NHS Health Scotland Commentary on NICE Guidance 2: Four Commonly Used Methods to Increase Physical Activity
This commentary provides a Scottish perspective on NICE Guidance 2: Four commonly used methods to increase physical activity: brief interventions in primary care, exercise referral schemes, pedometers and community-based exercise programmes for walking and cycling.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in England produces two types of guidance on public health topics: Public Health Intervention Guidance (interventions being defined as involving single measures, eg GP advice to patients to be more active) and Public Health Programme Guidance (on broader activities, eg strategies for smoking cessation). In Scotland, such Guidance has no formal status but attracts interest and provides a useful source of reviewed evidence.
As part of its role in promoting and supporting evidence-informed action for health improvement in Scotland, NHS Health Scotland (HS) produces Commentaries on NICE Public Health Guidance. Each Commentary, with Comments/Conclusions on the Recommendations set out in the NICE Guidance, is produced in collaboration with an appropriately constituted specialist Reference Group with members from within and beyond HS. The process involves consideration of the evidence cited and the Recommendations presented in the NICE Guidance, in the context of policy and practice in Scotland.
This particular HS Commentary focuses on NICE Guidance (NICEPHIG2) Four commonly used methods to increase physical activity: brief interventions in primary care, exercise referral schemes, pedometers and community-based exercise programmes for walking and cycling, published in March 2006.
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- Subject > health care > health care settings
- Subject > leisure > sports and leisure professionals
- Type > policy and implementation > guidance
- PublicationDate > 2006
- Coverage > Scotland
- Subject > health care > health improvement > anticipatory care > brief intervention
- Subject > active living > active travel > walking
- Subject > sport > sports and activities > walking
- Subject > active living > active travel > cycling
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- Subject > health care > therapeutic care > prescription > exercise referral
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