Aoife Lane
Biographic Data
| ID | 6302418 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aoife Lane |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aoife |
| FAMILY NAME | Lane |
| SIGNATURE | LANE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Athlone Institute of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8049-4842 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘It’s more than a period’
Many female athletes perceive the menstrual cycle (MC) as a performance-impacting factor, yet how coaches help them to manage this is not fully understood. This study aimed to explore coaches’ lived experiences of providing menstrual-health support to female athletes and the factors that shape how such support is approached. Sixteen coaches (male n = 9, female n = 7) aged 19–57 years participated in semi-structured interviews. Interviews were rec…
Feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of a lifestyle program for perimenopause
Purpose To assess the feasibility and acceptability of a lifestyle program for perimenopausal women and to evaluate the program’s preliminary effectiveness on symptoms, physical activity and menopause-specific health literacy. Design/methodology/approach A lifestyle intervention incorporating physical activity and menopause-specific health education was implemented over six-weeks. Feasibility was assessed through recruitment, retention and adhere…
“There is absolutely no facet of my life that it hasn’t affected” – Experiences of symptoms during perimenopause
Sports coaches’ perception of health promotion
As front-line players in sports clubs, coaches can create a positive context influencing athletes’ health decisions and behaviours. However, coaches rarely engage in health promotion (HP) practices due to various obstacles. Coaching philosophy, encompassing beliefs, principles, and values, significantly influences coaches’ practices. However, its impact on HP remains unexplored, are the main factor influencing coaches’ practices, has not yet been…
Factors which influence young people’s experience of gaelic games. A secondary analysis of results from a large cross-sectional national study
Enjoyment of sport is an important factor in preventing dropout or drop off. Using a cross-sectional design, and a sample of 4,594 Gaelic games players (aged 13 to 20), the present study was a secondary analysis, examining which factors (if any) were significantly related to self-reported past-year experience in sport. Results show that when comparing those reporting their experience as very poor/poor, fair, or good against those reporting it as …
Sport federation investment in health promotion
Research on health promotion has largely investigated the activities of sports clubs, but less is known about the support provided by sports federations. The present study aims at analysing the success and barriers of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) Healthy Club Project scaling up process. A case study design incorporating document analysis, observation and 8 interviews was used. Data analysis was based on deductive coding using the viable …
Implementation of the GAA ‘healthy clubs project’ in Ireland
The sports clubs’ role in promoting health has been acknowledged by policy makers and researchers, but there is little evidence on how sports clubs implement health-related interventions. The present article investigates the Gaelic Athletic Association Healthy Club Project (HCP) implementation process (mechanisms, barriers, leverages) over a 10-year timeframe. A case study design helped to produce and compare a data synthesis for five clubs invol…
Health promotion policies, perceptions, actions and needs in sports clubs in Ireland
Objective: Policy development is the biggest gap for health-promoting sports clubs. The present study aims to identify Irish sports club’s involvement in health promotion (HP) policy development. Design: Mixed methods concurrent survey design, with quantitative data providing insights into priorities, activities and documentation and qualitative data documenting stakeholders’ perceived needs. Setting: Two hundred and thirty-nine sports clubs in I…
Health promoting sports clubs
A recent literature review indicated that the settings-based approach, as it is applied to sports clubs, is poorly understood and not well implemented. The current study builds on the health promoting sports clubs (HPSC) theoretical model as a basis for a settings-based approach in the sports setting and proposes a logic model to develop and evaluate HPSC in practice. The logic model was established through qualitative, iterative methods in the f…
Older adults’ and service providers’ experiences of a settings-based health promotion initiative in English football
The study was undertaken to explore the experiences of older adults and service providers in a settings-based health promotion initiative in a football club. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 10 older adults attending an ‘Extra Time Hub’ (ETH) and two staff delivering the initiative. Our reflexive thematic analysis generated six themes. Findings revealed the brand of the sports club attracted some to join the ETH, but through partnersh…
Health promoting sports federations
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 s…
Health Promoting Sports Club in Practice
Sport is a developing setting and a relevant system in health promotion but there are few examples of settings-based initiatives and systems thinking in sport. The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) Healthy Club Project (HCP) adopts a settings approach delivered through and by grassroots clubs who respond to local needs while working within a national support system. The aim of this evaluation was to assess and describe the health promotion impact…
Views of Generation Z regarding care and care careers
Globally, life expectancy is increasing, as is the need for effective care responses to chronic health conditions, global emergencies and health disparities. Alongside this is a shortage of skilled caregivers. This four-country qualitative study investigates the views of ‘care’ and ‘care careers’ of Generation Z (the next generation to join the workforce). Four cross-cultural themes emerged: conceptualising care; objects and subjects of care; rec…
A healthy sports club initiative in action in Ireland
Objective: The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) is part of the cultural fabric of Irish society with a club in almost every community nationwide. The aim of this project was to carry out a pilot evaluation of the GAA Healthy Club Project (HCP), which is a unique effort by a national governing body to include health as part of the core business of the organisation at grass roots level. Design: A pre–post intervention group only design was used ac…
Exploring bodily sensations experienced during flow states in professional national hunt jockeys
Previous research has suggested that distinct bodily sensations are experienced by athletes during flow states, and could represent a sport-specific characteristic of this phenomenon. This study aimed to enrich understanding about bodily sensations and flow states in sport by exploring this experience in national hunt jockeys. The interspecies nature of horse-rider partnerships accentuates the importance of bodily awareness in equestrian sports. …
An effort to ‘leverage’ the effect of participation in a mass event on physical activity
Despite the considerable interest in community-based physical activity (PA) interventions, there is a lack of clarity on which strategies are most effective and most likely to work in different contexts. The purpose of this study was to use existing community resources to promote PA in a population sample of insufficiently active women using a cluster RCT design. Participants (n = 402) were grouped into 32 geographical-based clusters, which were …
Leveraging mass participation events for sustainable health legacy
Given their population reach, mass sporting and physical activity events within the community have considerable potential as levers to encourage people to become physically active and improve their health. Research attention has focused on the multitude of potential outcomes from mega sports events involving competitive elite athletes, but the impact of mass participation events has received less scrutiny. This article reviews the evidence on whe…
Leveraging mass participation events for sustainable health legacy
Given their population reach, mass sporting and physical activity events within the community have considerable potential as levers to encourage people to become physically active and improve their health. Research attention has focused on the multitude of potential outcomes from mega sports events involving competitive elite athletes, but the impact of mass participation events has received less scrutiny. This article reviews the evidence on whe…
An effort to ‘leverage’ the effect of participation in a mass event on physical activity
Despite the considerable interest in community-based physical activity (PA) interventions, there is a lack of clarity on which strategies are most effective and most likely to work in different contexts. The purpose of this study was to use existing community resources to promote PA in a population sample of insufficiently active women using a cluster RCT design. Participants (n = 402) were grouped into 32 geographical-based clusters, which were …
Leveraging mass participation events for sustainable health legacy
Given their population reach, mass sporting and physical activity events within the community have considerable potential as levers to encourage people to become physically active and improve their health. Research attention has focused on the multitude of potential outcomes from mega sports events involving competitive elite athletes, but the impact of mass participation events has received less scrutiny. This article reviews the evidence on whe…
Exploring bodily sensations experienced during flow states in professional national hunt jockeys
Previous research has suggested that distinct bodily sensations are experienced by athletes during flow states, and could represent a sport-specific characteristic of this phenomenon. This study aimed to enrich understanding about bodily sensations and flow states in sport by exploring this experience in national hunt jockeys. The interspecies nature of horse-rider partnerships accentuates the importance of bodily awareness in equestrian sports. …
A healthy sports club initiative in action in Ireland
Objective: The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) is part of the cultural fabric of Irish society with a club in almost every community nationwide. The aim of this project was to carry out a pilot evaluation of the GAA Healthy Club Project (HCP), which is a unique effort by a national governing body to include health as part of the core business of the organisation at grass roots level. Design: A pre–post intervention group only design was used ac…
Health Promoting Sports Club in Practice
Sport is a developing setting and a relevant system in health promotion but there are few examples of settings-based initiatives and systems thinking in sport. The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) Healthy Club Project (HCP) adopts a settings approach delivered through and by grassroots clubs who respond to local needs while working within a national support system. The aim of this evaluation was to assess and describe the health promotion impact…
Views of Generation Z regarding care and care careers
Globally, life expectancy is increasing, as is the need for effective care responses to chronic health conditions, global emergencies and health disparities. Alongside this is a shortage of skilled caregivers. This four-country qualitative study investigates the views of ‘care’ and ‘care careers’ of Generation Z (the next generation to join the workforce). Four cross-cultural themes emerged: conceptualising care; objects and subjects of care; rec…
Health promoting sports clubs
A recent literature review indicated that the settings-based approach, as it is applied to sports clubs, is poorly understood and not well implemented. The current study builds on the health promoting sports clubs (HPSC) theoretical model as a basis for a settings-based approach in the sports setting and proposes a logic model to develop and evaluate HPSC in practice. The logic model was established through qualitative, iterative methods in the f…
Older adults’ and service providers’ experiences of a settings-based health promotion initiative in English football
The study was undertaken to explore the experiences of older adults and service providers in a settings-based health promotion initiative in a football club. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 10 older adults attending an ‘Extra Time Hub’ (ETH) and two staff delivering the initiative. Our reflexive thematic analysis generated six themes. Findings revealed the brand of the sports club attracted some to join the ETH, but through partnersh…
Health promoting sports federations
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 s…
Implementation of the GAA ‘healthy clubs project’ in Ireland
The sports clubs’ role in promoting health has been acknowledged by policy makers and researchers, but there is little evidence on how sports clubs implement health-related interventions. The present article investigates the Gaelic Athletic Association Healthy Club Project (HCP) implementation process (mechanisms, barriers, leverages) over a 10-year timeframe. A case study design helped to produce and compare a data synthesis for five clubs invol…
Health promotion policies, perceptions, actions and needs in sports clubs in Ireland
Objective: Policy development is the biggest gap for health-promoting sports clubs. The present study aims to identify Irish sports club’s involvement in health promotion (HP) policy development. Design: Mixed methods concurrent survey design, with quantitative data providing insights into priorities, activities and documentation and qualitative data documenting stakeholders’ perceived needs. Setting: Two hundred and thirty-nine sports clubs in I…
Sports coaches’ perception of health promotion
As front-line players in sports clubs, coaches can create a positive context influencing athletes’ health decisions and behaviours. However, coaches rarely engage in health promotion (HP) practices due to various obstacles. Coaching philosophy, encompassing beliefs, principles, and values, significantly influences coaches’ practices. However, its impact on HP remains unexplored, are the main factor influencing coaches’ practices, has not yet been…
Factors which influence young people’s experience of gaelic games. A secondary analysis of results from a large cross-sectional national study
Enjoyment of sport is an important factor in preventing dropout or drop off. Using a cross-sectional design, and a sample of 4,594 Gaelic games players (aged 13 to 20), the present study was a secondary analysis, examining which factors (if any) were significantly related to self-reported past-year experience in sport. Results show that when comparing those reporting their experience as very poor/poor, fair, or good against those reporting it as …
Sport federation investment in health promotion
Research on health promotion has largely investigated the activities of sports clubs, but less is known about the support provided by sports federations. The present study aims at analysing the success and barriers of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) Healthy Club Project scaling up process. A case study design incorporating document analysis, observation and 8 interviews was used. Data analysis was based on deductive coding using the viable …
‘It’s more than a period’
Many female athletes perceive the menstrual cycle (MC) as a performance-impacting factor, yet how coaches help them to manage this is not fully understood. This study aimed to explore coaches’ lived experiences of providing menstrual-health support to female athletes and the factors that shape how such support is approached. Sixteen coaches (male n = 9, female n = 7) aged 19–57 years participated in semi-structured interviews. Interviews were rec…
Feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of a lifestyle program for perimenopause
Purpose To assess the feasibility and acceptability of a lifestyle program for perimenopausal women and to evaluate the program’s preliminary effectiveness on symptoms, physical activity and menopause-specific health literacy. Design/methodology/approach A lifestyle intervention incorporating physical activity and menopause-specific health education was implemented over six-weeks. Feasibility was assessed through recruitment, retention and adhere…
“There is absolutely no facet of my life that it hasn’t affected” – Experiences of symptoms during perimenopause
Psychology (13 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Political science (10 works) · School Health and Nursing Education (9 works) · Health promotion (8 works) · Public relations (8 works) · Club (7 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Qualitative research (7 works) · Health and Wellbeing Research (6 works)