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The contribution of sport participation to overall health enhancing physical activity levels in Australia: a population-based study

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Public Health, August 2015
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Title
The contribution of sport participation to overall health enhancing physical activity levels in Australia: a population-based study
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BMC Public Health, August 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12889-015-2156-9
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RM Eime, JT Harvey, MJ Charity, MM Casey, JGZ van Uffelen, WR Payne

Abstract

The contribution of sport to overall health-enhancing leisure-time physical activity (HELPA) in adults is not well understood. The aim was to examine this in a national sample of Australians aged 15+ years, and to extend this examination to other ostensibly sport-associated activities. The 2010 Exercise, Recreation and Sport Survey (ERASS) was conducted by telephone interview in four quarterly waves. Data from this survey were analysed to categorise leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) as HELPA or non-HELPA, and to categorise HELPA activities and sessions of HELPA activity by setting and frequency. The contribution of sport to HELPA was estimated, both directly through activities and settings classified as sport per se, and indirectly through other fitness activities ostensibly related to preparation for sport and enhancement of sport performance. Of 21,602 respondents, 82 % reported some LTPA in the 12 months prior to the survey. In aggregate, respondents reported 37,020 activity types in the previous 12 months, of which 94 % were HELPA. Of HELPA activities, 71 % were non-organised, 11 % were organised but not sport club-based, and 18 % were sport club-based. Of all sport activities, 52 % were HELPA. Of sport HELPA, 33 % was sport club-based and 78 % was undertaken ≥12 times/year. Sport club members were significantly more likely to have participated in running, but significantly less likely to have participated in walking or aerobics/fitness training, than non-club members. Club sport participation contributes considerably to LTPA at health enhancing levels. Health promotion policies, and more specifically physical activity policies, should emphasize the role of sport in enhancing health. Sport policy should recognise the health-promoting role of community-based sport in addition to the current predominant focus on elite pathways.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Iran, Islamic Republic of 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 102 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 19 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 13%
Student > Master 8 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 7%
Researcher 7 7%
Other 18 17%
Unknown 32 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Sports and Recreations 32 30%
Medicine and Dentistry 12 11%
Social Sciences 6 6%
Psychology 5 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 4%
Other 5 5%
Unknown 41 39%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 August 2015.
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#5,591,300
of 23,322,966 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#5,495
of 15,207 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#63,950
of 267,016 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#113
of 339 outputs
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