How can we get more people with long-term health conditions involved in parkrun? A qualitative study evaluating parkrun’s PROVE project
Abstract Background People with long-term health conditions face barriers to physical activity and community health interventions despite potential life-changing benefits for self-management of their condition and wellbeing. A weekly mass participation running, walking and volunteering event called...
Main Authors: | Helen Quirk, Steve Haake |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-10-01
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Series: | BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13102-019-0136-6 |
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