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Noticing the surge in publications on sport administration and sport
management, ICSSPE with its new publication Aspects of Sport Governance
delivers the missing link of how to successfully and ethically operate
a sport organisation.
This book provides a valuable insight into the structure of large
sport organisations, elite sport development, compliance with best
practice government systems as well as into ethics and leadership.
Extensive resources and articles are included in the appendix, in
addition to supporting documents of declarations and recommendations.
Aspects of Sport Governance is an informative guide for governmental
and nongovernmental sport and sport science organisations as well
as research institutes, university lecturers and teachers.
SECTION ONE: International Olympic Committee
and International Perspectives
International Olympic Committee. National Olympic Committees. Communist Sport Policy: Past, Present and Future. The 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games Boycotts. SECTION TWO: Sports Federations
An International Sport Federation Case Study: Softball. Elite sport development and national team selection: A Hong Kong perspective. Compliance with best practice governance systems by national sports federations in South Africa. SECTION THREE: Ethics and Leadership The ethics of corporate governance in sport: theory, method and operationalization. Sport, Culture and Difference From the Board Room: Parliamentary Procedure.
SECTION FOUR: AppendicesSport Governance: A Webliography. Bibliography – Books and Articles. Assessment tool for compliance. Supporting Documents: Examples.
Designed to be an overall presentation of Health Enhancing Physical
Activity; this volume explains why physical activity is important
for public health, what kind and how much physical activity provides
health benefits, and how to change physical activity behaviour. Over
20 internationally recognised authors have contributed significantly
in the evolution of this new area of sport and health sciences.
HEPA is an essential resource material for researchers,
teachers and students, policy makers, administrators, professionals
and other actors in sport and health sectors.
This title includes contributions from different sport disciplines
and other research areas such as medicine, public health, epidemiology,
health economy, behavioural science, sociology, and even geography,
community development and architecture.
SECTION ONE: What are the health effects
of physical activity?
Inactivity as a Disease Risk and Health Benefits of Increased Physical Activity. Health Risks of Physical Activity. Public Health Potential of Physical Activity. SECTION TWO: How much and what kind of
physical activity for health?
General Dose-response Issues concerning Physical Activity and Health. Frequency, Duration, Intensity and Total Volume of Physical Activity as Determinants of Health Outcomes. Life-style Activities for Health. SECTION THREE: How active and fit are we
for health?
Assessment of Health-Enhancing Physical Activity; Methodological Issues. Population Levels and Patterns of Physical Activity for Health. How fit are we for Health? SECTION FOUR: How to promote health-enhancing
physical activity?
Theoretical Considerations for Physical Activity Promotion. Individual and small group interventions. How to promote Health Enhancing Physical Activity: Community Interventions. Environmental Influences on Physical Activity. Policy interventions: The Experience of Agita São Paulo in using ”Mobile Management” of the Ecological Model to promote Physical Activity Summary and Future Perspectives
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