National Physical Activity Strategy
Our vision is that People in Scotland should enjoy the benefits of having a physically active life
Let's make Scotland more active was published in February 2003 detailing the Scottish Executive strategy to increase the nations physical activity. Scotland is one of the first countries in the world to have such a strategy in place.
This strategy is consistent with World Health Organisation (WHO) policy and the five main strategies of the 'Ottowa Charter for Health Promotion' (1986)
These five main strategies are as follows
"Scotland's physical activity strategy is an excellent example of how policymakers can adopt an integrated and multi-sectoral approach to improve public health and reduce chronic disease" Dr Pekka Puska, Director, Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, World Health Organization |
Given the scale of inactivity, the timescales for meeting the target levels for physical activity in this strategy will take 20 years.
Scottish Ministers, the Scottish Executive and its agencies are committed to developing co-ordinated action plans to take forward the priority areas through a clearly planned and co-ordinated framework that will be put into practice on a national scale.
Values
The work associated with this strategy is consistent with the following values.
- Long-lasting structures and programmes of work
- Equal Opportunities and access, regardless of age, sex, race, religion, social class, ability, disability, health status or geographic location
- Working in partnerships and sharing responsibilities
- High-quality development influenced by evidence where it exists and experimentation and research where it does not
- Gives equal value to social and emotional outcomes as well as the physical health benefits