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The role of sport-based social networks in the management of long-term health conditions: Insights from the World Transplant Games (2020)
Journal Article
Wiltshire, G., Clarke, N. J., Phoenix, C., & Bescoby, C. (2022). The role of sport-based social networks in the management of long-term health conditions: Insights from the World Transplant Games. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 57(2), 256-272. https://doi.org/10.1177/1012690220979202

In the context of an increasing clinical need to better support self-management for people living with long-term health conditions an interest in the role of social networks has emerged. Given that sport participation often provides opportunities for... Read More about The role of sport-based social networks in the management of long-term health conditions: Insights from the World Transplant Games.

Organ Transplant Recipients’ Experiences of Physical Activity: Health, Self-Care, and Transliminality (2020)
Journal Article
Wiltshire, G., Clarke, N. J., Phoenix, C., & Bescoby, C. (2020). Organ Transplant Recipients’ Experiences of Physical Activity: Health, Self-Care, and Transliminality. Qualitative Health Research, 31(2), 385-398. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732320967915

Physical activity (PA) is an important lifestyle component of long-term health management for organ transplant recipients, yet little is known about recipients’ experiences of PA. The purpose of this study was to shed light on this experience and to... Read More about Organ Transplant Recipients’ Experiences of Physical Activity: Health, Self-Care, and Transliminality.

Segregation and the Sea: Toward a Critical Understanding of Race and Coastal Blue Space in Greater Miami (2020)
Journal Article
Phoenix, C., Bell, S. L., & Hollenbeck, J. (2021). Segregation and the Sea: Toward a Critical Understanding of Race and Coastal Blue Space in Greater Miami. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 45(2), 115-137. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193723520950536

There is a growing body of research signaling the health and wellbeing benefits of being in blue space. Here, we advance this intellectual agenda by critically examining perceptions and experiences of coastal blue space among residents of a disadvant... Read More about Segregation and the Sea: Toward a Critical Understanding of Race and Coastal Blue Space in Greater Miami.

Exploring older people's experiences of ageing and ageism: A pilot qualitative piece from Costa Rica, The Gambia, Pakistan and Serbia (2020)
Report
Phoenix, C. (2020). Exploring older people's experiences of ageing and ageism: A pilot qualitative piece from Costa Rica, The Gambia, Pakistan and Serbia. [No known commissioning body]

Research on experiences of ageism and age discrimination in lower and middleincome countries is rare. In order to advocate and campaign effectively for an end to ageism and age discrimination, an understanding of older people’s experiences of ageing,... Read More about Exploring older people's experiences of ageing and ageism: A pilot qualitative piece from Costa Rica, The Gambia, Pakistan and Serbia.

Living in the mo(ve)ment: An ethnographic exploration of hospice patients’ experiences of participating in Tai Chi (2020)
Journal Article
Bradshaw, A., Phoenix, C., & Burke, S. M. (2020). Living in the mo(ve)ment: An ethnographic exploration of hospice patients’ experiences of participating in Tai Chi. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 40, Article 101687. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2020.101687

Purpose: Tai Chi is increasingly being used as a complimentary therapy in hospice care to help patients self-manage multiple and complex health needs. However, currently there is limited understanding of Tai Chi from patients’ perspective, including... Read More about Living in the mo(ve)ment: An ethnographic exploration of hospice patients’ experiences of participating in Tai Chi.