive audiences. Warburton, Nicol, and Bredin (2006) regular physical activity prevent musculoskeletal disorders such as mechanical low back pain, neck, shoulder pain and, assist to decrease the risk of developing coronary heart diseases.…”

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Current Exercise Habits and Factors Affecting Physical Activity Participation Among University Students

Endozo¹

2019

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BACKGROUND: Physical activities are indispensable to be healthy and away from illness. Yet, students are spending time being sedentary due to rapid technological advancement. Highly active individual requires physical activity for 3 days and must accumulate at least 1500-3000 metabolic equivalent tasks (MET)-minutes per week or more days of moderate or vigorous intensity activities. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to analyze factors affecting physical activity participation among university learners in the Philippines. METHODS: An International Physical Activity Questionnaire answered by 470 participants and modified 4 point Likert scale questionnaires was utilized. RESULTS: There were 222 females (47%), 248 males (53 %), and p-value < 0.05 adoted to justify the significance of the factors in this study. CONCLUSION: This study justified that most of the participants cannot engaged in physical activities due to lack of time. Future research with larger sample groups to accurately identify the factors and recommend changes to enhance participation is encouraged.

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How Can the Health System Benefit from Increasing Participation in Sport, Exercise and Physical Activity?

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Factors Affecting Physical Activity Participation Among University Students

Factors Affecting Physical Activity Participation Among University Students

Designing programmes of physical activity through sport: learning from a widening participation intervention, ‘City of Football’

Current Exercise Habits and Factors Affecting Physical Activity Participation Among University Students

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