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Physical Activity & Sport playing its part in delivering Choosing Health
A Resource for Strategic Health Authorities and Primary Care Trusts, March 2006
A new web based resource has been developed for health partners to support them with planning, delivering and measuring physical activity. It will also be of interest to local authorities who are working with partners to deliver physical activity particularly through Local Area Agreements and the Single System for Sport. The resource was launched at the UK Public Health Association Conference in Telford on 14/15th March 2006. The resource has been produced following requests from Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) and was further informed by a consultation with SHAs, Primary Care Trusts and other stakeholders.
The resource sets out the evidence base on how physical activity contributes to health across 4 targets groups (children, adults, older people and people with long term medical conditions), demonstrates how physical activity contributes to a range of Government and local targets, suggests the type of interventions that may be effective, provides suggestions on the type of data to be collected to measure impact and provides guidance on planning potential physical activity interventions.

To download the resource, click on the link below
Physical Activity Resource (PDF 889Kb)

To down load the flyer which promotes the resource, click on the link below
Physical Activity Resource flyer (PDF 5.3Mb)

Healthy Sports Stadia report launched, January 2006
Sports stadia as a setting can impact on the health of a number of different communities including people who live in the vicinity of stadia, supporters attending matches, professionals playing sport, employees of the stadia and sports club, and people attending stadia as a venue for other activities, such as conferences. The North West Healthy Stadia programme has begun to explore and develop approaches to enable sports stadia of the North West to work towards becoming Healthy Stadia.
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Regional Mapping for the North West: Sport, Exercise, Physical Activity & Health, January 2006
In order to obtain a picture of physical activity programming in the North West region the Research Institute of Sport and Exercise Sciences and the North West Public Health Observatory at Liverpool John Moores University were commissioned by Sport England North West, the North West Public Health Team and the Physical Activity Task Force to conduct a mapping exercise of physical activity provision across the region.
Executive Summary (pdf 307Kb)
Full Report (large file: pdf 5.5Mb)

Physical Activity in the North West of England: A Policy Audit, November 2005
This report sets out the findings from a physical activity policy audit conducted in the North West of England, commissioned jointly by Government Office North West and Sport England on behalf of the North West Physical Activity Task Force. This policy audit aimed “To identify and map all regional policies, strategies or plans in the North West and any national policies which will have a regional impact.”
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Sport Playing Its Part: Healthier communities
The role of sport in promoting physical and metal health and its contribution to reducing obesity and chronic heart disease is being increasingly recognised. This brochure shows how sport has reduced health inequalities and delivered other health benefits to communities.
Healthier Communities (PDF 534Kb)

Securing good health for the whole population: The Wanless Report
This review has focussed particularly on prevention and the wider determinants of health in England and on the cost-effectiveness of action that can be taken to improve the health of the whole population and reduce health inequalities.

Investment for health a plan for the North West
This plan is an attempt to establish a common approach and priorities between partners for improving health and inequalities in the region.

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