ABSTRACT

While it is generally accepted in the leisure field that leisure has a role, and arguably a key one in wellness and wellbeing, this is largely at odds with the operations and funding frameworks of contemporary healthcare systems. Governments spend much less on leisure which involves social aspects of health than they do on healthcare systems which are focussed on biomedical interventions. Yet, many leisure and healthcare practitioners and academics are aware of the intersections between leisure, health and wellbeing and the aim of this edition was to offer a forum for overtly presenting these intersections. Here we set the scene for the papers in this special edition, summarizing the contribution of each paper to progressing discussions regarding the intersections of leisure and health and suggesting future directions for exploration.

摘要

虽然休闲领域普遍认为休闲在健康和福祉方面发挥着重要作用，并且可以说是关键，但这在很大程度上与当代医疗保健系统的运营和资金框架不一致。与专注于生物医学干预的医疗保健系统相比，政府在涉及健康的社会方面的休闲方面的支出要少得多。然而，许多休闲和医疗保健从业者和学者都意识到休闲、健康和福祉之间的交叉点，本版的目的是提供一个公开展示这些交叉点的​​论坛。在这里，我们为本期特刊中的论文设置了场景，总结了每篇论文对有关休闲与健康交叉点的讨论的贡献，并提出了未来的探索方向。