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Addressing Obesity in Stevenage, Hertfordshire: A Consultation with Young People
Hamilton, Laura; Hamlyn Williams, Charlotte; Wills, Wendy; Mathie, Elspeth; Beer, Jen (University of Hertfordshire, 2019-12-13)Public Health England have identified that almost a quarter of children are overweight when they start primary school, which increases to a third when they leave in year 6 aged 10-11 years. This has implications for young ... -
Age shouldn't be a barrier to playing competitive sport
Jenkin, Claire (2018-08-20) -
Age-appropriate services for people diagnosed with young onset dementia (YOD): a systematic review
Mayrhofer, Andrea; Mathie, Elspeth; McKeown, Jane; Bunn, Frances; Goodman, Claire (2017-06-16)Background: Literature agrees that post-diagnostic services for people living with young onset dementia (YOD) need to be age-appropriate, but there is insufficient evidence of ‘what works’ to inform service design and ... -
Are they ‘worth their weight in gold’? Sport for older adults: benefits and barriers of their participation for sporting organisations
Jenkin, Claire R.; Eime, Rochelle M.; Westerbeek, Hans; O’Sullivan, Grant; van Uffelen, Jannique G.Z. (2016-11-01)The ageing global population has led to an increased focus on health for older adults. However, older adults have not been a specific priority for some sporting organisations (SOs). Thus, there is an emerging opportunity ... -
Assessing the Sociology of Sport: On Age and Ability
Pike, Elizabeth (2015-06-01)On the 50th anniversary of the ISSA and IRSS, a leading scholar on ageing, sport, and physical activity, ISSA President Elizabeth Pike considers the increasing numbers of "Third Age Societies" and the trajectory, challenges, ... -
Assessing the Sociology of Sport: On the Trajectory, Challenges, and Future of the Field
Pike, Elizabeth; Jackson, Steven J.; Wenner, Lawrence A. (2015-06-01)On the fiftieth anniversary of the International Sociology of Sport Association and the International Review for the Sociology of Sport, the three guest editors for this special fiftieth anniversary issue of the IRSS, ... -
Associations between environmental attributes of facilities and female participation in sport: a systematic review
Hanlon, Clare; Jenkin, Claire; Craike, Melinda (2019-07-16)Purpose: To examine the association between environmental attributes of facilities, female participation in sport and according to life stage. Design: Articles were identified through seven databases and included if female ... -
Australian National Sports Plan Moves to a Broader Approach
Jenkin, Claire; Eime, Rochelle M. (2018-08-22)http://www.sportsthinktank.com/blog/2018/08/australian-national-sports-plan-moves-to-a-broader-approach -
BeeZee Bodies Embedded Ethnography Evaluation Project
Newman, Han; Brady, Louca-Mai; Almack, Kathryn; Mathie, Elspeth; Wills, Wendy (University of Hertfordshire, 2023-02-07)The Centre for Research in Public Health and Community Care, University of Hertfordshire (UH) were commissioned by BeeZee Bodies (BZB) to bring academic insights and support BZB’s development of future services. This work ... -
BeeZee Bodies Evaluation: Summary Report
Newman, Han; Brady, Louca-Mai; Almack, Kathryn; Mathie, Elspeth; Wills, Wendy (University of Hertfordshire, 2023-02-07) -
A Case Study of Co-production Within a Mental Health Recovery College Dementia Course: Perspectives of A Person With Dementia, Their Family Supporter and Mental Health Staff
West, Juniper; Birt, Linda; Wilson, Danielle; Mathie, Elspeth; Poland, Fiona (2022-06-22)Background: Undertaking co-production as a power-sharing way to improve mental health dementia services remains uncommon, suggesting opportunities to apply knowledge from lived experience of people with dementia, may often ... -
‘CEO equals man’: Gender and informal organisational practices in English sport governance
Piggott, Lucy; Pike, Elizabeth (2019-08-05)Despite the benefits of diversity amongst sport leaders increasingly being argued by both researchers and practitioners, English sport governance remains gender-imbalanced at all levels of leadership. Within this article, ... -
Changes to household food shopping practices during the COVID-19 restrictions: Evidence from the East of England
Thompson, Claire; Hamilton, Laura; Dickinson, Angela; Fallaize, Rosalind; Mathie, Elspeth; Rogers, Samantha; Wills, Wendy (2022-11-30)Measures to control the spread of COVID-19 have changed the way we shop for food and interact with food environments. This qualitative study explored food shopping practices in the East of England, a large diverse region ... -
Consumer involvement in health research : a UK scoping and survey
Mathie, Elspeth; Wilson, Patricia; Poland, Fiona; McNeilly, Elaine; Howe, Amanda; Staniszewska, Sophie; Cowe, Marion; Munday, Diane; Goodman, Claire (2014-01)Consumer involvement or patient and public involvement (PPI) in health research is a UK policy imperative and a prerequisite for many funders. PPI in research is defined as research carried out with or being carried out ... -
Copenhagen Consensus statement 2019: physical activity and ageing
Bangsbo, Jens; Blackwell, Joanna; Boraxbekk, Carl-Johan; Caserotti, Paolo; Dela, Flemming; Evans, Adam; Pernille Jespersen, Astrid; Gliemann, Lasse; Kramer, Arthur; Lundbye-Jensen, Jesper; Lykke Mortensen, Erik; Juul Lassen, Aske; Gow, Alan; Harridge, Stephen; Hellsten, Ylva; Kjaer, Michael; Kujala, Urho; Rhodes, Ryan; Pike, Elizabeth; Skinner, Timothy; Skovgaard, Thomas; Troelsen, Jens; Tulle, Emmanuelle; Tully, Mark; van Uffelen, Jannique; Vina, Jose (2019-07-01)From 19th to 22nd November 2018, 26 researchers representing nine countries and a variety of academic disciplines met in Snekkersten, Denmark, to reach evidence-based consensus about physical activity and older adults. It ... -
“Dance like nobody’s watching”: exploring the role of dance-based interventions in perceived well-being and bodily awareness in people with Parkinson’s.
Hadley, Rebecca; Eastwood-Gray, Olivia; Kiddier, Meryl; Rose, Dawn; Ponzo, Sonia (2020-11-05)Evidence indicates that bodily perception is negatively related to Parkinson’s disease (PD); in particular, people with Parkinson’s (PwP) feel dissatisfaction in their physical abilities and appearance. While established ... -
Delivering chair yoga in care homes: a qualitative study of the experience of residents and staff
Frampton, Keeley; Annett, Lucy; Oppedijk, Liz; Hadley, Rebecca (2021-12-17) -
Dementia Friendly Communities in England: A scoping study
Buckner , Stefanie; Darlington, Nicole; Woodward , Michael; Buswell, Marina; Mathie, Elspeth; Arthur , Antony; Lafortune, Louise; Killet , Anne; Mayrhofer, Andrea; Thurman , John; Goodman, Claire (2019-08-01)Objectives: To describe the characteristics of Dementia Friendly Communities (DFCs) across England in order to inform a national evaluation of their impact on the lives of those affected by dementia. Methods: DFCs in England ... -
Dementia Friendly Communities: The Involvement of People Living with Dementia
Mathie, Elspeth; Arthur , Antony; Killett, Anne; Darlington, Nicole; Buckner , Stefanie; Lafortune, Louise; Mayrhofer , Andrea; Dickinson, Angela; Woodward , Michael; Goodman, Claire (2022-01-28)Background Dementia Friendly Communities (DFCs) offer an approach to community engagement to improve the lives of people living with dementia and their family supporters. The involvement of those living with dementia is ... -
Developing Sport for Women and Girls: Older Women
Jenkin, Claire (Routledge, 2020-05-04)Global populations are ageing, and ageing is often associated with a decline in health. As physical activity can positively contribute to health, there has been an increased interest in exploring the relationship between ...