R F Lyons
Biographic Data
| ID | 10325874 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R F Lyons |
| GIVEN NAMES | R F |
| FAMILY NAME | Lyons |
| SIGNATURE | LYONS R F |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Moving Canadian governmental policies beyond a focus on individual lifestyle: Some insights from complexity and critical theories
This paper explores why Canadian government policies, particularly those related to obesity, are 'stuck' at promoting individual lifestyle change. Key concepts within complexity and critical theories are considered a basis for understanding the continued emphasis on lifestyle factors in spite of strong evidence indicating that a change in the environment and conditions of poverty isare needed to tackle obesity. Opportunities to get 'unstuck' from…
Six essential roles of health promotion research centres: The Atlantic Canada experience
Over the past 20 years, the federal government and universities across Canada have directed resources towards the development of university-based health promotion research centres. Researchers at health promotion research centres in Canada have produced peer-reviewed papers and policy documents based on their work, but no publications have emerged that focus on the specific roles of the health promotion research centres themselves. The purpose of…
Planning UPE in Latin America for the children at the poverty margin
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Planning UPE in Latin America for the children at the poverty margin
Six essential roles of health promotion research centres: The Atlantic Canada experience
Over the past 20 years, the federal government and universities across Canada have directed resources towards the development of university-based health promotion research centres. Researchers at health promotion research centres in Canada have produced peer-reviewed papers and policy documents based on their work, but no publications have emerged that focus on the specific roles of the health promotion research centres themselves. The purpose of…
Moving Canadian governmental policies beyond a focus on individual lifestyle: Some insights from complexity and critical theories
This paper explores why Canadian government policies, particularly those related to obesity, are 'stuck' at promoting individual lifestyle change. Key concepts within complexity and critical theories are considered a basis for understanding the continued emphasis on lifestyle factors in spite of strong evidence indicating that a change in the environment and conditions of poverty isare needed to tackle obesity. Opportunities to get 'unstuck' from…
Political science (3 works) · Government (linguistics) (2 works) · Poverty (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Action (physics) (1 works) · Community Health and Development (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Context (archaeology) (1 works) · Development economics (1 works)