Can Links to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Revitalize the Discipline of Physical Activity?

Bauman, Adrian

doi:10.1123/jpah.2021-0498

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“…Conceptual linkage exercises to explore the contribution of PA and sport to the United Nations SDGs have been conducted elsewhere (6,13,14) and the potential benefit to aligning the PA field to the SDGs has been outlined (7). The findings presented in this study build on the approaches used by Salvo et al (6) and are applied specifically to walking.…”

Section: How Can Walking Contribute To the Attainment Of National And...mentioning

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“…Salvo and colleagues found at scale PA promotion may hold possible benefits for 15 SDGs (6). Moreover, Bauman (7) put forward an argument which outlines the potential for the sustainable development agenda to revitalise international PA promotion and research, by facilitating a broader, more systems-oriented view of the impacts of PA. Among many factors, the lack of upstream interventions, such as policies, promoting PA has led to stagnating physical inactivity levels globally and an evidence base congested with individual level, cross sectional studies (8,9).…”

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“…The recent shift towards systems approaches to PA has begun to incorporate sectors beyond health, sport and transport in to conversations pertaining to PA (3,(10)(11)(12). However, ensuring PA policy and research decisions are transparent with global targets can supplement whole-of-systems approaches and can provide a new momentum to PA promotion (7).…”

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A critical analysis of walking policy in Ireland and its contribution to both national and international development goals

Power¹,

Lambe²,

Murphy³

2023

Front. Sports Act. Living

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IntroductionIncreasing population levels of walking holds benefits for public and planetary health. While individual level interventions to promote walking have been shown to be efficacious, upstream interventions such as policies harness the greatest potential for impact at the population level. However, little is known about the nature and presence of walking policy in Ireland and the extent to which it aligns to national and global goals. This paper aims to provide an overview of local and national walking policy in Ireland and to understand the potential of Irish walking policy to contribute to national and global targets.MethodsThis study used multiple methods to provide a critical overview of walking policy. Firstly, a six-phase process was employed to conduct a content analysis of local and national walking policy in Ireland. Secondly, conceptual linkage exercises were conducted to assess the contribution of walking, and national walking policy in Ireland, to Ireland's National Strategic Outcomes and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.ResultsOverall, half (n = 13) of the counties in the Republic of Ireland were found to have no local level walking policies. Results from the content analysis suggest that counties which had walking specific local level policies (n = 2) were outdated by almost two decades. Walking was identified to hold the potential to contribute to over half (n = 6) of Ireland's National Strategic Outcomes, and over half (n = 7) of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Ireland's only national level walking specific policy, the Get Ireland Walking Strategy and Action Plan 2017–2020, was identified to potentially contribute to four of Ireland's National Strategic Outcomes and three United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.DiscussionMultidisciplinary action is required to update walking-related policy with embedded evaluation and governance mechanisms in all local walking systems. Furthermore, given sufficient collaboration across sectors, walking policy in Ireland has the potential to contribute to a wider breadth of national and global targets beyond the health, sport, tourism, and transport sectors.

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Section: How Can Walking Contribute To the Attainment Of National And...mentioning

confidence: 92%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A critical analysis of walking policy in Ireland and its contribution to both national and international development goals

Power¹,

Lambe²,

Murphy³

2023

Front. Sports Act. Living

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Can Links to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Revitalize the Discipline of Physical Activity?

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A critical analysis of walking policy in Ireland and its contribution to both national and international development goals

A critical analysis of walking policy in Ireland and its contribution to both national and international development goals

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