Physical activity in later life can help maintain mobility, prevent falls and enhance mental wellbeing and cognitive functioning. This BHFNC practice briefing uses research evidence to provide practical strategies to effectively promote physical activity with older adults.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published new guidelines for primary care practitioners to support them to identify adults who are not active enough and encourage them to get moving.
Smarter Choices, Smarter Places is a Transport Scotland project in partnership with COSLA. Designed to increase active travel and public transport use and tackle transport emissions, the scheme was launched on 17 March 2008 and the local programmes were implemented between 2009 and 2012. This report details the monitoring systems and evaluation findings of the programme.
These two new evidence briefings from the BHFNC, written in partnership with the County Sports Partnership Network, are designed for anyone working in the field of physical activity and health.
A landmark report on the future of cycling in Britain calls for a national cycling champion to lead a drive for 10 per cent of all journeys in Britain to be by bike by 2025.
This report, commissioned by the Department of Health, is the first of a series of twice yearly surveys which track core health behaviours, their interactions and influences and how these vary across key life stages.
These two new evidence briefings from the BHFNC, written in partnership with the County Sports Partnership Network, are designed for anyone working in the field of physical activity and health. They can be used by strategic organisations and community groups alike.
NHS Health Scotland have produced a series of evidence briefings on a number of health improvement topics, including; alcohol, food, physical activity and tobacco. Below you will find the physical activity briefings relevant to a number of settings and topics.
This report describes the work undertaken to develop and apply a methodology to produce estimates of the direct primary and secondary care costs to the NHS attributable to physical inactivity for Scotland.
This new briefing document from Walking for Health is designed to make the case for walking schemes and highlight the health benefits they can provide, especially to the least active.
The BHF National Centre has produced a factsheet on physical activity patterns among adults in Scotland. This latest resource provides up-to-date facts and figures on physical activity behaviours.
The 2012 CMO report talks about health inequalities. It has a chapter on physical activity and lists increasing physical activity, early years, and reducing youth offending as 3 ways to significantly improve things for the people of Scotland
NHS Health Scotland commissioned research to understand the key themes that should be used by professionals to engage members of the public to be more physcially active. This learning note brings together the findings in a succinct summary.
This publication reports the latest results for the indicators selected to monitor progress of the Scottish Government’s Prevention of Obesity Route Map.
