'You have to do 60 minutes of physical activity per day .. I saw it on TV': Children's constructions of play in the context of Canadian public health discourse of playing for health.

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 227-240

  Alexander, Stephanie A ^a   Fusco, Caroline ^b   Frohlich, Katherine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biopedagogies; Children's play; Discourse analysis; Public health discourse; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGY; RECREATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS;

EID: 84924759985     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12179     Document Type: Article

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