INFORMATION RESOURCES ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
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Physical activity in the East Midlands
Active People Survey Headline Results: East Midlands Region (2006)
Sport England published the headline results of the Active People Survey on 7 December 2006. Headline results for each of the 9 Government Office Regions are available, including the East Midlands region. This fact sheet gives information on participation in sport, volunteering, club membership and people’s satisfaction with sports provision in the local area.
Physical Activity in the East Midlands: a regional briefing
This briefing paper on Physical Activity in the East Midlands has been produced in partnership by the Department of Health, EMPHO, HDA and Sport England and is intended for anyone with a professional interest in the promotion of physical activity. It features a range of perspectives including health, sport, leisure, transport or education. The aim is to provide a context and support for the growing number of initiatives and projects which aim to influence physical activity levels in the region.
Patterns of Physical Activity in the East Midlands – 2007 update
In the East Midlands, physical activity has already been identified as one of five public health priorities in the regional public health strategy Investment for Health. One of the elements within the current Investment for Health physical activity action plan is to: Establish baseline data collection and systems to monitor trends in physical activity levels within the region. In response to this task, the East Midlands Public Health Observatory produced the Patterns of Physical Activity in the East Midlands Population report which describes some of the available data on patterns and trends in physical activity in the East Midlands population including information on variations by gender, age, ethnicity and socio-economic status.
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