Browsing Articles - Sports & Health Sciences by Author "Dowd, Kieran"
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Development of the health promoting sports club - national audit tool
Johnson, Stacey; Vuillemin, Anne; Lane, Aoife; Dowd, Kieran; Geidne, Susanna; Kokko, Sami; Donaldson, Alex; Seghers, Jan; Donaldson, Alex; Seghers, Jan; Whiting, Stephen; Van Hoye, Aurélie (Oxford University Press, 2022-09)Background Sports clubs have requested support from national governing authorities to invest in health promotion (HP), by developing policies, guidelines and dedicated funding. This article outlines the development of a ... -
The effect of participating in MedEx Wellness, a community-based chronic disease exercise rehabilitation programme, on physical, clinical and psychological health: A study protocol for a cohort trial.
Kehoe, Bróna; Skelly, Fiona; Moyna, Niall; Cantwell, Mairéad; Boran, Lorraine; Daly, Leslie; McCarren, Andrew; Dowd, Kieran; Woods, Catherine; McCaffrey, Noel; Loughney, Lisa (Elsevier, 2020-06)Background: Community-based exercise rehabilitation programmes for chronic disease are an effective alternative to traditional hospital-based programmes. MedEx Wellness is a novel community-based exercise rehabilitation ... -
Health promoting sports federations: theoretical foundations and guidelines
Van Hoye, Aurélie; Geidne, Susanna; Vuillemin, Anne; Dowd, Kieran; Gilbo, Iva; Heck, Sandra; Ibsen, Bjarne; Johnson, Stacey; Kingsland, Melanie; Kokko, Sami; Lane, Aoife; Ooms, Linda; Overbye, Marie; Woods, Catherine; Zeimers, Geraldine; Whiting, Stephen; Winand, Mathieu (Frontiers, 2023-07-11)Background: Researchers and policy-makers have highlighted that the potential for organized sports to promote health has been underexploited. Sports clubs have limited capacity to promote health due to their voluntary ... -
An mHealth workplace-based "sit less, move more" program: impact on employees' sedentary and physical activity patterns at work and away from work
Bort-Roig, Judit; Chirveches-Pérez, Emilia; Navarro-Blasco, Lydia; Bausà-Peris, Roser; Iturrioz-Rosell, Pedro; González-Suárez, Angel M.; Martínez-Lemos, Iván; Puigoríol-Juvanteny, Emma; Dowd, Kieran; Puig-Ribera, Anna (MDPI, 2020-11-28)Most workplace interventions that aim to reduce sedentary behaviour have focused on employees’ sedentary patterns at-work but less have focused on understanding the impact beyond working time. The aim of this study was to ... -
Results from Ireland North and South's 2022 report card on physical activity for children and adolescents
Carlin, Angela; Connolly, Sinead; Redpath, Tamsyn; Belton, Sarajane; Coppinger, Tara; Cunningham, Conor; Donnelly, Alan; Dowd, Kieran; Harrington, Deirdre; Murtagh, Elaine; Ng, Kwok; O'Brien, Wesley; Rodriguez, Lauren; Woods, Catherine; McAvoy, Helen; Murphy, Marie (Elsevier, 2023-12-09)Background: The Ireland North and South Report Card on Physical Activity (PA) for Children and Adolescents aims to monitor progress in PA participation across a range of internationally established indicators. Methods: ... -
Results from Ireland's 2014 Report Card on Physical Activity in Children and Youth
Harrington, Deirdre M.; Belton, Sarahjane; Coppinger, Tara; Cullen, Muireann; Donnelly, Alan; Dowd, Kieran; Keating, Teresa; Layte, Richard; Murphy, Marie; Murphy, Niamh; Murtagh, Elaine; Woods, Catherine (Human Kinetics, 2014)BACKGROUND: Physical activity (PA) levels are a key performance indicator for policy documents in Ireland. The first Ireland Report Card on Physical Activity in Children and Youth aims to set a robust baseline for future ... -
Study protocol for the investigation of the clinical effectiveness of a physical activity behaviour change intervention for individuals living with and beyond cancer
Cantwell, Mairéad; Kehoe, Bróna; Moyna, Niall; McCaffrey, Noel; Skelly, Fiona; Loughney, Lisa; Walsh, Deirdre M.J.; Dowd, Kieran; McCarren, Andrew; Woods, Catherine (Elsevier, 2022-01-13)Most individuals living with and beyond cancer are not sufficiently active to achieve the health benefits associated with regular physical activity (PA). The purpose of this study was to describe the study protocol for a ...