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The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is the independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health.
On 1 April 2005 NICE began a programme of guidance to help everyone with an interest in promoting good health and preventing ill-health to do so in the most effective way.
Part of the public health work of NICE will be undertaken by collaborating centres. The Public Health Collaborating Centre for physical activity is an alliance of two organisations:
- The British Heart Foundation (BHF) Health Promotion Research Group, University of Oxford
- The British Heart Foundation National Centre for Physical Activity and Health, Loughborough University
The collaborating centre is responsible for conducting reviews of the literature in order to provide evidence on which NICE can base its recommendations. The BHFNC were involved in a systematic review of literature of effectiveness of 4 behavioural-based interventions aimed at increasing physical activity. This included pedometer interventions, walking and cycling, brief advice from primary care providers and exercise referral programmes. This work was completed in January 2006 and provided the underpinning evidence base for the NICE Guidance released in March 2006.
Physical Activity - Brief Interventions Review
Physical Activity - Exercise Referral Review
Physical Activity - Pedometers Review
Physical Activity - Walk Cycling Review
The BHFNC is currently involved in a 12-month project comprising 5 systematic reviews of literature on the effectiveness of environmental interventions aimed at increasing physical activity. The environment is grouped into 5 areas: urban, building, natural, transport and policy.
For further information about the work of the Collaborating Centre please contact any of the following team members:
Nick Cavill Nick@Cavill.net
Charlie Foster charlie.foster@public-health.oxford.ac.uk
Kim Buxton K.E.Buxton@lboro.ac.uk
The NICE website can be accessed at www.nice.org.uk
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