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Colin MacDougall
Researcher at Flinders University
Publications - 135
Citations - 7955
Colin MacDougall is an academic researcher from Flinders University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social determinants of health & Health promotion. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 130 publications receiving 6728 citations. Previous affiliations of Colin MacDougall include American Public Health Association & University of Melbourne.
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Crime prevention through sport and physical activity
TL;DR: In this paper, a variety of sporting activities that appear to have had a beneficial effect in helping young people steer away from trouble are examined, such as wilderness programs, programs in which youth participate and learn skills, and programs where the sense of belonging reduces vandalism and develops other prosocial behaviours.
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Understanding Health Promotion
TL;DR: Forward - Ilona Kickbusch Part 1 Building Foundations for Health Promotion: Building foundations for health Promotion.
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Beyond Bushfires: Community, Resilience and Recovery - a longitudinal mixed method study of the medium to long term impacts of bushfires on mental health and social connectedness
Lisa Gibbs,Elizabeth Waters,Richard A. Bryant,Philippa Pattison,Dean Lusher,Louise Harms,John Richardson,Colin MacDougall,Karen Block,Elyse Snowdon,Hugh Colin Gallagher,Vikki Sinnott,Greg Ireton,David Forbes +13 more
TL;DR: Conducting the study over five years and focussing on the role of social networks will provide new insights into the interplay between individual and community factors and their influence on recovery from natural disaster over time will expand understanding of long term disaster recovery needs for individuals and communities.
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We Have to Live in the Future.
TL;DR: The authors conducted a qualitative study with children aged 4-12 years in metropolitan and rural South Australia to find out what children want to tell adults about physical activity, play and sport, and found that children were enthusiastic participants in the research and appreciated th...
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Professional issues for physiotherapists in family-centred and community-based settings
TL;DR: It is argued that, while family-centred practice is supported by the literature and physiotherapists, significant policy and professional issues need to be addressed before such practice can be fully adopted.