Andy Daly-Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3748917 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andy Daly-Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andy |
| FAMILY NAME | Daly-Smith |
| SIGNATURE | DALY-SMITH A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bradford |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4830-9376 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
An international multi-stakeholder study on developing teacher capabilities and agency to implement and sustain physically active learning in schools
Background Despite growing acceptance of integrating physically active learning (PAL) into schools, challenges remain regarding sustaining the results obtained in controlled experiments beyond the formal program. This study addresses this gap by exploring how in-service teacher training can be structured to support the sustained implementation of PAL. Methods We adopted an international multi-stakeholder perspective and recruited teachers ( n = 6…
The effectiveness of JU: MP a whole system approach to improve physical activity of children aged 5 to 11 years living in multi-ethnic and socio-economically deprived communities: a non-randomised con…
Whole system approaches to public health challenges such as low physical activity levels have the potential to create sustained behaviour change at a population level and tackle health inequalities. However, there is currently little evidence of the nature or effectiveness of adopting whole system approaches. This study evaluated whether a whole system physical activity intervention (JU:MP), was effective at improving accelerometry measured physi…
Children's perceptions of physical literacy: Exploring meaning, value, and capabilities for lifelong physical activity
Introduction The concept of physical literacy has been defined differently across the world. To create a consensus statement and definition of physical literacy for England, it was felt important to incorporate the views and opinions of children and young people who are often the focus of interventions to increase physical activity and physical literacy. The aim of this qualitative study was to understand what physical literacy means to children …
Finding the sweet spot of physically active learning: A need for co-ownership by public health and education
The growing interest in Physically Active Learning (PAL) (e.g. in practice and research) warrants exploration of multi-stakeholders’ perceptions, understandings, and enactment of PAL. Eighteen semi-structured interviews with professionals from eight countries (n = 6 researchers, n = 6 teachers and n = 6 teacher educators) were conducted and analysed thematically eliciting three themes; 1) placing PAL on a continuum, 2) putting PAL into action in …
Stakeholder perceptions of physical literacy: Results from a national consultation in England
BackgroundThere is a lack of evidence of stakeholder perspective and understanding of physical literacy among relevant stakeholders from England. As part of research commissioned by Sport England to develop a physical literacy consensus statement for England, this study presents findings from the first national consultation with stakeholders in England.MethodsOne hundred and ninety-three individual stakeholders (50.3%) from education, community s…
Assessing the Impacts of Creating Active Schools on Organisational Culture for Physical Activity
This study provides preliminary evidence that CAS is a viable model to facilitate system-level change for physical activity in schools located within deprived areas of a multi-ethnic city. To confirm the results, future studies are required which adopt controlled designs combined with a holistic understanding of implementation determinants and underlying mechanisms
Go beyond your own comfort zone and challenge yourself”: A comparison on the use of physically active learning in Norway, the Netherlands and the UK
The adoption of physically active learning (PAL) in schools is becoming more widespread. To understand how PAL is being used in different countries and explore if and how methods and strategies differ, this paper draws cross-national comparisons in primary school teachers' use of PAL. Thirteen focus groups were conducted with 54 teachers from Norway, the Netherlands and the UK. Four themes were identified using thematic analysis: 1) teachers' val…
Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity in Primary School Children: Inactive Lessons Are Dominated by Maths and English
This study breaks new ground, revealing that MVPA accumulation and subject frequency varies greatly during different academic lessons. Morning lessons were dominated by the inactive delivery of maths and English, whereas afternoon lessons involved a greater array of subject delivery that resulted in marginally higher levels of MVPA
A whole system approach to increasing children’s physical activity in a multi-ethnic UK city: A process evaluation protocol
This protocol offers an innovative approach on the use of process evaluation feeding into an iterative programme intended to generate evidence-based practice and deliver practice-based evidence. This paper advances knowledge regarding the development of process evaluations for evaluating systems interventions, and emphasises the importance of process evaluation
Teachers' Perspectives on the Acceptability and Feasibility of Wearable Technology to Inform School-Based Physical Activity Practices
Background: Many children are not engaging in sufficient physical activity and there are substantial between-children physical activity inequalities. In addition to their primary role as educators, teachers are often regarded as being well-placed to make vital contributions to inclusive visions of physical activity promotion. With the dramatic increase in popularity of wearable technologies for physical activity promotion in recent years, there i…
Using a multi-stakeholder experience-based design process to co-develop the Creating Active Schools Framework
Supporting lifestyle risk reduction: Promoting men’s health through professional football
For men, unhealthy lifestyle behaviours including physical inactivity, a poor diet, smoking and excess alcohol represent major, modifiable causes of non-communicable disease worldwide. Innovative approaches that seek to overcome the barriers that men experience when attempting to deploy more self-care to manage these behaviours are required. This study assessed the outcomes of a 12-week men’s health promotion intervention delivered in and by prof…
A case study objectively assessing female physical activity levels within the National Curriculum for Physical Education
The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of the National Curriculum for Physical Education (NCPE) lesson themes and contexts on the profile of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). Fifteen, Year 9 Physical Education (PE) lessons were assessed within the lesson themes of Outwitting Opponents (OO) (delivered through field hockey and netball) and Accurate Replication (AR) (delivered through gymnastics) using the System for Observi…
‘It is fun, fitness and football really’: A process evaluation of a football-based health intervention for men
Concerns about gender inequalities in longevity, particularly premature male mortality, have prompted a range of innovative approaches to health promotion work dating back to the 1980s. In developing such work, sport, and football in particular, has emerged as a gendered cultural field that has utility for engaging men in community health initiatives. Evaluations of such work have shown that health initiatives using football settings, football in…
Go beyond your own comfort zone and challenge yourself”: A comparison on the use of physically active learning in Norway, the Netherlands and the UK
The adoption of physically active learning (PAL) in schools is becoming more widespread. To understand how PAL is being used in different countries and explore if and how methods and strategies differ, this paper draws cross-national comparisons in primary school teachers' use of PAL. Thirteen focus groups were conducted with 54 teachers from Norway, the Netherlands and the UK. Four themes were identified using thematic analysis: 1) teachers' val…
Stakeholder perceptions of physical literacy: Results from a national consultation in England
BackgroundThere is a lack of evidence of stakeholder perspective and understanding of physical literacy among relevant stakeholders from England. As part of research commissioned by Sport England to develop a physical literacy consensus statement for England, this study presents findings from the first national consultation with stakeholders in England.MethodsOne hundred and ninety-three individual stakeholders (50.3%) from education, community s…
Finding the sweet spot of physically active learning: A need for co-ownership by public health and education
The growing interest in Physically Active Learning (PAL) (e.g. in practice and research) warrants exploration of multi-stakeholders’ perceptions, understandings, and enactment of PAL. Eighteen semi-structured interviews with professionals from eight countries (n = 6 researchers, n = 6 teachers and n = 6 teacher educators) were conducted and analysed thematically eliciting three themes; 1) placing PAL on a continuum, 2) putting PAL into action in …
‘It is fun, fitness and football really’: A process evaluation of a football-based health intervention for men
Concerns about gender inequalities in longevity, particularly premature male mortality, have prompted a range of innovative approaches to health promotion work dating back to the 1980s. In developing such work, sport, and football in particular, has emerged as a gendered cultural field that has utility for engaging men in community health initiatives. Evaluations of such work have shown that health initiatives using football settings, football in…
A case study objectively assessing female physical activity levels within the National Curriculum for Physical Education
The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of the National Curriculum for Physical Education (NCPE) lesson themes and contexts on the profile of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). Fifteen, Year 9 Physical Education (PE) lessons were assessed within the lesson themes of Outwitting Opponents (OO) (delivered through field hockey and netball) and Accurate Replication (AR) (delivered through gymnastics) using the System for Observi…
Supporting lifestyle risk reduction: Promoting men’s health through professional football
For men, unhealthy lifestyle behaviours including physical inactivity, a poor diet, smoking and excess alcohol represent major, modifiable causes of non-communicable disease worldwide. Innovative approaches that seek to overcome the barriers that men experience when attempting to deploy more self-care to manage these behaviours are required. This study assessed the outcomes of a 12-week men’s health promotion intervention delivered in and by prof…
Using a multi-stakeholder experience-based design process to co-develop the Creating Active Schools Framework
Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity in Primary School Children: Inactive Lessons Are Dominated by Maths and English
This study breaks new ground, revealing that MVPA accumulation and subject frequency varies greatly during different academic lessons. Morning lessons were dominated by the inactive delivery of maths and English, whereas afternoon lessons involved a greater array of subject delivery that resulted in marginally higher levels of MVPA
A whole system approach to increasing children’s physical activity in a multi-ethnic UK city: A process evaluation protocol
This protocol offers an innovative approach on the use of process evaluation feeding into an iterative programme intended to generate evidence-based practice and deliver practice-based evidence. This paper advances knowledge regarding the development of process evaluations for evaluating systems interventions, and emphasises the importance of process evaluation
Teachers' Perspectives on the Acceptability and Feasibility of Wearable Technology to Inform School-Based Physical Activity Practices
Background: Many children are not engaging in sufficient physical activity and there are substantial between-children physical activity inequalities. In addition to their primary role as educators, teachers are often regarded as being well-placed to make vital contributions to inclusive visions of physical activity promotion. With the dramatic increase in popularity of wearable technologies for physical activity promotion in recent years, there i…
Assessing the Impacts of Creating Active Schools on Organisational Culture for Physical Activity
This study provides preliminary evidence that CAS is a viable model to facilitate system-level change for physical activity in schools located within deprived areas of a multi-ethnic city. To confirm the results, future studies are required which adopt controlled designs combined with a holistic understanding of implementation determinants and underlying mechanisms
Go beyond your own comfort zone and challenge yourself”: A comparison on the use of physically active learning in Norway, the Netherlands and the UK
The adoption of physically active learning (PAL) in schools is becoming more widespread. To understand how PAL is being used in different countries and explore if and how methods and strategies differ, this paper draws cross-national comparisons in primary school teachers' use of PAL. Thirteen focus groups were conducted with 54 teachers from Norway, the Netherlands and the UK. Four themes were identified using thematic analysis: 1) teachers' val…
Finding the sweet spot of physically active learning: A need for co-ownership by public health and education
The growing interest in Physically Active Learning (PAL) (e.g. in practice and research) warrants exploration of multi-stakeholders’ perceptions, understandings, and enactment of PAL. Eighteen semi-structured interviews with professionals from eight countries (n = 6 researchers, n = 6 teachers and n = 6 teacher educators) were conducted and analysed thematically eliciting three themes; 1) placing PAL on a continuum, 2) putting PAL into action in …
Stakeholder perceptions of physical literacy: Results from a national consultation in England
BackgroundThere is a lack of evidence of stakeholder perspective and understanding of physical literacy among relevant stakeholders from England. As part of research commissioned by Sport England to develop a physical literacy consensus statement for England, this study presents findings from the first national consultation with stakeholders in England.MethodsOne hundred and ninety-three individual stakeholders (50.3%) from education, community s…
The effectiveness of JU: MP a whole system approach to improve physical activity of children aged 5 to 11 years living in multi-ethnic and socio-economically deprived communities: a non-randomised con…
Whole system approaches to public health challenges such as low physical activity levels have the potential to create sustained behaviour change at a population level and tackle health inequalities. However, there is currently little evidence of the nature or effectiveness of adopting whole system approaches. This study evaluated whether a whole system physical activity intervention (JU:MP), was effective at improving accelerometry measured physi…
Children's perceptions of physical literacy: Exploring meaning, value, and capabilities for lifelong physical activity
Introduction The concept of physical literacy has been defined differently across the world. To create a consensus statement and definition of physical literacy for England, it was felt important to incorporate the views and opinions of children and young people who are often the focus of interventions to increase physical activity and physical literacy. The aim of this qualitative study was to understand what physical literacy means to children …
An international multi-stakeholder study on developing teacher capabilities and agency to implement and sustain physically active learning in schools
Background Despite growing acceptance of integrating physically active learning (PAL) into schools, challenges remain regarding sustaining the results obtained in controlled experiments beyond the formal program. This study addresses this gap by exploring how in-service teacher training can be structured to support the sustained implementation of PAL. Methods We adopted an international multi-stakeholder perspective and recruited teachers ( n = 6…
Medicine (11 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Children's Physical and Motor Development (9 works) · Physical Education and Pedagogy (7 works) · Nursing (6 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (6 works) · Physical activity (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Public health (6 works) · Sociology (6 works)