, strategies, and supportive environments that inform, motivate, and support individuals and communities to be active in ways that are safe, accessible, and enjoyable. At the time, other areas of public health were well ahead of physical activity in efforts to secure policy recognition and action, in
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Achieving Advocacy Success—The International Society for Physical Activity and Health’s Long-Term Strategy to Advance Physical Activity as a Priority in Global Health Policy
Trevor Shilton and Karen Milton
Erratum. Context Matters: The Importance of Physical Activity Domains for Public Health
Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour
TO OUR READERS: An error appeared in the following article: Quinn, T.D., & Barone Gibbs, B. (2023). Context matters: The importance of physical activity domains for public health. Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour , 6 (4), 245–249. https://doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2023-0030 A funding
An Overview of Physical Activity Research Evolution in Africa: The Global Observatory for Physical Activity—GoPA!
Adewale L. Oyeyemi, Andrea Ramirez Varela, Estelle V. Lambert, Eduardo Ribes Kohn, Pedro C. Hallal, and Michael Pratt
-related NCDs can be averted, in part, by improvements to the public health systems that impact PA promotion and capacity in Africa. Yet, in comparison to other regions, there is a paucity of country-level PA indicators for research, surveillance and monitoring, and policy across the African region. 6 , 7
Creating Activity-Friendly Communities: Exploring the Intersection of Public Health and the Arts
Kelly Cornett, Katherine Bray-Simons, Heather M. Devlin, Sunil Iyengar, Patricia Moore Shaffer, and Janet E. Fulton
Increasing physical activity in communities is a key public health strategy for chronic disease prevention and health promotion. Very few Americans get the minimum amount of physical activity necessary for substantial health benefits. 1 Activity-friendly communities make physical activity easier
Parenting Practices Are Associated With Out-of-School Physical Activity in US Adolescents in 2014
Farhan Hiya, Jean-Paul M. Lamour, Anwar A. Khan, Robert Wood, Pura E. Rodriguez de la Vega, Grettel Castro, Juan G. Ruiz, and Noel C. Barengo
concept mapping analysis . BMC Public Health . 2017 ; 17 ( 1 ): 574 . doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4487-1 15. Lee EY , Hesketh KD , Rhodes RE , Rinaldi CM , Spence JC , Carson V . Role of parental and environmental characteristics in toddlers’ physical activity and screen time: Bayesian
Erratum. Volunteerism During COVID-19: Sport Management Students’ Career Interests Against Public Health Risks
Sport Management Education Journal
TO OUR READERS: A change was made to the following article after its initial publication online: Chung, K., Willet, J., Green, B.C., & Shin, N. (2024). Volunteerism during COVID-19: Sport management students’ career interests against public health risks. Sport Management Education Journal
Holding World Leaders Accountable for Climate Change—and Public Health—Commitments Through Individual Active Transportation Efforts
Tom Kane
Recently, the editors of a number of major medical journals published a joint editorial referring to the continued failure of world leaders to follow through on climate change commitments as the greatest threat to global public health, and they urge that action and not just commitments needs to be
Historical Context and Current Status of the Intersection of Physical Activity and Public Health: Results of the 2015 American Kinesiology Association’s Opportunities for Kinesiology Survey
Bradley J. Cardinal, Minsoo Kang, James L. Farnsworth II, and Gregory J. Welk
Kinesiology leaders were surveyed regarding their views of the (re)emergence of physical activity and public health. Their views were captured via a 25-item, online survey conducted in 2014. The survey focused on four areas: (a) types of affiliation with public health; (b) program options and course coverage; (c) outreach programming; and (d) perspectives on integration. Member and nonmember institutions of the American Kinesiology Association received the survey. Responses were received from 139 institutional leaders, resulting in an overall response rate of 21.4%. Key findings included that the combination of physical activity and public health was seen as both a stand-alone subdisciplinary area within kinesiology and also an area that has a great deal of potential for collaboration, the acquisition of external funding, and further strengthening of community outreach and engagement. The survey results are placed in historical context and interpreted with various caveats and limitations in mind.
3 WINS Fitness—Student-Delivered Free and Sustainable Exercise Programming in Public Parks:A Scalable Public Health Solution
Steven Loy
3 WINS Fitness is a student-delivered free exercise program for the community delivered in public parks. We believe this program, which operates without external funding and has been sustained for 6 years, is one significant solution to reducing the level of physical inactivity in the United States. The operative 3 WINS in our program are participant health, community health, and student professional development. The primary focus has been underserved communities, and our current eight programs in Los Angeles, serve over 300 participants regularly. Three challenges to the program are student empowerment, faculty understanding and involvement, and establishing the relationship between university and parks, which represent a vital partnership. However, the accomplishment of undergraduate students having such a dynamic impact on public health underscores the need for encouraging this sustainable and innovative strategy to increase the physical activity levels of communities across America.
The Implications of Public Policy Related to Parks, Recreation, and Public Health: A Focus on Physical Activity
Kathy J. Spangler and Linda L. Caldwell
A collaborative framework that influences the promotion of policy related to physical activity should include parks and recreation as well as public health practitioners and researchers. As governments at all levels become increasingly focused on the impact of public resources, park and recreation agencies are challenged to document and demonstrate the impact of leisure services. Public policy associated with parks and recreation is driven by public interest and is often debated in the absence of relevant research to demonstrate the determinants and correlates of parks and recreation to address prevailing social conditions. This paper describes current policy and funding issues faced by public parks and recreation professionals responding to increasing physically active leisure across the lifespan of Americans. We also discuss how a collaborative framework approach can be used to inform public policy designed to increase the physical activity of the American public.
