body furniture

RSS icon Resources

Showing 1 to 20 of 116 1 2 3 4 5 6 > >>

report

Get Britain Cycling

Last Updated: 25/04/2013

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.

research review

Physical Activity Evidence Briefings

Last Updated: 21/03/2013

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.

Uncategorised

Walking for Health Briefing Document

Last Updated: 15/02/2013

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.

guidance

NICE Guidance on Walking & Cycling & Behaviour Change

Last Updated: 11/02/2013

NICE has developed two new local government public health briefings, one on walking and cycling and the other on behaviour change.

report

Travel Actively report - More people more active

Last Updated: 04/12/2012

The latest Travel Actively report from the Active Travel Consortium, More people more active, shows that over the last four years two million people have been encouraged to be more active by walking and cycling for everyday journeys.

guidance

NICE Guidance - Walking and cycling: local measures to promote walking and cycling as forms of travel or recreation

Last Updated: 04/12/2012

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has produced new guidance urging people to travel on foot or bike rather than by car for short journeys

report

Walking Towards Better Health Interim Report

Last Updated: 27/11/2012

The Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland are working on the Walking Towards Better Health project in partnership with Paths for All and have recently published an Interim Report.

research review

Legacy Lessons from Past Large-Scale Sporting Events: Review of Evidence

Last Updated: 13/11/2012

This review provides an overview of the existing evidence of legacy following major sporting events.

report

An evaluation of the Commonwealth Games 2014 Legacy for Scotland - Report 1: Questions, methods and baseline

Last Updated: 13/11/2012

This report sets out the broad approach to the Glasgow 2014 legacy evaluation,the research questions it will address, and the range of methods that will be deployed between now and 2019. It also sets out the priorities for the next 18 months and a forward timetable for publication of reports.

training

Paths for All Training Programme

Last Updated: 01/11/2012

Paths for All deliver a number of training courses to support the development of health walks and path network in Scotland. This training programme details all of the courses that they offer.

report

Healthy Transport = Healthy Minds

Last Updated: 19/07/2012

This report, published by the British Medical Association, considers the need to prioritise health in transport planning and policy decisions. It aims to highlight the benefits to health of developing a sustainable transport environment where active travel and public forms of transport represent realistic, efficient and safe alternatives to travelling by car.

research

Health Economic Assessment Tool (HEAT) for Walking and Cycling

Last Updated: 24/01/2012

This paper gives the methodology and a user guide for the economic assessment of transport infrastructure and policies in relation to the health effect of walking and cycling.

evaluation

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Play@Home

Last Updated: 27/10/2011

The aim of this evaluation was to measure the effectiveness of play@home in meeting its key programme outcomes for Babies, Toddlers and Pre-school age children.

report

Dance in Scotland

Last Updated: 06/09/2011

Scottish Theatre and Creative Scotland raising the profile of Dance in Scotland

community project

Investing in the Walking Environment

Last Updated: 21/06/2011

Making the Case for Investment in the Walking Environment

leaflet

Barriers to sports participation for women and girls

Last Updated: 04/05/2011

Factsheet that identifies barriers and recommendations for participation in sport for women and girls.

briefing paper

Teenage Girls Physical Activity Summit

Last Updated: 21/03/2011

At the 2009 PAHA conference, the Minister for Public Health and Sport announced the intention to hold two summits focused on increasing levels of physical activity around teenage girls and older adults.

case study

Walk About: Upbeat Stories from walking with young people

Last Updated: 10/02/2011

Paths for All is a national charity promoting walking for health and the development of multi-use path networks across Scotland. The Walking for Health programme was established in 2001 with the aim of reducing the number of inactive people in Scotland through the delivery of a national walking programme.

research

Modelling the participation decision and duration of sporting activity in Scotland

Last Updated: 10/12/2010

“Modelling the participation decision and duration of sporting activity in Scotland” summarises results from an investigation of the determinants of the decision to participate in sports and, conditional on participation, the determinants of sports duration using data from the 2003 Scottish Health Survey.

report

Green Prescription Schemes: Mapping and Current Practice

Last Updated: 01/12/2010

This brief report highlights the findings from a mapping exercise of current Green Prescription schemes in Scotland and some qualitative data on what makes them successful.

Showing 1 to 20 of 116 1 2 3 4 5 6 > >>

NHS Scotland logo
Healthier Scotland logo

Copyright 2009 NHS Health Scotland