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Milton, Karen 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0506-2214, Cavill, Nick and Bauman, Adrian
(2019)
Intersectoral partnership: a potential legacy success of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 11 (1).
pp. 97-102.
ISSN 1940-6959
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Abstract
The 2008 Legacy Action Plan stated the government’s intention to make the United Kingdom (UK) a ‘world-leading sporting nation’ by using the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to inspire population changes in physical activity. It set a goal of encouraging two million more people to be active, and responsibility for achieving the target was divided between the sport and health sectors. However, data from the Active People Survey do not confirm a ‘legacy effect’ on participation as a result of the Games. Despite failure to achieve the target, the Legacy Action Plan was the first UK policy to set a shared national goal for the health and sport sectors and since its publication, the agendas of the two sectors have become increasingly aligned. This presents an unprecedented opportunity for the two sectors to work collaboratively towards the common goal of improving population health through physical activity. It is possible that this coalescence, if maintained, has the potential to create a more sustained legacy on physical activity than may have resulted from the short-lived ‘inspiration effect’ of hosting the London Olympic and Paralympic Games. Rather than dwelling on the ‘failure’ of the Olympics to achieve the legacy target, efforts should focus on the policy congruence that has developed since the Games, and how to maximise partnership working to achieve a sustained shift in population levels of physical activity.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | olympic,sport,collaboration,health,legacy,partnership,social sciences (miscellaneous),tourism, leisure and hospitality management ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3301 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Epidemiology and Public Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Promotion Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Population Health |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Oct 2018 00:05 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Jan 2024 02:22 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/68471 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/19406940.2018.1522659 |
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