1st Edition

Using Co-Production for Physical Activity for Health Research

Edited By Sarah Morton Copyright 2025
211 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

211 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

211 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This is the first research methods book on the application of using a co-production approach for physical activity for health research. When used for research, co-production has potential to be hugely impactful. The underpinning ethos of co-production is to involve multiple and varied stakeholders throughout the process. This book offers evidence-based guidance, case studies, and reflections... Read more

Author biographies
List of figures

 

Section 1: Introduction

Chapter 1: Introduction and summary of the book (Morton)

 

Section 2: Setting the scene

Chapter 2: An introduction to the co-production approach: opportunities and challenges (Morton)

Chapter 3: Overview of physical activity for health (Morton)

 

Section 3: Using co-production in physical activity for health research

Chapter 4: Resources for doing co-production (Morton)

Chapter 5: Research Frameworks and Guiding Principles for informing co-production (Morton)

Chapter 6: Research methods for doing co-production as part of physical activity for health research (Morton)

Chapter 7: Co-producing mobile health interventions for physical activity behaviour change (Mair, Castro, and Hashim)

 

Section 4: Examples in practice

Chapter 8: Co-producing Bradford District’s Physical Activity Strategy: Every Move Counts (Hall, Howells, and Burkhardt)

Chapter 9: The ups and downs of co-producing physical activity research with ethnic minority adolescent girls in a multi-ethnic UK city (Frazer, Hall, and Fatima)

Chapter 10: The Journey of Co-Producing 'Movement Matters' - A Physical Activity and Motor Competence Programme for Children with Intellectual Disabilities (Taylor and Foweather)

Chapter 11: Working with People with Dementia and Unpaid Carers to Establish Dementia Friendly Health Walks Within the Scottish Health Walk Network (Greenwood and Lytham)

Chapter 12: Trialling interventions with Scottish Government employees to reduce sedentary behaviour while working at home; a project with the University of Edinburgh (Biesty, Baillie, and Taylor)

Chapter 13: Co-producing awareness raising materials to support Lyme disease risk mitigation without discouraging activity in outdoors spaces (Morton and Munoz)

Biography

Sarah Morton (University of Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Chancellor’s Fellow at the Institute of Sport, based at the Physical Activity for Health Research Centre. She is a design engineer and ethnographer, and uses participatory, shared decision making and co-design approaches to develop interventions and strategies to support people to move more.