Promoting a healthy legacy for the Olympic Park: findings from a pre-games study

Even where planned mixed communities are innovatively designed to promote healthy living by encouraging physical exercise, social interaction and inclusion, intolerance and tenure prejudice can arise between market-rate residents and social tenants and a lack of community feel can exist resulting in...

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Published inThe journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health Vol. 132; no. 2; p. 64
Main Authors Sampson, Alice, Harden, Angela, Tobi, Patrick, Renton, Adrian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Sage Publications Ltd 01.03.2012
Subjects
Affordable housing
Health facilities
Olympic games
Physical fitness
Social interaction
Tenure
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Summary:Even where planned mixed communities are innovatively designed to promote healthy living by encouraging physical exercise, social interaction and inclusion, intolerance and tenure prejudice can arise between market-rate residents and social tenants and a lack of community feel can exist resulting in less cooperation between classes which adversely affects health. Engagement practices seem to work well where stafffeel confident to listen to residents, and to reflect and respond in ways that motivate residents to make changes to their lives that lead to health benefits. [...]well-trained staffsupported by flexible leadership, as well as responsive commissioning, provide the context within which these activities can occur.
ISSN:1757-9139
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