Health promoting sports federations: theoretical foundations and guidelines
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Health promoting sports federations : theoretical foundations and guidelines. / Van Hoye, Aurélie; Geidne, Susanna; Vuillemin, Anne; Dowd, Kieran; Glibo, Iva; Heck, Sandra; Ibsen, Bjarne; Johnson, Stacey; Kingsland, Melanie; Kokko, Sami; Lane, Aoife; Ooms, Linda; Overbye, Marie; Woods, Catherine; Zeimers, Geraldine; Whiting, Stephen; Winand, Mathieu.
In: Frontiers in Public Health, Vol. 11, 1147899, 2023.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Health promoting sports federations
T2 - theoretical foundations and guidelines
AU - Van Hoye, Aurélie
AU - Geidne, Susanna
AU - Vuillemin, Anne
AU - Dowd, Kieran
AU - Glibo, Iva
AU - Heck, Sandra
AU - Ibsen, Bjarne
AU - Johnson, Stacey
AU - Kingsland, Melanie
AU - Kokko, Sami
AU - Lane, Aoife
AU - Ooms, Linda
AU - Overbye, Marie
AU - Woods, Catherine
AU - Zeimers, Geraldine
AU - Whiting, Stephen
AU - Winand, Mathieu
N1 - Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2023 Van Hoye, Geidne, Vuillemin, Dowd, Glibo, Heck, Ibsen, Johnson, Kingsland, Kokko, Lane, Ooms, Overbye, Woods, Zeimers, Whiting and Winand.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Background: Researchers and policy-makers have highlighted that the potential for organized sports to promote health has been underexploited. Sports clubs have limited capacity to promote health due to their voluntary nature and have called for support from their national sports federations. The present article provides guidelines, based on the theoretical principles of health promoting sports clubs and an analysis of practical tools and proven strategies, to support national sports federations to invest in health promotion (HP). Methods: A qualitative iterative study was undertaken, based on five 2-h meetings of a group of 15 international researchers in HP in sports clubs. Notes and minutes from meetings, as well as shared outputs were analyzed based on the health promoting sports club framework. Results: Guidelines developed for national sports federations to promote health includes a definition of a health promoting sports federation (HPSF), a description of how the settings-based approach to HP adapts to national sports federations, as well as practical applications of health promoting sports club’s intervention strategies. The analysis of existing tools also demonstrated that most tools are centered on a single dimension of health (social, mental, physical, spiritual or community), and often on a specific health topic. Furthermore, they do not cover HP as a continuous long-lasting process, but are generally short-term programs. The HPSF clarifies theoretical concepts, their practical implementation via case studies and outlines intervention components and tools useful for sports federations in their implementation of HP. Conclusion: The guidelines developed in this study are intended to facilitate national sports federations to acknowledge/understand, reinforce/underpin and foster current and further investment in HP.
AB - Background: Researchers and policy-makers have highlighted that the potential for organized sports to promote health has been underexploited. Sports clubs have limited capacity to promote health due to their voluntary nature and have called for support from their national sports federations. The present article provides guidelines, based on the theoretical principles of health promoting sports clubs and an analysis of practical tools and proven strategies, to support national sports federations to invest in health promotion (HP). Methods: A qualitative iterative study was undertaken, based on five 2-h meetings of a group of 15 international researchers in HP in sports clubs. Notes and minutes from meetings, as well as shared outputs were analyzed based on the health promoting sports club framework. Results: Guidelines developed for national sports federations to promote health includes a definition of a health promoting sports federation (HPSF), a description of how the settings-based approach to HP adapts to national sports federations, as well as practical applications of health promoting sports club’s intervention strategies. The analysis of existing tools also demonstrated that most tools are centered on a single dimension of health (social, mental, physical, spiritual or community), and often on a specific health topic. Furthermore, they do not cover HP as a continuous long-lasting process, but are generally short-term programs. The HPSF clarifies theoretical concepts, their practical implementation via case studies and outlines intervention components and tools useful for sports federations in their implementation of HP. Conclusion: The guidelines developed in this study are intended to facilitate national sports federations to acknowledge/understand, reinforce/underpin and foster current and further investment in HP.
KW - guidelines
KW - health promotion
KW - interventions
KW - national sports federations
KW - settings-based approach
KW - sports clubs
KW - tools
U2 - 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1147899
DO - 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1147899
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 37497027
AN - SCOPUS:85165699055
VL - 11
JO - Frontiers in Public Health
JF - Frontiers in Public Health
SN - 2296-2565
M1 - 1147899
ER -
ID: 385643122