Linkage - International - Grant ID: LX0348138

Funded Activity Summary

Cross-cultural analysis of constructions of health and fitness in lives of young people. This project aims to extend our understanding of how young people in Canada and Australia construct notions of health and fitness and the implications of these constructions for the ways they see themselves and the choices they make about how they live their lives. The data collected at six sites in Australia and Canada covers a range of quantitative and qualitative methods, from questionnaires to interviews, activity observations, and visual media such as photographs. The cross-cultural comparison will serve to highlight aspects of Anglophone, Francophone, Canadian, Australian and global culture that examining in isolation may not appear 'important' to those immersed within a given culture. By bringing the existing Australian project together with a newly established Canadian project, the different expertise of the Australian and Canadian Investigators can be drawn on for the analysis and interpretation of the data.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 06-06-2003

End Date: 31-12-2004

Funding Scheme: Linkage - International

Funding Amount: $12,400.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Curriculum Studies Not Elsewhere Classified | Health Promotion | Recreation And Leisure Studies | Human Geography

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Organised sports | Health education and promotion | Secondary education |

Other Keywords

Curriculum Studies Not Elsewhere Classified | Health Promotion | Health education and promotion | Human Geography | Organised sports | Recreation And Leisure Studies | Secondary education

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