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Older Adults practice briefing

Last Updated: 17/06/2013

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.

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NICE: Physical Activity - brief advice for adults primary care

Last Updated: 11/06/2013

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.

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BHFNC evidence briefings highlight physical activity benefits and cost

Last Updated: 14/05/2013

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.

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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.

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Health behaviours through life course

Last Updated: 09/04/2013

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.

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BHFNC Briefings highlight activity benefits and cost savings

Last Updated: 09/04/2013

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.

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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.

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Physical Activity and Inequalities

Last Updated: 06/03/2013

This briefing paper looks specifically at physical activity and heath inequalities.

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Costing the burden of ill health related to physical inactivity in Scotland

Last Updated: 19/02/2013

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.

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Chief Medical Officer Annual Report 2012 - Health In Scotland 2011, Transforming Scotland's health

Last Updated: 07/01/2013

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

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Development of Key Themes for Physical Activity Promotion - Learning Note

Last Updated: 19/12/2012

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.

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Obesity Indicators 2012 - Monitoring progress for the prevention of Obesity Route Map

Last Updated: 18/12/2012

This publication reports the latest results for the indicators selected to monitor progress of the Scottish Government’s Prevention of Obesity Route Map.

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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.

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Mapping Physical Activity Referral Schemes in Northern Ireland.

Last Updated: 03/12/2012

Commisioned by the Health Promotion Agency (HPA) this document provides a detailed report on the nature and extent of exercise referral schemes in Northern Ireland (2008).

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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.

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Growing up in Scotland - Overweight, Obesity and Activity Report

Last Updated: 27/11/2012

GUS is the national longitudinal research study tracking the lives of thousands of children across Scotland. GUS collect information about physical activity undertaken by children and their parents.

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Scottish Health Survey Topic Report 2011 - Equality Groups

Last Updated: 13/11/2012

The Scottish Health Survey topic report on equality groups has been published. The report includes data on health behaviours and health characteristics broken down by the following equality groups: gender, age, ethnic group, religion, disability and sexual orientation.

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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.

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Exergaming - An evidence briefing on active video games

Last Updated: 13/11/2012

This latest evidence briefing from the BHF National Centre summarises what is known about active video gaming (known as exergaming) from both laboratory and ‘real life’ research. It also provides recommendations on the use of exergaming as a physical activity intervention.

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Development of key themes for physical activity promotion for adults and older adults

Last Updated: 14/09/2012

Research commissioned by NHS Health Scotland to explore what motivates people to be regularly physically active in order to identify how best to communicate the guidelines set out in Start Active, Stay Active, in ways that will resonate with the public. This report focuses on adults and older adults, a sister report focuses on the early years, children and young people.

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