Sport as a vehicle for health promotion – an analysis of Norwegian policy documents

Skille, Eivind Å.; Solbakken, Tor

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“…More detailed analysis of PA related policies were available for Australia [ 6 , 187 ], Brazil [ 96 , 187 ], Canada [ 95 , 187 , 219 ], Chile [ 186 ], England [ 40 ], Finland [ 10 , 39 , 84 , 187 ], France [ 82 , 172 ], Italy [ 84 ], Mexico [ 153 ], the Netherlands [ 187 ], New Zealand [ 187 ], Norway [ 84 ], Portugal [ 84 ], Scotland [ 187 ], Slovenia [ 84 ], Switzerland [ 84 , 187 ], and the USA [ 113 ]. Analyses of sport or leisure policies that contain substantial information on PA policies were available for Canada [ 76 ], Chile [ 81 ], China [ 146 , 203 ], Cameroon [ 93 ], Czech Republic [ 139 ], England [ 76 , 196 ], Germany [ 76 ], Malaysia [ 66 ], the Netherlands [ 200 ], New Zealand [ 66 , 168 ], Norway [ 76 , 195 ], Portugal [ 94 ], the UK [ 112 , 156 ], and Vanuatu [ 135 ] (Additional file 3 ).…”

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A global systematic scoping review of studies analysing indicators, development, and content of national-level physical activity and sedentary behaviour policies

Pogrmilović

O’Sullivan

Milton

et al. 2018

Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

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BackgroundNational policy approaches to physical activity (PA) promotion and sedentary behaviour (SB) reduction are needed to address rising rates of non-communicable diseases. Understanding the policy process and impact through robust research and evaluation is crucial for facilitating successful reforms in national health policy. This scoping review, therefore, aimed to map the evidence on indicators, development, and content of national PA and/or SB policies globally.MethodsA systematic search of academic and grey literature was conducted through six bibliographic databases, Google, and websites of three large organisations for PA promotion.ResultsOut of 24,872 screened documents, 203 publications from 163 studies were selected. The selected studies investigated PA/SB policies in 168 countries worldwide, and we provided summary results for each of the countries. Overall, 69, 29, and 2% of the analyses of national PA/SB policies were conducted for high-, middle-, and low-income countries, respectively. Twenty-two percent of the studies mentioned SB policies as part of their analysis, with only one study focusing solely on assessing SB policies. Operational definitions of policy were found in only 13% of publications. Only 15% of the studies used a conceptual or theoretical framework. A large variety of methods were used for data collection and analysis of PA/SB policy.ConclusionsWe found that PA policy research is much more developed than it was considered several years ago. Research around SB policies is still in its infancy, but it seems to have experienced some positive progress in the last few years. Three key issues were identified that should be addressed in further research: [i] there is a lack of PA/SB policy research in low- and middle-income countries, which is an important limitation of the current body of evidence; [ii] the definition of policy varied significantly across studies, and most studies did not rely on any theoretical framework, which may impede cross-study comparisons; and [iii] studies have used a variety of methods to analyse policy, which may also cause problems with comparability. Future PA/SB policy research should aim towards a clearer conceptualisation of policy, greater reliance on existing theoretical frameworks, and the use and further development of standardised methods for PA/SB policy analysis.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12966-018-0742-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A global systematic scoping review of studies analysing indicators, development, and content of national-level physical activity and sedentary behaviour policies

Pogrmilović

O’Sullivan

Milton

et al. 2018

Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

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“…One of the topics at the heart of the political debate about youth sports, also in the Norwegian context, is whether organized sport participation in childhood and adolescence leads to physical activity and healthy lifestyles later in life (Skille and Solbakken 2011;Telama 2009).…”

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Where do they all come from? Youth, fitness gyms, sport clubs and social inequality

Skauge

Seippel

2020

Sport in Society

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“…Not surprisingly, governments in advanced liberal democracies have invested in public provision and social marketing to urge citizens to exercise greater individual responsibility for health through sport and recreation participation (Skille & Solbakken, 2011). Like other Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries, the Australian government has funded health promotion campaigns such as Life: Be In It (1975It ( -1981, and more recently, the Active Australia initiative (2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010), despite the lack of evidence to demonstrate their effectiveness in increasing participation in active recreation (Bellew, Schoeppe, Bull & Bauman, 2008).…”

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Challenges for active living provision in an era of healthism

Harrington

Fullagar

2013

Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events

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The rationalities of advanced liberalism shape the call for people to be more responsible for 'being active and eating well' (Dean, 1999;Petersen & Lupton, 1997), even those living with social disadvantage. We draw upon qualitative data to examine how sport and recreation policy and program officers within state and local levels of government frame and interpret the 'active living imperative' for healthy lifestyles. Our analysis identified major policy tensions between different levels of government that directly affect the success of government initiatives to increase physical activity. We present our analysis of four main themes: 1) the rise of the health agenda in sport and recreation policy and sport and recreation services enhanced role in health promotion; 2) the obesity epidemic as the instigator for the policy shift in sport and recreation; 3) tensions between government agendas and competing priorities; and 4) governments' proposed solutions to support active leisure in communities. Our analysis of the sport/recreation sector revealed competing priorities with the health promotion focus on reducing lifestyle risk and a need for more strategic cooperation between levels of government and different departments.

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Sport as a vehicle for health promotion – an analysis of Norwegian policy documents

Cited by 6 publications

References 11 publications

A global systematic scoping review of studies analysing indicators, development, and content of national-level physical activity and sedentary behaviour policies

A global systematic scoping review of studies analysing indicators, development, and content of national-level physical activity and sedentary behaviour policies

Where do they all come from? Youth, fitness gyms, sport clubs and social inequality

Challenges for active living provision in an era of healthism

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