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Area of Science:

  • * Public Health and Sports Science
  • * Qualitative Research Methodologies

Background:

  • * Exploration of the concept of 'exercise is medicine'.
  • * Need for alternative frameworks in promoting physical activity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • * To investigate the proposition that exercise is recreation.
  • * To describe and reflect upon the 'exercise is recreation' metaphor.
  • * To compare this approach with existing UK quality frameworks for exercise referrals.

Main Methods:

  • * Qualitative case study utilizing four years of documentation.
  • * Data categorized into 14 types including strategies, policies, and operational procedures.
  • * Analysis through a 4-stage process with recreation as the analytical theme.

Main Results:

  • * Key characteristics of 'exercise is recreation': user experience, well-being, community, inclusivity, sport, aesthetics, and leisure.
  • * Development principles: custodianship, partnerships, values, inter-professional working, heritage, change, and adaptive processes.
  • * Significant divergence identified between the 'exercise is recreation' approach and UK 'exercise referral' frameworks.

Conclusions:

  • * Exercise can be conceptualized as recreation.
  • * This perspective may foster individual and community well-being.
  • * Highlights a distinct model for promoting physical activity.