Open AccessThe S.P.A.C.E Hypothesis: Physical Activity as Medium — Not Medicine — for Public Health Impact
Author(s) -
Eduardo E. Bustamante,
Jared D. Ramer,
María Enid Santiago-Rodríguez,
Tara Mehta,
Andres S. Bustamante,
David X. Márquez,
Stacy L. Frazier
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
exercise and sport sciences reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.945
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1538-3008
pISSN - 0091-6331
DOI - 10.1249/jes.0000000000000248
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , health benefits , value (mathematics) , public health , physical activity , alternative medicine , psychology , medicine , public relations , nursing , political science , physical therapy , traditional medicine , computer science , machine learning , pathology
Most scientifically tested physical activity interventions end when research funding ends; interventions that last struggle to sustain benefits. We hypothesize that long-term public health impact will benefit from a shift in how interventionists conceptualize physical activity - from a form of medicine, of value for its innate health benefits, to a malleable medium, of value for the dynamic contexts it creates.