Access All Aerials Charity Event

On Saturday 16^th April, first and second year Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation in Sport and Exercise Students attended a charity event at Dame Hannah’s, Newton Abbot, in aid of Access All Aerials: http://www.discoverhannahs.org/seale-hayne/support/access-all-aerials/

Access All Aerials is a radio station broadcasting live over the internet with around 30 presenters who have a wide range of disabilities. This radio station has given these individuals confidence and allows them to be heard; "they can see the person and not the disability".

Free MOOC - Physical Activity, Exercise and Physiotherapy

We are all aware of the importance of health promotion via physical activity interventions. This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is a 6-week course over the summer months aimed towards health care workers and covers topics such as the evidence for physical activity, health benefits and best practice models.

Book Review: Beyond Behaviour Change (edited by Fiona Spotswood)

It’s just a few years since Michie and colleagues attempted to draw links between the wide range of cognitive behaviour change theories that exist in the field of psychology and it seems logical to try and extend these connections beyond the field of psychology. While this book is clearly grounded in the field of sociology it manages to achieve its aim of acknowledging a range of disciplines, offering contradictory viewpoints and considering a variety of influences on behaviour.  The various chapters seek examine the nature of behaviour itself and present their own ideological and theoretical insights into creating meaningful changes across a range of lifestyle "choices".

Mike Kelly and Alan Maryon-Davis have each contributed excellent chapters, writing separately on the political influence and administrative regulation of behaviour change. There is also a chapter that gives a summary of the role of nudge theory and its use in the implementation of government policy by the Behavioural Insight Team’s Michael Hallsworth and Michael Sanders.