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The 25in25 initiative: A novel transformative project to reduce mortality due to heart failure by 25% in the next 25 years Open

Henry Oluwasefunmi Savage, Kyle McBeath, Janine Hogan, Lynn Mackay-Thomas, Lisa Anderson , et al. · 2024

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‘It's just one step too far’: Negotiating physical activity for perinatal mental health Open

Emily Lovett, Andy Smith, Megan Teychenne · 2024

Mental Health, Declining Physical Activity and Social Connection during Transitions into Fatherhood in the UK Open

Emily Lovett, Andy Smith · 2024

This paper addresses an under-explored area of sociologically oriented health research, namely, the mental health and physical activity (PA) experiences of new fathers. Drawing upon responses to an online qualitative survey from 32 fathers…

Leisure-time physical activity and transitions into and through parenthood Open

Emily Lovett, Andy Smith · 2024

This study provides a novel figurational sociological examination of transitions into and through parenthood and its impact on leisure time physical activity (LTPA). Drawing on the qualitative findings of an online survey completed by 218 …

International consensus statement on the design, delivery and evaluation of sport-based interventions aimed at promoting social, psychological and physical well-being in prison Open

Conor Murray, Brendan Coyle, Haydyn Morgan, Ian D. Marder, David Woods , et al. · 2024

Objective To develop an international consensus statement to advise on designing, delivering and evaluating sport-based interventions (SBIs) aimed at promoting social, psychological and physical well-being in prison. Design Modified Delphi…

Mapping the provision and evaluation practices of local community health and wellbeing programmes delivered by professional sports clubs in England: a practice-based targeted review Open

Jack Brazier, Charlie Foster, Nick Townsend, JOSEPH JOHN MURPHY, Matthew Northcote , et al. · 2023

Professional sports clubs (PSCs) are potentially effective settings for health promotion, however, their role within policy is unclear. Potential reasons include lack of awareness about existing provision of health and wellbeing (H&W) prog…

Mapping provision and evaluation practices in local community health and wellbeing programmes delivered by professional sports clubs in the United Kingdom: A practice-based targeted review Open

John Brazier, Charlie Foster, N Towsend, John E. Murphy, Matthew Northcote , et al. · 2023

Professional sports clubs (PSCs) are potentially effective settings for health promotion, however, their role within policy is unclear. Potential reasons include lack of awareness about existing provision of health and wellbeing (H&W) prog…

Exploring the increasing interdependence of community sport and health policy in England Open

Tom Duffell, David Boyd Haycock, Andy Smith · 2023

Governments in many countries are increasingly interested in using community sport as a vehicle for improving public health through physical activity (PA) promotion. This has been associated with an increasing interdependence between the c…

Examining sports coaches’ mental health literacy: evidence from UK athletics Open

Sophie Warden, Greg Doncaster, Kenny Greenough, Andy Smith · 2023

There is increasing interest in the role sports coaches are expected to play in supporting the mental health of elite and sub-elite athletes. This paper presents the first single-sport, mixed-methods, study of UK athletics coaches’ mental …

Open data to support European pandemic preparedness. Open

Niklas Blomberg, Marieke Willems, Corinne Martin, Andy Smith, Elaine Harrison , et al. · 2023

BY-COVID learnings and policy recommendations after 18 months of cross-disciplinary collaboration As seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, and other infectious disease outbreaks, researchers, health care professionals and "ci…

Editorial: Sport and the politics of in/equality Open

Elizabeth C.J. Pike, Andy Smith · 2023

Young people, sport and leisure : a sociological study of youth lifestyles Open

Andy Smith · 2023

In Britain, as elsewhere, over the past two or three decades there has been growing concern over the extent to which sport and physical activity are becoming increasingly rare features of contemporary youth lifestyles. One corollary of thi…

Transferts institutionnels et politiques de concurrence. Les cas communautaires français et britannique Open

Andy Smith · 2021

Cet article rend compte d'une recherche sur la politique de la concurrence telle qu'elle a évolué au sein de la Commission européenne et des espaces gouvernementaux français et britannique. Des changements introduits entre 1997 et 2003 par…

Researching and working in sport policy and development Open

Andy Smith · 2021

In this chapter I reflect upon some of the findings of my research in sport policy and development over the last two decades. I discuss some of the recent lessons I have learned from working with a range of professionals and publics, parti…

Values, the politics of their mobilization and ideological identification Open

Andy Smith · 2021

This chapter presents a generic perspective on politics envisaged as a process fuelled above all by values and their confrontation over the structuration of socio-economic activity. Values are central firstly because they determine what so…

List of tables Open

Andy Smith · 2021

This book critically examines the range of policies and programmes that attempt to manage economic activity that contributes to political violence. Beginning with an overview of over a dozen policies aimed at transforming these activities …

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Andy Smith · 2021

This book critically examines the range of policies and programmes that attempt to manage economic activity that contributes to political violence. Beginning with an overview of over a dozen policies aimed at transforming these activities …

Exploring Mental Health and Illness in the UK Sports Coaching Workforce Open

Andy Smith, David Boyd Haycock, Jon Jones, Kenny Greenough, Rachel Wilcock , et al. · 2020

There is growing international concern about the mental health of those who work in sport, including coaches. However, we currently know little about the prevalence of mental illness and the experience of mental health among coaches, and t…

Freins à l’accès à l’eau agricole pour les agriculteurs de la Petite Agriculture Familiale du Nord Grande-Terre (Guadeloupe). Open

Manon Droniou, Océane Biabiany, Yves Montouroy, Andy Smith, Audrey Fanchone · 2020

Freins à l’accès à l’eau agricole pour les agriculteurs de la Petite Agriculture Familiale du Nord Grande-Terre (Guadeloupe). Série « synthèse de mémoires d’étudiant ».

Introduction to Special Issue on Mental Health and Mental Illness in Physical Education and Youth Sport Open

Andy Smith · 2020

Introduction in special issue.

Developing young people’s mental health awareness through education and sport: Insights from the Tackling the Blues programme Open

David Boyd Haycock, Jon Jones, Andy Smith · 2020

There is growing national and international concern about the mental health of children and young people, and in countries such as England there is now a political and policy commitment to developing whole-school approaches to mental healt…

International consensus statement on the psychosocial and policy-related approaches to mental health awareness programmes in sport Open

Gavin Breslin, Andy Smith, Brad Donohue, Paul Donnelly, Stephen Shannon , et al. · 2019

Background Research focused on mental health in sport has revealed a need to develop evidence-supported mental health practices that are sensitive to sport culture, particularly for non-elite athletes. A consensus statement was produced to…

Supporting Atlas: Franco-British Co-operation to Service Europe’s Military Airlifter Open

Benoît Giry, Andy Smith, Alina Surubaru, Jean Joana · 2019

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Depression and Suicide in Professional Sports Work Open

Andy Smith · 2018

Since much of what is currently known about the links between sports work and mental health and illness is derived from largely psychological studies and media-led or autobiographical accounts, more sociological research is needed to bette…

An Exploration of International Students' Experiences at a Small, Comprehensive, Midwestern University Open

Luke M. Tse, Felisha L. Younkin, Seonggyu Kim, Andy Smith, Fang Liu · 2018

Emotions in sport coaching: an introductory essay Open

Paul Potrac, Andy Smith, Lee Nelson · 2017

According to Turner and Stets (2007), emotions are an inextricable feature of human experience, behaviour, and interaction. Emotions are, for them, the glue that can bind people together and, equal...

The Sociology of Sports Work, Emotions and Mental Health: Scoping the Field and Future Directions Open

Martin Roderick, Andy Smith, Paul Potrac · 2017

The central object of this introductory \nessay, and of this Special Issue more \nbroadly, is to explore relations between \nthe study of work and the continuing \nevolution of the sociology of sport with a \nparticular focus on the mental…

In search of excellence, sharing our experiences of inspirational teaching. Open

Andy Smith, Divine Charura, Professor Jan Nicholson · 2017

CLIMB (the Cloud Infrastructure for Microbial Bioinformatics): an online resource for the medical microbiology community Open

Thomas R. Connor, Nicholas J. Loman, Simon Thompson, Andy Smith, Joel Southgate , et al. · 2016

The increasing availability and decreasing cost of high-throughput sequencing has transformed academic medical microbiology, delivering an explosion in available genomes while also driving advances in bioinformatics. However, many microbio…

CLIMB (the Cloud Infrastructure for Microbial Bioinformatics): an online resource for the medical microbiology community Open

Thomas R. Connor, Nicholas J. Loman, Simon Thompson, Andy Smith, Joel Southgate , et al. · 2016

The increasing availability and decreasing cost of high-throughput sequencing has transformed academic medical microbiology, delivering an explosion in available genomes while also driving advances in bioinformatics. However, many microbio…

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