Journal
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
Volume 8, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jcm8122044
Keywords
strengths-based; physical activity; exercise; cardiac rehabilitation; wholistic; wellness; health; wellbeing; health promotion; hope
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research [CIHR IA5-156528, CIHR PJT-162105, CIHR NEH-160647]
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada [NSERC RGPIN-2018-04613]
- National Indian Brotherhood Trust Fund (NIB Trust Fund)
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Our special series on Cardiac Rehabilitation outlined the importance of routine physical activity and/or exercise participation in the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease and many other chronic medical conditions. The evidence is overwhelming, demonstrating that nearly everyone can benefit from becoming more physically active. This messaging has been widely disseminated at regional, national, and international levels. Often, this messaging highlights a physical inactivity crisis and the health perils of not engaging in sufficient amounts of physical activity. This deficits-based messaging often includes generic threshold-based recommendations stating that health benefits can only be accrued with specific volumes or intensities of physical activity. In this Editorial, we argue that the current generic and deficits-based messaging misses a great opportunity to focus on the positive and to facilitate hope and real change at the individual, community, and population levels. We advocate a strengths-based approach to health and wellness promotion that focuses on the innate strengths of individuals, families, and communities to enable self-empowerment and self-determination related to health and wellness. By taking a strengths-based approach, we can build hope, promoting the positive aspects of routine physical activity and exercise participation and providing a greater opportunity to enhance health and wellbeing for everyone.
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