{"id":2162,"date":"2026-03-06T14:53:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/oslo\/?p=2162"},"modified":"2026-03-09T14:36:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:36:06","slug":"l6-football-for-health-sport-partnerships-and-population-health-improvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/oslo\/2026\/03\/06\/l6-football-for-health-sport-partnerships-and-population-health-improvement\/","title":{"rendered":"L6: Football for health: sport, partnerships and population health improvement"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Wednesday 11 March 2026 | <span data-sheets-root=\"1\">12:00 &#8211; 12:40<br>Chair: <\/span><\/strong><\/em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/oslo\/2026\/03\/06\/ida-sofie-waal\/\">Ida Sofie Waal <\/a><\/strong>Vestre Viken Hospital Trust; Norway<\/span><\/p><br><p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">This session explores how football and sport can drive population health improvement through innovative partnerships. <\/span>Drawing on Norway\u2019s Football Association community-based initiatives (including Playmakers, \u201cThe Pink Shoe\u201d, and Walking Football)\u00a0<span data-sheets-root=\"1\">programmes and Healthier Happier Me in London (Premier League, NHS, Schools &#8211; improvement), it shows how trusted community platforms\u2014clubs, schools and health systems\u2014co-design practical, equitable solutions that improve wellbeing where people live, work and play.<\/span><\/p><br><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/oslo\/2026\/03\/06\/ane-eide-kjaeras\/\">Ane Eide Kj\u00e6r\u00e5s <\/a><\/strong><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Norwegian Football Association (UEFA Playmakers); Norway<\/span><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/oslo\/2025\/10\/13\/pedro-delgado\/\">Pedro Delgado<\/a><\/strong> IHI;USA<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/oslo\/2026\/03\/06\/iver-strandheim\/\">Iver Strandheim<\/a> <\/strong><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Norwegian Football Association (UEFA Playmakers); Norway<\/span><\/p><br>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday 11 March 2026 | 12:00 &#8211; 12:40Chair: Ida Sofie Waal Vestre Viken Hospital Trust; NorwayThis session explores how football and sport can drive population health improvement through innovative partnerships. Drawing on Norway\u2019s Football Association community-based initiatives (including Playmakers, \u201cThe Pink Shoe\u201d, and Walking Football)\u00a0programmes and Healthier Happier Me in London (Premier League, NHS, Schools [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/oslo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/oslo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/oslo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/oslo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/oslo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/oslo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2162\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/oslo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/oslo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/oslo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}