The lived experience of asthma in sportspeople and serious exercisers
Implications for self-care and healthcare practice
"The Meaning of Breathing" Owton, 2011 Charcoal 297x420mm 130gsm white cartridge paper
HEALTH ADVANCEMENT RESEARCH TEAM
(HART)
The Health Advancement Research Team (HART) is a group of academics with a focused research remit addressing a wide range of health- and body-related issues.
Research activities span ‘blue skies’ fundamental research through to the design, management and undertaking of specific intervention and evaluation projects. The multi-disciplinary team draws upon a range of methodological specialisms and expertise in various disciplines such as psychology, sociology, biomechanics, nutrition, and physiology.
Alongside flourishing academic research, we have considerable experience of evaluation projects, such as those investigating aspects of the delivery, efficiency and quality of social interventions designed for the purposes of health improvement, including exercise referral schemes.
HART has conducted research into areas such as obesity, ageing & physical activity and childrens’ physical activity, and evaluation projects such as the Lincolnshire Obesity Prevention Scheme, Swim for Health and Play for Life.
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Dr Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson is Reader in the Sociology of Sport, and also Director of the Health Advancement Research Team (HART) at the University of Lincoln, UK. Jacquelyn’s research interests, projects and publications include the social interactional, embodied, and sensory dimensions of health and illness experiences in sport and physical cultures.