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The parkrun Practice Podcast

by University of Exeter

Where parkrun meets primary care. The research. The reality. The debate. What happens when primary care steps beyond the consultation room and into the community?The parkrun Practice Podcast takes findings from University of Exeter research exploring the parkrun Practice Initiative and puts them up for debate. Across five episodes, our host Jess is joined by healthcare professionals, researchers, community voices and people with lived experience to explore what the findings mean in the real world.

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  1. Is the parkrun practice initiative just another thing for primary care to do?

    When primary care is already stretched, what does it actually take to make a good idea happen...and keep it going? About this episode Signing up to become a parkrun practice is relatively simple. Actually embedding the initiative into a busy GP practice is another story. In this episode, Jess is...

  2. Is the parkrun practice initiative a prevention strategy fit for the future?

    Prevention is everywhere in health policy, but what does it actually take to make it happen? About this episode Healthcare policy increasingly talks about shifting from treating ill health to preventing it. But turning that ambition into reality is much more complicated. In this episode, Jess is...

  3. Who is parkrun really for?

    Long-term conditions, perceptions of risk and the assumptions that might be stopping people from moving more. About this episode Is parkrun really for everyone? Our research with GP practices uncovered uncertainty about whether parkrun is appropriate for people living with long-term health...

  4. Where did the parkrun practice initiative come from?

    How did an idea linking GP practices with their local parkrun grow to involve more than 2,000 practices across the UK? About this episode In our first episode, Jess is joined by Dr Simon Tobin and Dr Hussain Al-Zubaidi to explore the origins of the parkrun Practice Initiative and what has helped…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Where parkrun meets primary care. The research. The reality. The debate. What happens when primary care steps beyond the consultation room and into the community?The parkrun Practice Podcast takes findings from University of Exeter research exploring the parkrun Practice Initiative and puts them up for debate. Across five episodes, our host Jess is joined by healthcare professionals, researchers, community voices and people with lived experience to explore what the findings mean in the real world.

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Where parkrun meets primary care. The research. The reality. The debate. What happens when primary care steps beyond the consultation room and into the community?The parkrun Practice Podcast takes findings from University of Exeter research exploring the parkrun Practice Initiative and puts them up...

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