About this Research Topic
Non-communicable diseases including diabetes, cancer, heart, and respiratory disease, currently cause 7 out of every 10 deaths around the world. According to a new WHO report, if countries consider an additional investment less than a dollar per person per year to prevent and treatment of non-communicable diseases, close to 7 million deaths could be prevented by 2030. With the right strategic investments and evidence-based policies, countries can change their disease trajectory and deliver significant economics and health gains for their citizens. The absence or insufficient level of physical activity is one of the risk factors for chronic diseases that increase health-related costs. The economic burden of an insufficient level of physical activity and the inverse association of the economic cost of chronic diseases with physical activity were revealed in multiple studies. It is important to identify strategies for physical activity promotion and cost-effective interventions, and to date, plenty of research has been conducted in this field.
The goal of this Research Topic is to provide insight into the ways in which health economics and physical activity research and tools can be utilized within the field of public health, focusing specifically on identifying strategies for physical activity promotion and cost-effective interventions. It aims to help to policy and decision-makers, commissioners, system leaders, and community practitioners, in order to inform practice and improve health, wellbeing and equity.
Themes that may be covered in this Research Topic include, but are not limited to, the following:
• To Identify strategies for physical activity promotion and cost-effective interventions
• Evaluate the relationship between health costs due to physical inactivity and chronic diabetes
• Health costs due to physical inactivity in low- and middle- income countries
• Evaluate the relationship between health costs and physical activity type
• Income inequality and physical activity
• Evaluate indirect and direct health cost due to physical inactivity
The goal of this Research Topic is to provide insight into the ways in which health economics and physical activity research and tools can be utilized within the field of public health, focusing specifically on identifying strategies for physical activity promotion and cost-effective interventions. It aims to help to policy and decision-makers, commissioners, system leaders, and community practitioners, in order to inform practice and improve health, wellbeing and equity.
Themes that may be covered in this Research Topic include, but are not limited to, the following:
• To Identify strategies for physical activity promotion and cost-effective interventions
• Evaluate the relationship between health costs due to physical inactivity and chronic diabetes
• Health costs due to physical inactivity in low- and middle- income countries
• Evaluate the relationship between health costs and physical activity type
• Income inequality and physical activity
• Evaluate indirect and direct health cost due to physical inactivity
Keywords: physical activity, health economics, health costs, policy, chronic disease, disease prevention
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