Rationale for a public health approach to the promotion of physical activity and the prevention of injury. Epidemiology, global trends, costs, politics, partnerships and interventions. Strategies (educational/behavioural, engineering/technological and legislative/regulatory) appropriate to injury prevention and the promotion of physical activity. Contemporary health promotion thinking and models underpinning population levels of physical activity promotion and injury prevention. A series of intervention types and methods will be presented and examined. Sub-populations with specific needs and specific settings for interventions will be explored. -- Course Website
