Public health Agencies and Policy Implementation in Sport and Physical Activity: Re-thinking partnerships and priorities.

Brown, Phil and Beacom, Aaron (2023) Public health Agencies and Policy Implementation in Sport and Physical Activity: Re-thinking partnerships and priorities. In: Implementing Sport Policy: Organisational Perspectives on the UK Sport System. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781003162728

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Abstract

This chapter considers the breadth of public health responsibilities for national and local public health agencies and the pressure on resources to address public health issues and health inequalities. The impact of public health agencies is underpinned by the recognition of their powerful advocacy of the ‘health agenda,’ which transcends health agencies’ boundaries and influences wider national and local public policy priorities in other policy sectors. The chapter focuses upon the rationales for promoting physically active lifestyles by both public health agencies and a diverse web of wider organisations that contribute to the public health agenda. The mantel of physical activity promotion has been adopted by the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, wherein the health and well-being agenda adds wider legitimacy to traditional rationales for government intervention in sport. In turn Sport England uses their influence and resources to shape the wider health agenda within the sports landscape. The chapter considers the implications of the diffused implementation approaches for physical activity (PA) that transcends sectoral and organisational boundaries of public, private and voluntary sector organisations and that shared responsibility for physical activity at the interface between health and sport creates hyper-complexity and significant challenges for policymakers and practitioners.

Item Type:	Book Section
Depositing User:	Ms Raisa Burton
Date Deposited:	21 Sep 2023 12:16
Last Modified:	21 Sep 2023 12:16
URI:	https://marjon.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/17759

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