"Tell us something new!" : the response of planning and transport professionals to public health guidance on the built environment and physical activity Allender, Steven, Cavill, Nick, Parker, Mike and Foster, Charles 2009, "Tell us something new!" : the response of planning and transport professionals to public health guidance on the built environment and physical activity, Journal of public health policy, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 102-116, doi: 10.1057/jphp.2008.43. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title "Tell us something new!" : the response of planning and transport professionals to public health guidance on the built environment and physical activity Author(s) Allender, Steven orcid.org/0000-0002-4842-3294 Cavill, Nick Parker, Mike Foster, Charles Journal name Journal of public health policy Volume number 30 Issue number 1 Start page 102 End page 116 Total pages 15 Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Place of publication Basingstoke, England Publication date 2009-04 ISSN 0197-5897 1745-655X Keyword(s) health promotion settings urban planning physical activity evidence based qualitative methods Summary A large proportion of non-communicable disease can be attributed to modifiable risk factors such as poor nutrition and physical inactivity. We present data on planning and transport practitioners' perceptions and responses to government public health guidance aimed at modifying environmental factors to promote physical activity. This study was informed by questions on the role of evidence-based guidance, the views of professionals towards the guidance, the links between guidance and existing legislation and policy and the practicality of guidelines. A key informant 'snowball' sampling technique was used to recruit participants from the main professional planning organisations across England. Seventy-six people were interviewed in eight focus groups. We found that evidence-based public health guidance is a new voice in urban and town planning, although much of the advice is already reflected by the 'accepted wisdom' of these professions. Evidence-based health guidance could be a powerful driver affecting planning practice, but other legislated planning guidance may take priority for planning and transport professionals. Language eng DOI 10.1057/jphp.2008.43 Field of Research 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal HERDC collection year 2009 Copyright notice ©2009, Palgrave Macmillian Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30020449 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health Public Health Research, Evaluation, and Policy Cluster Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 13 Oct 2009, 15:40:12 EST Wed, 14 Oct 2009, 09:16:56 EST Wed, 14 Oct 2009, 09:27:57 EST Wed, 14 Oct 2009, 09:30:25 EST Wed, 14 Oct 2009, 09:34:35 EST Wed, 14 Oct 2009, 10:59:35 EST Mon, 19 Oct 2009, 11:11:52 EST Wed, 21 Oct 2009, 09:10:08 EST Fri, 09 Aug 2013, 13:12:53 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 13:21:40 EST Thu, 11 Dec 2014, 16:18:22 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 46 times in TR Web of Science Cited 50 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1020 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 13 Oct 2009, 15:40:12 EST