Exploring strategies to improve the health promotion orientation of Flemish sports clubs

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ID22945592
AutoresJeroen Meganck, 和彦 吉松, Jan Seghers (0000-0002-2930-1259), 英喜 小西, Jeroen Scheerder (0000-0002-7430-0861), 隆 松島, 大祐 土居, 楷輔 石原, 勤 荒木, 康弘 富岡, 俊夫 畑, 久盛 加藤, 裕樹 中山, 昇一 渡邊, 保雄 大坪
Año2016
Volumen54
Número2
Páginasdaw004
Fecha de publicación2016-02-29
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHealth Promotion International (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0957-4824 • E-ISSN: 1460-2245
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/heapro/daw004
OpenAlexW26931127
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas26

Sports clubs are increasingly recognized as an innovative setting for health promotion, as exemplified by the health promoting sports club concept. This study aims to assess the health promotion orientation of both youth sports clubs (YSC) and adult sports clubs (ASC) in Flanders and to identify the motives and barriers as reported by their representatives as a basis for proposing intervention strategies to improve the health promotion orientation in sports clubs. A total of 253 Flemish sports clubs, consisting of 156 YSC and of 97 ASC, completed the online questionnaire, covering club characteristics (e.g. finances, human resources), perceived motives and barriers for health promotion and the health promoting sports club index. Even though YSC were more health promoting than ASC, the results indicated that all sports clubs could improve their health promotion orientation. The most consistent predictors of health promotion orientation are perceived motives index for YSC and perceived lack of resources for ASC. Based on these results, interventions to enhance the health promoting orientation need to tackle the lack of resources such as lack of expertise regarding health promotion. Interventions aimed specifically at YSC should emphasize the direct benefits, for example by demonstrating how health promotion helps clubs to improve the provision of high quality sports participation and by awarding a health promotion quality label.

Health and Wellbeing Research · Medicine · School Health and Nursing Education