Motivating People to be Physically Active - Softcover

Bess Marcus; Leighann Forsyth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0736040641 ISBN 13: 9780736040648

Publisher: Human Kinetics, 2002

Synopsis

Motivating People to Be Physically Active is a comprehensive reference describing proven methods for helping people change from inactive to active living. The behavior change methods are useful not only for healthy adults but also for individuals with chronic physical and psychological conditions. The renowned authors describe intervention programs for individuals and groups and in workplace and community settings.

This book is the first in the Physical Activity Intervention series, edited by Steven Blair. The objective of the series is to provide useful educational resources to all professionals who are interested in promoting and implementing physical activity programs to a diverse and potentially unwilling population.

In Motivating People to Be Physically Active you will learn how to
-improve motivation by understanding the key psychological principles of behavior change;

-assess your clients' physical activity patterns, readiness, motivations, and barriers;

-use a 5-stage model to measure motivational readiness for physical activity; and

-apply stage-specific strategies for individual, group, workplace, and community interventions.
In addition to exercises and various reproducible log pages and worksheets, this book has eight sample reproducible questionnaires for evaluating the effectiveness of programs. This is an essential resource for health professionals who want to improve their effectiveness as they plan, develop, implement, and evaluate physical activity programs.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Motivating People to Be Physically Active, Second Edition, describes proven methods for helping people overcome sedentary behavior and make physical activity a regular part of their lives. Based on the five-stage model of motivational readiness for change, this comprehensive reference will help you design intervention programs for individuals and groups in both worksite and community settings.

The second edition has been fully updated and enhanced to include these features

• An updated chapter that discusses and compares the recent physical activity recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American College of Sports Medicine, and the Institute of Medicine and presents the pros and cons of the recommendations for key populations
• An expanded description of the benefits of a physically active lifestyle
• Information on how technology, including accelerometers, can be used in changing physical activity behavior

Motivating People to Be Physically Active, Second Edition, also provides many practical tools, including reproducible questionnaires and worksheets, case studies of successful programs, and stage-specific strategies and recommendations for motivating all participants.

Motivating People to Be Physically Active, Second Edition, is part of the Physical Activity Intervention Series (PAIS). This timely series provides useful educational resources for professionals interested in promoting and implementing physical activity programs to a diverse and often resistant population.

About the Author

Steven N. Blair, PED, is the director of research at The Cooper Institute. Dr. Blair was the senior scientific editor of the Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health in 1996 and received the Surgeon General's Medallion for his work. He is one of very few people outside the U.S. Public Health Service to receive this award.

He has served as the president of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity.

Dr. Blair has two honorary doctorates, a 1994 doctor honoris causa from the Free University of Brussels and a 1996 doctor of health science from Lander University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Human Kinetics
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0736040641
• ISBN 13: 9780736040648
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232