Inclusion in Motion
Promoting Equitable Physical Activity and Health in Childhood and Adolescence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15720154 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vidar S Ulset (0000-0002-7160-1298, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, corresponding author), Luca Oppici (0000-0001-7528-1714, Monash University Prato Centre), Karin Hamre (The Research Council of Norway), John Rudd (0000-0003-1546-576X, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences), James Robert Rudd (Norwegian School of Sport Sciences), Annett Victoria Stornæs (0000-0002-2917-9716, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences), Heidi Marian Haraldsen (0000-0002-5987-6651, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences), Reidar Säfvenbom (0000-0002-3495-6516, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 942-942 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Children (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2227-9067 • E-ISSN: 2227-9067 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/children12070942 |
| PMID | 40723137 |
| OpenAlex | W4412726352 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 56 |
Inclusion in play, physical education, outdoor life, organized sports, and other movement-based activities can promote resilience and support physical, emotional, and social well-being. These arenas are particularly important for reducing health disparities and preventing social marginalization across the lifespan. Yet, children and adolescents from vulnerable or disadvantaged backgrounds encounter persistent barriers to participation, rooted in broader inequalities related to their socioeconomic position, disability, gender, ethnicity, and access to supportive environments. This perspective outlines how inclusive movement contexts, when informed by developmental systems theory and resilience frameworks, can interrupt trajectories of marginalization and promote long-term equity in health, education, and work inclusion. We emphasize the need for interdisciplinary approaches, combining longitudinal and qualitative methods, to uncover how vulnerability and participation interact dynamically over time. By integrating insights from developmental science, education, public health, and spatial ecology, we identify strategic pathways for research and action. Addressing these challenges requires coordinated efforts across sectors and stakeholders to co-create inclusive, context-sensitive interventions
Context (archaeology · Developmental psychology · Disadvantaged · Geography · Health equity · Inclusion (mineral · Life course approach · Political science · Psychological resilience · Public health · Public relations · Social determinants of health · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing · Children's Physical and Motor Development · Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support
Physical inactivity and non-communicable disease burden in low-income, middle-income and high-income countries
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Persistence and Fade-Out of Educational-Intervention Effects
Toward a comprehensive model of physical activity
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Social marginalization
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The extent of children's independent mobility and the number of actualized affordances as criteria for child-friendly environments
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Fadeout and persistence of intervention impacts on social–emotional and cognitive skills in children and adolescents
Children’s Experience of Activities and Participation and their Subjective Well-Being in Norwegian Early Childhood Education and Care Institutions
Sports participation as a reflection of social inclusion in youth
Researching social justice and health (in)equality across different school Health and Physical Education contexts in Sweden, Norway and New Zealand
Dropout and social inequality
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The social determinants of resilience
The fourth most important school subject’ – Norwegian school principals’ perceptions of physical education
Integrating Genetics and Social Science
Early Failure in the Labor Market
Childhood forecasting of a small segment of the population with large economic burden
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What is Informal Sport? Negotiating Contemporary Sporting Forms
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |