Title :

Outdoor Physical Activity During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic. A Comparative Analysis of Government Restrictions in Italy, France, and Germany.

Author(s) :

Michelini, Enrico [Auteur]
Technische Universität Dortmund [Dortmund] [TU]
Bortoletto, Nico [Auteur]
Università degli Studi di Teramo [UniTE]
Porrovecchio, Alessandro [Auteur]
Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport, Santé, Société (URePSSS) - ULR 7369

Journal title :

Frontiers in Public Health

Abbreviated title :

Front Public Health

Volume number :

9

Pages :

615745

Publication date :

2021-06-01

ISSN :

2296-2565

English keyword(s) :

COVID-19
Communicable Disease Control
Exercise
France
Germany
Government
Humans
Italy
Pandemics
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
coronavirus pandemic
physical activity
politics
sociology
sport

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

English abstract : [en]

Mandated restrictions on outdoor physical activity (PA) during the coronavirus pandemic disrupted the lifeworld of millions of people and led to a contradictory situation. On the one hand, PA was perceived as risky behaviour, ...
Show more >Mandated restrictions on outdoor physical activity (PA) during the coronavirus pandemic disrupted the lifeworld of millions of people and led to a contradictory situation. On the one hand, PA was perceived as risky behaviour, as it might facilitate transmission of the virus. On the other hand, while taking precautions, regular PA was an important tool to promote the population's health during the lockdown. This paper examines the differences in government restrictions on PA in France, Germany, and Italy during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. We draw on techniques of qualitative content analysis and apply a critical theoretical framework to assess the countries' restrictions on PA. Our analysis shows that the restrictions on PA varied in the three countries, in all three countries. This variance is attributed both to differences in the timing and severity of the pandemic in the countries analysed, as well as to the divergence in the relationships between the countries' sport and health systems. At the national level, the variance in restrictions on PA reflect the differences in the spread of the coronavirus and in the health systems' understanding of and approach to PA. The global scientific discourse on the pandemic represents a further key influencing factor. The management of the coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated that the extreme complexity of societies in terms of public health, politics, and the economy pose challenges and unsolvable contradictions.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
Univ. Artois
Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale

Collections :

• Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport, Santé, Société (URePSSS) - ULR 7369

Research team(s) :

Activité Physique, Muscle, Santé (APMS)

Submission date :

2022-02-13T14:58:07Z
2022-02-15T14:01:59Z