Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Sport and Exercise Sciences
Learning Methods
Lecture
Practical
Seminar
Module Offerings
6102SPS-SEP-CTY
Aims
This module aims to engage students in current physical activity and health concepts linked to stages of the life course. Students will gain experience of using physical activity and sedentary behaviour measurement tools via practical sessions. Students will also gain an understanding of the principles of intervention design, evaluation and health inequalities.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Critically evaluate the importance of physical activity for health across the lifespan.
2.
Locate and synthesise physical activity, sedentary behaviour and health research literature.
3.
Critically evaluate intervention design, measurement and evaluation principles in the context of physical activity and health research.
4.
Critically evaluate inequalities in physical activity.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Physical activity and health across the life course: Pregnancy, early years; childhood and adolescence; early adulthood; middle age; older age; inequalities [gender, ethnicity, disability, LGBTQIA+].
Intervention design, measurement and evaluation: Developing interventions, physical activity measurement, evaluation.
Module Overview:
This module aims to engage you in current physical activity and health concepts linked to stages of the life course. You will gain experience of using physical activity and sedentary behaviour measurement tools via practical sessions and an understanding of the principles of intervention design, evaluation and health inequalities.
This module aims to engage you in current physical activity and health concepts linked to stages of the life course. You will gain experience of using physical activity and sedentary behaviour measurement tools via practical sessions and an understanding of the principles of intervention design, evaluation and health inequalities.
Additional Information:BUES mapped.