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Football match attendance in Finland
(Jyväskylän yliopisto, 2022)Football fans prefer to see their favourite team win in close matches. Compared to other forms of entertainment, the outcome of sport game is unknown beforehand. Opera audience knows the plot in advance, but in football ... -
The role of leadership in a national team’s success
(Jyväskylän yliopisto, 2022)Every elite football team wants to maximize their success. Especially in international football, smaller footballing countries need to perform well as underdogs when pursuing qualification to the group stage phase of ... -
Health literacy, socioeconomic status and digital device use among older adults
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Development of the Health Promoting Sports Club - National Audit Tool
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2022)Background Sports clubs have requested support from national governing authorities to invest in health promotion (HP), by developing policies, guidelines and dedicated funding. This manuscript outlines the development of ... -
Health literacy among adolescents : summary of some key findings from ten European countries
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2022)Introduction In research on disparities, the concept of health literacy (HL) as a set of competencies to promote and sustain health may help in understanding the disparities better and in addressing avoidable and unfair ... -
Health literacy and its association with health outcomes among students in upper secondary education
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2022)Background Health literacy (HL) - as a broad range of health-related competencies and skills- has been recognized as a determinant of health outcomes, and suggested to be a modifiable health resource and a factor contributing ... -
Longitudinal associations among cardiorespiratory fitness and objectively measured moderate-to-vigorous physical activity of Finnish schoolchildren
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2022)Children and adolescents' engagement in physical activity has decreased in most Western countries across the previous three decades. Therefore, increasing number of researchers are investigating antecedents of physical ... -
Continuity and changes in commuting mode and influence on physical activity, BMI and waist circumference among Finnish adults
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2022)Regular physical activity (PA) has been found to be important for cardiovascular health and longevity. However, notable proportion of adult population does not meet the national PA recommendations. Active transport is one ... -
Does goal orientation relate to changes in sports club participation from adolescence to early adulthood?
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2022)Background Sports club participation begins to decrease in adolescence. There is a lack of knowledge, how sports club participation changes from adolescence to early adulthood in Finland, and how goal orientation influences ... -
How do sports clubs contribute to health? From theory to interventions
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2022)The symposium presents last findings on health promotion interventions in sports clubs. After a short introduction about the health promoting sports clubs (HPSC), five presentations (France, Sweden, Ireland, Finland and ... -
Neighborhood walkability and older people's participation in leisure activities
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2022)Background The neighborhood environment may enhance or restrict older people's opportunities to participate in leisure activities, and thus impact quality of life. Walkability depicts the environment's suitability for ... -
Clustering of reported activity destinations and use of active transport among older adults
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2022)Background Conducting everyday activities out-of-home may accumulate a large share of older adults' daily physical, especially if active transportation is used. Environmental features in home neighborhood may motivate for ... -
Co-development of the national monitoring system for the joy of motion, physical activity and motor skills for pre-school-aged children in Finland
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2022)In recent years, we have got more information on physical activity and motor skills of preschool-aged children in Finland. However, national monitoring system for this age groups is still lacking in Finland like in many ... -
Movement and physical activity in early childhood education and care in the Nordic countries
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2022)Background The World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledges the importance of preschool children taking part in comprehensive physical activities supporting, among other things, their motor development, and competencies. ... -
Physical activity change and stability patterns from adolescence to early adulthood : how activity domains and sedentary behaviour are associated with maintaining, increasing and decreasing activity?
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2022)Background Longitudinal studies demonstrate that physical activity (PA) declines on average from adolescence to early adulthood. However, some subgroups of adolescents increase activity while others decrease or maintain ... -
The association of childhood commuting modes and physical activity in adult age
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2022)Background Physically active lifestyle prevents and contributes to managing non-communicable diseases. Childhood physical activities have shown to associate with physically active lifestyle in adulthood. More research on ... -
Promoting physical activity in Finnish early childhood education and care, and the implementation of national recommendations of physical activity for early childhood
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2022)Joy in Motion is a nationwide physical activity and well-being programme aimed at early childhood education and care (ECEC) launched in 2015 in Finland. The aim is to enable every child to be physically active and enjoy ... -
A school-based quasi-experimental intervention to improve students' motor competence and physical fitness
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2022)Background Previous research has shown that school can be an influential context to promote students' physical activity engagement, physical fitness, and motor competence. The purpose of this study was to investigate the ... -
Asymmetric gait results in symmetric muscular demands in affected versus unaffected side ankle and knee extensors in hemiplegic CP children
(Elsevier BV, 2020)Children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP) exhibit asymmetric gait due to compromised neuromuscular function of the affected lower limb [1]. According to a longstanding theory, natural gait patterns coincide with the ...