Turning health research into health promotion: A study of causality and ‘critical insights’ in a United Kingdom health campaign

Piggin, Joe

doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.06.002

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“…Inconsistency of messaging from Change4Life and other campaigns may create confusion and lead to inaccurate responses. Piggin has previously identified contradictory messages presented by different Change4Life informational materials 27. Indeed, a search of PA campaign messages released since 2011 uncovers various messages which could be perceived as inconsistent.…”

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Lack of knowledge of physical activity guidelines: can physical activity promotion campaigns do better?

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ObjectivesTo identify the prevalence of knowledge of the current UK physical activity guidelines which were introduced in 2011 and prior physical activity guidelines (30 min on 5 days each week) within two large samples of UK adult's. To investigate whether knowledge of physical activity guidelines differs according to demographics such as ethnicity, age, education and employment status.DesignDescriptive cross-sectional study comparing two distinctive adult samples.SettingNational survey and online-administered survey conducted in England.ParticipantsThe 2007 Health Survey for England provides data on knowledge of physical activity guidelines from 2860 UK adults (56% women, 89% white, 63% under 45 years old). In 2013, an online survey was disseminated and data were collected from 1797 UK adults on knowledge of the most recent physical activity guidelines. The 2013 sample was 70% women, 92% white and 57% under 45 years old. All adults in both samples were >18 years old and without illnesses/disorders likely to restrict physical activity.Main outcomesKnowledge of physical activity guidelines in 2007 and 2013. Demographic correlates of knowledge of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity guidelines.Results18% of the 2013 sample accurately recalled the current physical activity guidelines compared with 11% of the 2007 sample who accurately recalled the previous guidelines. The differences in knowledge of physical activity guidelines existed for marital status, gender, age, education and employment status within both 2007 and 2013 samples (p<0.05). Men with lower education and employment status (unemployed including student and retired) and older adults were less likely to know physical activity guidelines (p<0.05). Knowledge of physical activity guidelines remained higher in the 2013 sample after controlling for demographic differences (p<0.05).ConclusionsDisadvantaged population groups are less knowledgeable about physical activity guidelines. Although knowledge of physical activity guidelines appears to have increased in recent years demographic disparities are still evident. Efforts are needed to promote health information among these groups.

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“…A number of population wide campaigns exist that attempt to raise citizens' awareness of the health risks associated with physical inactivity (see, for example, Designed To Move in the U.S, Change4life in the UK, Get set 4 life in Australia and Eat Move Live in New Zealand). However, not only have these campaigns failed to significantly reduce physical inactivity, they have received criticism for invoking individual responsibility for lifestyle behaviours while ignoring socioeconomic conditions (Piggin, 2012;Lee et al, 2011). Indeed, the behavioural research that dominates the interventionist physical activity literature has shown little success beyond controlled settings (Müller-Riemenschneider et al, 2008) and has been much criticised for ignoring the social contexts in which health is practiced (Cohn, 2014;Blue et al, 2016).…”

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Exploring the role of social capital in community-based physical activity: qualitative insights fromparkrun

Wiltshire

Stevinson

2017

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health

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“…While we share the same ultimate goal of promoting health, we find the application of either of these approaches in isolation problematic for several reasons. Firstly, critiques of public health strategies that attempt to modify unhealthy behaviours problematise the extent to which individuals are positioned as both the cause of and solution to unhealthy lifestyles (Piggin, 2012). Intervention strategies focusfor exampleon raising citizens' "awareness" through campaigns (DH/DCSF, 2008), providing personalised feedback such as step counts (Lubans et al, 2009) and encouraging goal setting (Shiltz et al, 2004).…”

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Understanding the reproduction of health inequalities: physical activity, social class and Bourdieu’s habitus

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Lee

Williams

2017

Sport, Education and Society

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Health inequalities continue to exist in advanced capitalist economies and so-called lifestyle behaviours (e.g. smoking, alcohol consumption, diet and physical (in)activity) play a role in their persistence. Interventionist responses to health inequalities are often posed in terms of either individual agency or social structurethe former being criticised for its shaming/responsibilising effects and the latter for inadequately conceptualising behavioural differences within socio-economic groups. In this paper, we attempt to reconcile these two positions by drawing on Bourdieu's concept of habitus, arguing that health enhancing behaviours are better understood as practices constrained and enabled within social class contexts. As many interventionist health policies target young people in schools, we take the example of physical education and youth sport to illustrate how young people's dispositions towards health practices are part of an emerging class habitus. We draw on data from a sociological study of young people's physical activity and health in which twenty-nine participants (aged 13-14) from four socio-economically diverse school settings took part. The data presented here are selected from 60 focus group transcripts, ethnographic fieldnotes from 6 months of school visits and visual data from participants. Our data indicate that class differences exist in both the kinds of activities practiced by pupils and ways in which they are practiced. We argue that class-based differences are, at least partially, matters of embodied inclinations and dispositions that are already evident at the age of 13/14. Consequently, we demonstrate how school-focused health promotion through physical education and youth sport may contribute to health inequalities as a result of being more or less accessible and appealing to pupils with a different classed-habitus within different educational fields. This paper questions the on-going interventionist policies that position schools as sites for health promotion without adequately accounting for the influence of class cultures.

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Turning health research into health promotion: A study of causality and ‘critical insights’ in a United Kingdom health campaign

Cited by 5 publications

References 19 publications

Lack of knowledge of physical activity guidelines: can physical activity promotion campaigns do better?

Lack of knowledge of physical activity guidelines: can physical activity promotion campaigns do better?

Exploring the role of social capital in community-based physical activity: qualitative insights fromparkrun

Understanding the reproduction of health inequalities: physical activity, social class and Bourdieu’s habitus

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