Research methods in physical activity and health / edited by Stephen R. Bird.

Why research into health and physical activity? / Stephen R. Bird. -- The historical and current context for research into health and physical activity / Stephen R Bird and David Broom. -- Health concepts / David Broom. -- Nurture vs nature: the genetics and epigenetics of exercise / Macsue Jacques, Shanie Landen, Sarah Voisin, Séverine Lamon, and Nir Eynon. -- Systematically searching and reviewing the literature / Nirav Maniar, Kathryn Duncan, and David Opar. -- Producing the research proposal / Marie Murphy and Catherine Woods. -- Ethical issues in health and physical activity research / Valerie Cox. -- Observational (cross-sectional and longitudinal) studies / Christopher S. Owens, Diane Crone, Christopher Gidlow, and David VB James. -- Interviews and focus groups / Diane Crone and Lorena Lozano-Sufrategui. -- Questionnaires / Philip Hurst and Stephen R. Bird. -- Notes and tips on surveys / Philip Hurst and Stephen R. Bird. -- Qualitative research in physical activity and health / Brett Smith and Cassandra Phoenix. -- Intervention studies, training studies and determining the acute responses to bouts of exercise / Stephen R. Bird and Catherine Woods. -- An introduction to research methods in the epidemiology of health and physical activity / Trine Moholdt and Bjarne M. Nes. -- Research into sedentary behaviour / Nicola D. Ridgers and Simone J.J.M. Verswijveren. -- Ensuring quality data: validity, reliability and error / Damian A. Coleman and Jonathan D. Wiles. -- Quantitative data analyses / Richard Davison and Paul M. Smith. -- Measurement of physical behaviours in free-living populations / Alan E. Donnelly and Kieran P. Dowd. -- Measurements of physical health and functional capacity / Brett Gordon and Isaac Selva Raj. -- Physical activity and the "feel-good" effect: challenges in researching the pleasure and displeasure people feel when they exercise / Panteleimon Ekkekakis, Matthew A Ladwig, and Mark E Hartman. -- Studying the risks of exercise and its negative impacts / Andy Smith and Nathalie Noret. -- Research studies with children / Michael J. Duncan and Keith Tolfrey. -- Research studies with older people / Jane Sims and Harriet Radermacher. -- Working with indigenous and other cultural groups / Aunty Kerrie Doyle and Elizabeth Pressick. -- Research methods in physical activity and health: sexual orientation and gender identity / Damon Kendrick. -- Conducting physical activity research within chronic disease populations / Brigid M. Lynch, Lucy Hackshaw-McGeagh, and Julian Sacre. -- Research studies with populations with mental health issues / Andy Smith and Nathalie Noret. -- Research studies in populations with physical disabilities / Christof A. Leicht, Barry Mason, and Jan W. van der Scheer. -- Using health equity to guide future physical activity research involving people living with serious mental illness / Paul Gorczynski, Shanaya Rathod, and Kass Gibson. -- Disseminating the research findings / Ashleigh Moreland and Joshua Denham. -- Translating research findings into community interventions: considerations for design and implementation: a case based approach / Andrew D Williams, Lucy K Byrne, Lindsey B Strieter, Greig Watson, and Ross Arena. -- Translating research findings into community interventions: considerations for design and implementation: a case based approach / Andrew D Williams, Lucy K Byrne, Lindsey B Strieter, Greig Watson, and Ross Arena.

"Physical activity is vital for good health. It has an established strong evidence base for its positive effects on functional capacity, reducing the risk of many chronic diseases, and promoting physical, mental and social well-being. Furthermore, these benefits are evident across a diversity of ages, groups and populations. The need for these benefits in current societies means that exercise practitioners, professional bodies, institutions, health authorities and governments require high quality evidence to establish appropriate exercise guidelines, implementation strategies and effective exercise prescription at individual, group and population levels. Research Methods in Physical Activity and Health is the first book to comprehensively present the issues associated with physical activity and health research and outline methods available along with considerations of the issues associated with these methods and working with particular groups.
Research Methods in Physical Activity and Health is the only book to approach the full range of physical activity research methods from a health perspective. It is essential reading for any undergraduate student conducting a research project or taking applied research modules in physical activity and health, graduate students of epidemiology, public health, exercise psychology or exercise physiology with a physical activity and health focus, or practicing researchers in the area."--Back cover

Fund 164 Linar Educational Materials, Inc. Purchased 02/11/2021 79478 pnr PHP 3,583.20 2021-01-047C 2021-1-0071