Jim Dan Hill Library: Health & Human Performance: Resources

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Our resources using Library of Congress (LOC) classifications and call numbers. While most items related to Health and Human Performance will be under the sub-classification GV (G represents multiple subjects including Recreation); sub-classifications RA, RC, RM, RJ (R represents Medicine); sub-classification QP (Q represents Science), it is possible to find other related materials in different areas. Please see Classification Codes for Browsing for more information about subject classification ranges.

Call number ranges to focus on when browsing the stacks on the Garden level:

Health and Human Performance

GV1 - 1860: Recreation, Leisure
GV201 - 555: Physical education and training
GV346 - 351.5: School and college athletics
GV401 - 433: Physical education facilities, sports facilities, including gymnasiums, athletic fields, playgrounds, etc.
GV435 - 436.7: Physical measurements, physical tests, etc.
GV450 - 451.4: Nudism, sunbathing.
GV460 - 555: Gymnastics, gymnastic exercises, including calisthenics, heavy exercises, acrobatics, etc.
GV557 - 1198.995: Sports
GV1199 - 1570: Games and amusements

For medical and physiological aspects related to health and human performance

RA1 - 1270: Public Aspects of Medicine
RA421 - 790.85: Public Health, Hygiene, Preventive Medicine
RA773 - 788: Personal health, including exercise and nutrition
RC31 - 1245: Internal Medicine, practice of medicine
RC1200 - 1245: Sports Medicine
RC1220.A-Z: Medical & Physiological Aspects of Special Activities, by activity, A-Z
RC1235 - 1245: Physiology of Sports
QP1 - 801: Physiology
QP141 -801.A-Z: Nutrition, covering topics such as the history of nutrition, food production and consumption, physiology of human nutrition, sprots nutrition, Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs), nutritional tables, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and other specialized areas of human nutrition and biochemistry
RM695 - 890: Physical Medicine, Physical Therapy
RJ1 - 570: Pediatrics, including infant nutrition and breastfeeding

For information on School Health and nutrition look in LB3401 - 3495.

Featured Books

Social Justice in Globalized Fitness and Health by Laura Azzarito
Call Number: Garden Level, Books ; GV342.27 .A99 2019

ISBN: 9781138059894

Publication Date: 2019-01-29

Social Justice in Globalized Fitness and Health draws attention to how neoliberal ideologies impacting the body overlook the intersection of class, gender/sex, and race that informs how young, ethnic minoritized people embody and negotiate normative discourses of fitness and health. Indeed, through the lens of critical race theory (CRT), post-feminism, and postcolonialism, Azzarito highlights young, ethnic minoritized people's struggles to find a culturally relevant sense of self. Arguing for the need to found educational spaces where young, ethnic minoritized people can recognize themselves, resist and counter-narrate negative stereotypes, and self-represent to the public in affirmative ways, Social Justice in Globalized Fitness and Health will appeal to students and researchers interested in fields such as physical culture, education, sport sociology, qualitative methods, and cultural and visual studies, as well as scholars and practitioners of physical education and health in schools.
The Burden of Sports: How and Why Athletes Struggle with Mental Health by John Weston Parry
Call Number: Garden Level, Books ; GV706.4 .P364 2024

ISBN: 9781538175538

Publication Date: 2024-02-20

A comprehensive examination of the mental health challenges that elite athletes face in America's most popular sports. In The Burden of Sports, John Weston Parry examines the mental health and emotional well-being of elite American athletes generally, as well as in relation to spectator sports propaganda, the legal system, politics, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. This book covers mental health conditions that any elite athlete may encounter, from depression and anxiety to substance abuse and concussion-caused brain damage, to the special challenges of female, queer, transgender, and intersex athletes. Parry also highlights the personal stories of famous American athletes who struggled publicly with their mental health, including Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka, Michael Sam, and Tiger Woods. From individual and team pressures to win and attain sport perfection to the prejudice and ignorance of fans, management, and corporate sponsors about mental health, addressing the mental health of athletes and challenging the public perception of such struggles is long overdue. This is a timely and necessary book for readers who want to see sports change for the better in support of America's athletes.
Title IX, Pat Summitt, and Tennessee's Trailblazers: 50Years, 50 Stories by Mary Ellen Pethel
Call Number: Garden Level, Books ; GV709.18.U6 P47 2022

ISBN: 9781621907787

Publication Date: 2022-10-18

In June 1972, President Richard Nixon put pen to paper and signed the Educational Amendments of 1972 into law. The nearly 150-page document makes no mention of "gender," "athletics," "girls," or "women." The closest reference to "sport" is transportation. In fact, the bill did not appear to contain anything earth shattering. But tucked into its final pages, a heading appears, "Title IX--Prohibition of Sex Discrimination." These 37 words would change the world for girls and women across the United States. On its face, Title IX legally guaranteed equal opportunity in education. In time, Title IX would serve as the tipping point for the modern era of women's sport. Slowly but surely, women's athletics at the high school and collegiate levels grew to prominence, and Tennessee fast emerged as a national leader. This book represents the first statewide compilation of its kind--offering readers a behind-the- scenes perspective of Tennessee women who dedicated their lives to the advancement of sport and gender equality.
Sports Entrepreneurship: Beyond the Big Leagues by Christopher Mumford
Call Number: Garden Level, Books ; GV716 .M86 2023

ISBN: 9780231196109

Publication Date: 2023-09-26

The business side of sports isn't just the established terrain of NFL, NBA, and MLB teams and their billionaire owners. Entrepreneurs are launching dynamic new businesses that are transforming the broader sports landscape. What are the up-and-coming opportunities and high-growth areas for start-ups today? This book is for anyone who dreams of starting a sports business. Christopher Mumford explores the state of the game in data analytics, sports betting, eSports, youth sports, fitness, and the fan experience. He surveys the key players in each sector, identifying possibilities and constraints for new entrants. Interviews with figures such as the creator of a "Bloomberg platform for soccer," a professional sports bettor, and the founder of a fantasy-sports-focused analytics company add vital insight. Mumford also shares the stories of his own sports start-ups and offers advice based on these experiences. Sports Entrepreneurship details practical step-by-step methods for turning an idea into an enterprise. Mumford guides readers through an actionable framework: map out interests and goals, recognize opportunities, get feedback from users, and accelerate growth. Written for a broad audience, from practitioners seeking to jump-start their next big idea to students in sports management and entrepreneurship, this book is an indispensable guide to new opportunities in the sports industry.
So You Want to Work in Sports: Advice and Insights from Respected Sports and Industry Leaders by K. P. Wee; Fred Claire (Foreword by)
Call Number: Garden Level, Books ; GV734.3 .W42 2022

ISBN: 9781538199008

Publication Date: 2024-07-02

An essential resource offering career insight and practical advice from industry-leading sports professionals. In So You Want to Work in Sports, K. P. Wee has gathered invaluable first-hand perspectives from sports industry leaders with decades of experience in a range of fields, including broadcasting, sports management, journalism, scouting, marketing, analytics, and more. These seasoned professionals share their stories of how they got started in sports and the lessons they learned along the way.
Food Allergy Advocacy: Parenting and the Politics of Care by Danya Glabau
Call Number: Garden Level, Books ; RC596 .G55 2022

ISBN: 9781517910563

Publication Date: 2022-05-10

In Food Allergy Advocacy, Danya Glabau follows parents and activists as they fight for allergen-free environments, accurate labeling, the fair application of disability law, and access to life-saving medications for food-allergic children in the United States. At the same time, she shows how this activism also reproduces the culturally dominant politics of personhood and responsibility, based on an idealized version of the American family, centered around white, middle-class, and heteronormative motherhood. By holding up the threat of food allergens to the white nuclear family to galvanize political and scientific action, Glabau shows, the movement excludes many, including Black women and disabled adults, whose families and health have too often been marginalized from public health and social safety net programs. Further, its strategies are founded on the assumption that market-based solutions will address issues of social exclusion and equal access to healthcare.