The Politics of Sports Development

Houlihan, Barrie; White, Anita

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“…From the 1960s, sport has repeatedly responded to political impetus to contribute to various social policy objectives (Houlihan and White 2002). Policy documents from the turn of the century through to the most recent government strategy for sport have repeatedly advocated and sought to evidence the health benefits of sport as a form of physical activity (e.g.…”

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Exercise on referral: evidence and complexity at the nexus of public health and sport policy

Oliver

Hanson

Lindsey

et al. 2016

International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics

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. (2016) 'Exercise on referral :evidence and complexity at the nexus of public health and sport policy.', International journal of sport policy and politics., 8 (4). pp. 731-736. Further information on publisher's website:http://dx.doi.org/10. 1080/19406940.2016.1182048 Publisher's copyright statement:This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor Francis Group in International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics on 17/05/2016, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10. 1080/19406940.2016.1182048. Additional information: Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. AbstractExercise on referral schemes (ERS) are recommended by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE 2014) for increasing physical activity in inactive patients with long-term health conditions. The current paper critiques a recent extension to ERS provision, specifically, schemes using sport as the primary delivery mechanism (sport-based ERS). We suggest attention should be given to how such schemes, that operate across sport and public health sectors, may have mismatched approaches to evidence and policy implementation.Specifically, we highlight two current issues concerning ERS and consider the addition of sport-based schemes in respect to these. First, we argue that ERSrelated public health policy and guidance is drawn from a limited evidence base, and is consequently vague. Whilst this leads to opportunities for local innovation, the subsequent design, implementation and evaluation of ERS is diverse. 'Scaling-up' of effective interventions, desired by Pubic Health England (PHE 2014a(PHE , 2014b, is therefore problematic, and likely to be further exacerbated by introducing sportbased ERS. Second, we contend that sport-based schemes are unlikely to overcome existing challenges concerning untargeted provision of ERS, and that funding would be better directed towards services for those who have complex barriers to successful engagement.

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Exercise on referral: evidence and complexity at the nexus of public health and sport policy

Oliver

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Lindsey

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International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics

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“…This is relevant to sports clubs and NGBs because of the tension between their acceptance of support from local and national government, and retaining their independence (Grix & Phillpots, 2011;Houlihan & White, 2002).…”

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Youth sport volunteers in England: A paradox between reducing the state and promoting a Big Society

Nichols

Taylor

Barrett

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Sport Management Review

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“…The formulation and implementation of sport policy are complex processes (Bloyce and Smith 2010, Green and Houlihan 2005, Houlihan and White 2002. In relation to anti-doping, some idea of the complexity of these processes can be indicated simply by listing some of the key actors, who include representatives of WADA, the IOC, national and international federations, national anti-doping organizations, police and customs officers, coaches, doctors and thousands of athletes (Hanstad 2009, p. 36).…”

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Surveillance and control in sport: a sociologist looks at the WADA whereabouts system

Waddington

2010

International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics

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This file was dowloaded from the institutional repository Brage NIH -brage.bibsys.no/nih Waddington, I. (2010) Ivan WaddingtonNorwegian School of Sport Sciences Oslo, and University of Chester, UK.2 Surveillance and control in sport: a sociologist looks at the WADA whereabouts system. AbstractThis paper draws upon the sociology of Norbert Elias to examine some central aspects of the whereabouts system introduced by WADA as part of its anti-doping policies. More specifically, the paper aims to (i) locate the whereabouts system within

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The Politics of Sports Development

Cited by 156 publications

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Exercise on referral: evidence and complexity at the nexus of public health and sport policy

Exercise on referral: evidence and complexity at the nexus of public health and sport policy

Youth sport volunteers in England: A paradox between reducing the state and promoting a Big Society

Surveillance and control in sport: a sociologist looks at the WADA whereabouts system

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