Physical Activity, exercise, sport - barriers and enablers Flashcards

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What are the definitions of physical activity?

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  • Physical Activity – any movement that results in energy expenditure.
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What are the definitions of sport?

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  • Sport – highly organised rules, complex skills, tactics, and competition
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What are the definitions of exercise?

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  • Exercise – planned, structured, repetitive body movements, often aimed to improve fitness
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What are the definitions of barriers?

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  • Barriers - Something or someone that has a negative effect on someone’s physical activity behaviour
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What are the definitions of enablers?

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  • Enablers - Something or someone that has a positive effect on someone’s physical activity behaviour
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Outline the social influences – barriers and enablers influences your participation in physical activity, sport and exercise. Explain them

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Social Barriers:
- Income - low income can’t participate
- Education - if a school doesn’t have a PE teacher available the child may not learn the fundamentals
- Gender - girls may develop less skills in sport as boys are given more opportunities to participate
- Family - some parent don’t value the importance of sport
- Peers - lack of interest by peers, manes you might not either

Social Enablers:
- Income - higher income, access to more opportunities
- Education - opportunities to develop more skills, can use these latter in life
- Gender - males more like to develop skills in sport
- Family - parents might participate in sport encourages child too also
- Peers - having a challenge on who can do the most steps in a day, week, month

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Outline the cultural influences – barriers and enablers influences your participation in physical activity, sport and exercise. Explain them

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Cultural Barriers:
- Ethnicity - some ethnicity groups might not allow them to participate in sport, show skins or be amongst males
- Cultural norms - might see some girls at risk f they participate in sport

Cultural Enablers:
- Ethnicity - some ethnicity promote sport ie Kenya and running, their bodies are more suited to it
- Cultural norms - Australia encourage all cultures to participate in sport

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Outline the environmental influences – barriers and enablers influences your participation in physical activity, sport and exercise. Explain them

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Environmental Barriers:
- Access to facilities - large high rise apartment don’t have access
- Safety - no street light could prevent people being active at night
- Weather - places with lots of rain prevents participation

Environmental Enablers:
- Access to facilities - a worksite with a gym gives more access
- Safety - having bikes lanes accessible is safer
- Weather - sunny days encourage those to get out or having access to indoor areas

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What are the social, cultural, environmental enablers and barriers that influence the amount of physical activity, sport and exercise we do?

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  • Social – friends, parents, siblings, neighbours
  • Cultural – ethnicity, religion, beliefs, values
  • Environmental – climate, location, safety features
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Explain the phrase ‘sociocultural influences on movement’.

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Sociocultural is a word that is a mix between social factors and cultural factors. This means that the sociocultural influences on movement are a mixture between these two factors on someone’s movement.

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