Sport as medicine: How F3 is building healthier men and communities

Given sport has been largely absent from U.S. public health policies and discourse, the author suggests ways that sport can be better managed to promote health. Using a critical perspective and grounded theory approach, the author examined the experiences of 14 men in the grassroots recreational program, F3. Data were collected through observation and semi-structured interviews. Based on the results, a conceptual model that suggests how sport should be managed to address illnesses related to physical inactivity is put forth. The resulting Sport as Medicine model indicates that Creating a Team Structure, Providing a Place to Be Accountable, and Ensuring No One is Left Out, led to meaningful Health Outcomes, including Physical Health, Mental Toughness, and Social Connections. As the distinctiveness of sport continues to emerge, the author provides a framework to consider how sport can be part of public health efforts to address physical inactivity. Thus, this work positions sport as medicine by pinpointing how sport can be managed so that holistic health outcomes are more likely achieved.     

Negotiating women’s social space: public debates on gender in early modern Kerala,India*

Abstract

The paper argues that the formation of modern gender identities in early‐twentieth‐century Kerala was deeply implicated in the project of shaping governable subjects who were, at one and the same time ‘free’ and already inserted into modern institutions. Because gender appeared both natural and social, both individualising and general, it seemed to be a superior form of social ordering compared to the pre‐existing order of caste. The actualisation of a superior society ordered by gender was seen to be dependent upon the shaping of the fully‐fledged individuals with strong internalities and well‐developed gendered capacities that would place them in distinct social domains of the public and domestic, as ‘free’ individuals, who, however, were bound together in a complementary relationship. While this model still remains dominant in Kerala, by the 1930s, the public/domestic divide came to be blurred with the rapid spread of disciplinary institutions. Womanhood came to be associated not with a certain domain but with a certain form of power. This legitimated the entry of Malayalee women into public life, undergirded the much‐discussed ‘Kerala Model’ of development, and still holds up the highly ambiguous sort of ‘liberation’ elite Malayalee women have experienced. It has also strongly influenced the specific shape the resistance to patriarchy has taken in Kerala in the twentieth century.     

‘We Have to Go Where the Money Is’—Dilemmas in the Role of Nutrition Scientists: An Interview Study

In Western societies scientists are increasingly expected to seek media exposure and cooperate with industry. Little attention has been given to the way such expectations affect the role of scientific experts in society. To investigate scientists’ own perspectives on these issues eight exploratory, in-depth interviews were conducted in Denmark with reputable nutrition scientists. Additionally, eight interviews were held with ‘key informants’ from the field of nutrition policy. It was found that nutrition scientists experience two dilemmas: first, between their aspiration to make a collective impact on public health and the powerful incentives of each to appear frequently in the media with new messages; second, between their need to cooperate with the food industry for financial reasons and their fear that this may compromise their independence and scientific integrity. It is argued that the dilemmas identified in this study should be dealt with openly by the relevant groups of scientists.     

安徽省高校公体课新兴体育项目开发现状与对策研究

通过文献资料法、调查法、数据统计法,对安徽省高校公体课新兴体育项目开发现状进行分析研究,为研究安徽省高校新兴体育项目开发提供依据和参考。     

我国大众网球运动兴起的社会学分析与可持续发展研究

采用文献资料法,对我国大众网球运动兴起与可持续发展进行了社会学分析。分析认为：人们生活和交往方式的变革及网球运动＂健身、时尚＂的属性是网球运动兴起的社会基础;高校＂网球热＂和大众网球运动的商业化运作以及大众传媒的关注加快了网球运动兴起的社会进程。保持大众网球＂健身、娱乐＂功能和＂时尚＂特征,协调网球产业化和社会化发展,积极构建＂人文奥运＂理念下的大众体育文化,不断完善我国网球文化体制,是大众网球运动可持续发展的保障。     

公共政策与政府执行力

公共政策是政府制定和选择的,用以解决社会公共问题的规则和方案。在整个政策生命周期当中,政策的执行是一个关键而且十分重要的环节。但是,在我国目前的环境下,政府政策的执行存在许多问题,政策的执行效果差强人意,有违政策出台的初衷。为改变这种不利状况,改变和完善政府的政策执行力就显得尤为必要。     

Editor's introduction to the forum on defining applied communication scholarship

Although public meetings are a frequent method of public participation and risk communication, little research investigates what citizens think about their use in environmental management. To examine satisfaction with public meetings, residents of two neighboring communities received questionnaires following a public meeting about a local landfill. Respondents included residents who did and did not attend the meeting. Irrespective of whether respondents had ever attended a public meeting, meeting expectations and perceptions of relational/informational communication at meetings, including whether respondents thought meeting organizers were genuinely interested in participants' comments or meetings were informative, predicted satisfaction. Perceived risk associated with the recent meeting's topic and credibility of government agencies that frequently conduct meetings also predicted satisfaction.     

公共图书馆讲座工作个案分析--以安徽馆家谱讲座为例

文章以安徽省图书馆家谱讲座为例,从主题的确定、主讲人的聘请、讲座活动的推广等3个方面分析了公共图书馆讲座工作的具体操作,指出图书馆讲座工作大有可为。     

读者权利保障的原则及其实施

保障读者权利是图书馆管理的重要原则。要实施这个原则,必须坚持图书馆的公益性,尽可能便利读者,为每一位读者提供平等服务。     

公共图书馆阅读现状个案分析与思考

调查显示，近年来我国的国民阅读状况持续下滑，而推动公众阅读的发展是公共图书馆的责任之一，本文结合东营市图书馆的实际，指出了公共图书馆在公众阅读方面存在的欠缺，并指出了解决的思路和方法。