Health promoting sports clubs

From theoretical model to logic model

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ID22945785
AuthorsAurélie Van Hoye (0000-0002-0495-4747, University of Limerick, corresponding author), Aoife Lane (0000-0002-8049-4842, SHE Research Group, Technological University of the Shannon , Athlone , Ireland), Kieran Dowd (0000-0002-1841-1604, SHE Research Group, Technological University of the Shannon , Athlone , Ireland), Jan Seghers (0000-0002-2930-1259, KU Leuven), Alex Donaldson (0000-0003-4764-2361, La Trobe University), Linda Ooms (0000-0003-3187-2875, Mulier Institute , Utrecht , The Netherlands), Sami Kokko (0000-0001-9436-5681, University of Jyväskylä), Susanna Geidne (0000-0002-5093-4958, Örebro University)
Year2023
Volume38
Issue2
Publication date2023-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth Promotion International (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0957-4824 • E-ISSN: 1460-2245
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/heapro/daad009
PMID36951410
OpenAlexW4353112027
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited57

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 form of six meetings with eight experts in the field. Qualitative thematic coding was conducted on notes taken and contributions during and between meetings. The results describe a best-practice logic model of HPSC, including inputs, activities, outcomes and impacts at each HPSC level, while case studies illustrate the interactions between levels. Results indicate that a HPSC can have an impact at each level, from individual health to social and community capital. For a sports club, the logic model helps to define how the club’s board or management committee can set the conditions for club managers and coaches to support members’ health. External stakeholders to clubs are also recognized for their key responsibility in providing different types of resources to support sports clubs to be health promoting. Future research should focus on monitoring and evaluating at each level, including empirical testing system interactions as a whole and interactions across levels.

Club · Knowledge management · Logic model · Political science · Public relations · Qualitative research · Set (abstract data type) · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Computer Science · Health and Wellbeing Research · Health, psychology, and well-being · Medicine · Psychology · School Health and Nursing Education

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