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ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-57167-842-3

Author(s): Laura Payne, Barbara Ainsworth, Geoffrey Godbey

Copyright year: 2010

Edition: 1st

Other Formats: Print

pages: 489

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As our understanding of the bases of good health changes, it is apparent that leisure and its use are an important issue in both achieving and maintaining good health.

Leisure, Health, and Wellness reflects the story of how parks, recreation, and leisure studies contribute to the health and well-being of individuals, families, communities, and societies.

This is also the story of how public health contributes to parks, recreation, and leisure studies–the intersections and connections between and among these fields, concepts, and professional practices.

This book provides a collection of ideas brought together by scholars and practitioners willing to venture outside of the safe confines of their own disciplines to write transdisciplinary chapters with colleagues from numerous fields related to health or leisure.

These authors have played a significant role in building bridges and advancing the knowledge base related to leisure, health, and wellness, and their interconnections.

Chapter 1: Leisure—An Overview

Chapter 2: Health, Wellness, and Quality of Life—Accent the Positive

Chapter 3: Relations Between Leisure, Health, and Wellness

Chapter 4: What Constitutes “Good” Health and Wellness?

Chapter 5: What Is Good Leisure From the Perspective of Health?

Chapter 6: Leisure and Physical Health

Chapter 7: Leisure Pathways to Emotional Health—Public Health Perspectives

Chapter 8: Leisure and Spiritual Health

Chapter 9: Physical Activity and Cognitive Health

Chapter 10: Leisure and Social Health

Chapter 11: The Effect of Leisure Environments on Dimensions of Health and Wellness  

Chapter 12: Leisure as a Context for Prevention 

Chapter 13: Leisure and Becoming Physically Active

Chapter 14: Leisure and Stress Reduction

Chapter 15: Making the Best of Bad Situations: The Value of Leisure in Coping With Negative Life Events

Chapter 16: Building Self-Esteem and Self-Efficacy Through Leisure

Chapter 17: Leisure and the Development of Complexity

Chapter 18: Socioeconomic Status, Health, and Leisure

Chapter 19: Children’s Physical Activity and Healthy Development: Physical, Social, Emotional, and Cognitive Benefits

Chapter 20: Leisure, Adolescence, and Health 

Chapter 21: Leisure in Family Wellness 

Chapter 22: Leisure and Health in Middle Age 

Chapter 23: Leisure in Later Life

Chapter 24: Leisure and Rehabilitation 

Chapter 25: Work, Leisure, and Health: Revisioning Retirement in the 21st Century 

Chapter 26: Leisure, Health, and Assisted Living

Chapter 27: Women, Health, and Leisure: A Lot Like Music-Making 

Chapter 28: Leisure, Health, and Males

Chapter 29: Promoting Health and Wellness With Persons With Disabilities: The Role of Recreation and Leisure 

Chapter 30: Leisure and the Health of People Who Are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered 

Chapter 31: Health Disparities and Physical Activity, Parks, and Recreation

Chapter 32: Leisure, Health, and Adjustment of Immigrants 

Chapter 33: Healthy Sexual Expression

Chapter 34: Healthy Dining: Eating for Pleasure, Leisure, and Wellness

Chapter 35: Health and Television Viewing 

Chapter 36: Healthy Drinking

Chapter 37: Healthy Sports 

Chapter 38: Healthy Outdoor Recreation: An Integrated Approach to Linking Physical Activity With Wellness Goals

Chapter 39: Public Policy to Promote Healthy Leisure

Chapter 40: Medical Profession and Healthy Leisure 

Chapter 41: Public Recreation and Parks Services as a Wellness Agency

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