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Autore: | Maxwell Hazel |
Titolo: | Exploring the Leisure - Health Nexus : Pushing Global Boundaries |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford : , : CAB International, , 2022 |
©2022 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (281 pages) |
Disciplina: | 306.4812 |
Soggetto topico: | Leisure |
Recreation | |
Health | |
Altri autori: | McGrathRichard YoungJanette PeelNicole AndersonLynn Bowen-SalterHolly BurridgeNina DarcySimon DashperKatherine DaviesChristina |
Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Halftitle -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1 Population Groups and Identities -- 1 A Strengths and Hope Perspective on Leisure, Health and Physical Cultural Practices of Indigenous Women: Stories of Wellbeing from Canada and Australia -- 2 Disability and the Arts: Inclusive Practice for Health and Wellbeing -- 3 Broken Record: The Leisure-Health Nexus in Prison -- 4 Physical Activity, Meaning and Migrant Women: Understanding Leisure and Health Experiences -- 5 Leisure, Meaning and Experiences of Older People -- 6 When Laughter in Physical Activity Opens the Door to the Kingdom of Freedom: Danish Seniors on the Move Towards Improved Health -- Part 2 New Framings of Health-Leisure or Leisure-Health -- 7 The Art of Being Healthy: How Recreational Arts Engagement Impacts Health and Wellbeing -- 8 Intersection Between Art and Health Evolution -- 9 Sport for Development and Health: Rethinking the Interconnections -- 10 Pets and People. Whose Leisure? Whose Health? -- Part 3 Leisure and Health on a Global Scale -- 11 Leisure and the Environment: An Ecological Perspective on Wellbeing -- 12 Climate Change, Leisure and Health: The Double-edged Sword of Leisure and the Environment -- 13 Conclusion: the Pandemic and Future Directions -- Index -- Backcover. |
Sommario/riassunto: | This book explores the intersections between leisure and health. It reveals and critiques the nuanced ways that leisure impacts health and considers how health professions use leisure as 'tool'. Case studies present developing leisure and health themes, in relation emerging environmental, health and societal challenges that confront the world. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Exploring the Leisure - Health Nexus |
ISBN: | 1-78924-815-9 |
1-78924-816-7 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910760498303321 |
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