Walking as a social practice: dispersed walking and the organisation of everyday practices

T Harries, R Rettie - Sociology of Health & Illness, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This paper uses social practice theory to study the interweaving of walking into everyday
practices and considers how greater awareness of everyday walking can influence its …

Walking, sustainability and health: findings from a study of a walking for health group

G Grant, K Machaczek, N Pollard… - Health & social care in …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Not only is it tacitly understood that walking is good for health and well‐being but there is
also now robust evidence to support this link. There is also growing evidence that regular …

An exploration of walking behaviour—An interpretative phenomenological approach

CD Darker, M Larkin, DP French - Social science & medicine, 2007 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to provide a rich and detailed account of participants' experiences
of walking using the qualitative method of interpretative phenomenological analysis …

The social relations of a health walk group: an ethnographic study

G Grant, N Pollard, P Allmark… - Qualitative Health …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
It is already well established that regular walks are conducive to health and well-being. This
article considers the production of social relations of regular, organized weekly group walks …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic or detrimental mobilities? Walking groups for older adults

LI Paddon - Health & place, 2020 - Elsevier
The health benefits of walking through greenspace have earned widespread academic
attention in recent years and have been termed 'therapeutic mobilities'. As a result, walking …

Listening to the patients' voice: a conceptual framework of the walking experience

L Delgado-Ortiz, A Polhemus, A Keogh… - Age and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background walking is crucial for an active and healthy ageing, but the perspectives of
individuals living with walking impairment are still poorly understood. Objectives to identify …

Communal therapeutic mobility in group walking: A meta-ethnography

TM Pollard, C Guell, S Morris - Social Science & Medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Increased attention to links between walking, health and wellbeing have contributed to a
growth in the number of walking groups meeting on a regular basis to offer short, social …

'Walk this way': Public health and the social organization of walking

J Green - Social Theory & Health, 2009 - Springer
Recently, public health has turned its attention to walking as physical exercise, with an
assumption that increased levels of walking will improve population health through direct …

[HTML][HTML] Walking groups in socioeconomically deprived communities: A qualitative study using photo elicitation

S Hanson, C Guell, A Jones - Health & Place, 2016 - Elsevier
Walking groups can benefit health but uptake is more likely amongst those who are socially
well-situated and need them least. This study worked with a new walking group in a …

Step-counting in the “health-society”: Phenomenological reflections on walking in the era of the Fitbit

ML Adams - Social Theory & Health, 2019 - Springer
Step-counting turns walking into a health intervention. In the era of the Fitbit, physical activity
tracking is commonplace, and a growing body of literature investigates the implications of …