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| Physical activity promotion through primary health care in England | | Author(s) | K Fox, S Biddle, L Edmunds |
| Journal title | British Journal of General Practice, vol 47, June 1997 |
| Pages | pp 367-369 |
| Keywords | Exercise ; Keeping fit ; Preventative medicine ; General practice ; Health Authorities and Trusts ; Social surveys ; England. |
| Annotation | Research supports the argument for a beneficial link between physical activity and health maintenance. In recent years, this has led to a growth in physical activity promotion schemes involving primary health care. An initial survey of family health services authorities and general practices found 157 existing schemes, with another 35 planned. Two basic models of physical activity promotion are identified. Practice management interventions (32%) involve on-site counselling to change patients' behaviour. Projects managed by leisure centres, sometimes termed "exercise by prescription" or "general practitioner referral for exercise" schemes, involve the identification of suitable patients and their referral to 10- to 12-week exercise induction courses. Projects in the planning stage were all of the latter type, indicating this as the favoured model. Although such schemes were generally successful in attracting patients, in all cases they involved less than 1% of the patient base from which they were drawn. While there may be success in increasing physical activity and well-being in the short term, schemes are inadequately funded for long-term evaluation. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991207202 A |
| Classmark | CEA: CE: LK2: L5: L4A: 3F: 82 * |
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