Barriers and Enablers to Healthy Planning and Active Living Initiatives

Healthy planning and active living initiatives are considered effective in addressing rising rates of non-communicable diseases. Based on interviews and surveys with Australian advocates and practitioners, this PhD by publication explores the structural barriers and possible enablers for the impleme...

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Main Author: McCosker, Anthony Joseph
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74951
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description Healthy planning and active living initiatives are considered effective in addressing rising rates of non-communicable diseases. Based on interviews and surveys with Australian advocates and practitioners, this PhD by publication explores the structural barriers and possible enablers for the implementation of urban planning that allows for healthy active living. Two key approaches which may assist this in the future, namely 'health by stealth' and framing health as central to local government functioning, are put forward.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-749512019-03-12T01:53:07Z Barriers and Enablers to Healthy Planning and Active Living Initiatives McCosker, Anthony Joseph Healthy planning and active living initiatives are considered effective in addressing rising rates of non-communicable diseases. Based on interviews and surveys with Australian advocates and practitioners, this PhD by publication explores the structural barriers and possible enablers for the implementation of urban planning that allows for healthy active living. Two key approaches which may assist this in the future, namely 'health by stealth' and framing health as central to local government functioning, are put forward. 2018 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74951 Curtin University fulltext
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