Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics
University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Thomas Skovgaard has spanned positions at the university, the NGO-sector, secondary-education and consultant business. His main research areas are: Program evaluation and policy development in relation to health enhancing physical activity; Exercise on Prescription and Evidence in health promotion and disease prevention. Most recently he has, for instance, served as national evaluator of the European development project Improving Infrastructure for Leisure-Time Physical Activity in the Local Arena (IMPALA, Sponsored by the EU). At present he coordinates a national evaluation of Swimming in Physical Education (sponsored by the Sports Confederation of Denmark) and contributes as senior researcher to the multinational project Research into Policy to enhance Physical Activity (Sponsored by the EU).

Selected publications

Skovgaard T, Berggren F. Denmark. In: Global perspectives in workplace health promotion, edited by Wolf Kirsten, Robert C. Karch. Sudbury, MA : Jones and Bartlett Learning, 2011 p. 139-157.

Sørensen J, Sørensen JB, Skovgaard T, Bredahl T, Puggaard L. Exercise on Prescription: Changes in physical activity and health-related quality of life in five Danish programmes. European Journal of Public Health. 2011 Vol. 21;1:56-62.

Skovgaard T, Sørensen JB, Sørensen J, Bredahl T, Puggaard L. Motion på recept: Syddanske erfaringer. Månedsskrift for Praktisk Lægegerning. 2009, nr. 8; 723-731.
Skovgaard T, Nielsen MD & Aro A. Evidence in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Copenhagen, National Board of Health (Denmark). 2008.

Sørensen JB, Kragstrup J, Skovgaard T & Puggaard L. Exercise on prescription: a randomized study on the effect of counselling vs counselling and supervised exercise. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. 2008 vol. 18;3:288-297.

Skovgaard T & Berggren F. The prevalence and focus of workplace fitness programs in Denmark – results of a national survey. The sport Journal. 2006, fall issue (9;4).
Sørensen JB, Skovgaard T & Puggaard L. Exercise on prescription in general practice. A systematic review. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care. 2006, vol. 24;2;69-74.