Success of a sports-club led-community X-PERT Diabetes Education Programme

Morgan, Angela; Drew, Dee; Clifford, Angela; Hull, Katrina

doi:10.1080/17430437.2016.1173923

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“…The standout positive area of alignment is the additionality of professional sport and its contribution to commercial, community and economic regeneration aims. Whether this be due to the kudos, prestige or professionalism of the clubs, the players and/or the stadia, the close association of professional sport attracts multiple and heterogeneous communities (Morgan et al., 2017; Parnell et al., 2017; Pringle and Sayers, 2004; Spaaij et al., 2013). This is illustrated by the two stadia being used by young people not in employment, education or training, adults with a disability, substance misuse or mental health issues, and pensioners.…”

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The emergence and conceptualisation of community stadia in the UK

McTier

2020

Local Economy

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New professional sports stadia have been widely advanced as flagship developments that can generate jobs and wealth, support place branding and culture-led strategies, and host mega-events. Public funding for new stadia has been secured on these bases but also challenged as stadia costs are under-estimated and the benefits, particularly for lower income communities, exaggerated. Emerging in this context, community stadia are an intriguing phenomenon as they offer the potential for professional sports stadia to deliver on community aims alongside their sporting, commercial and economic development aims. Public funding has followed with a number of community stadia built or planned in the UK, yet with limited critical analysis of the stadium type and its impact. This paper helps to fill the literature gap by learning from two community stadia case studies: The Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster and The Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk. It finds that community stadia have the potential to deliver across the four aims, with stadia’s association with the world of professional sport facilitating engagement with multiple, diverse and ‘hard to reach’ communities. However, they are also complex phenomena leading the paper to construct a 12-feature conceptualisation of community stadia that can advance practitioner and academic understanding of the phenomenon.

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The emergence and conceptualisation of community stadia in the UK

McTier

2020

Local Economy

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“…These and other football centered programs (e.g. [3,24,32,22,11,15]) are typically designed to serve or appeal to men. This may mean they are men-only, or are mixed gender but designed and evaluated with consideration of men's health.…”

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Design Opportunities for Digital Men's Health

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Cecchinato

Asadzadeh

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference

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Many men stop exercising as they age, engage in risky behaviours such as alcohol misuse, are reluctant to admit to mental health problems, and avoid seeking help. Men are generally hard to reach for community health interventions. However, interventions run at football clubs have successfully engaged men and have led to positive health outcomes. Mobile health technology might similarly be designed to engage and encourage men via connections with football. This technology could be used to augment and extend community programs, or be used to target global fan bases. However, it is not clear if and how what attracts men to community interventions can translate to technology. In this paper we report a design study with 18 middle-age male participants exploring what men find important in football, and connections between football, health and technology. We present five design opportunities to guide and prompt further innovation in this area.

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“…Football club community trusts are the charitable arm of professional clubs across the English Premier and Football Leagues [ 23 ] and are increasingly recognized as an important ingredient of the health improvement infrastructure [ 24 ] and are highlighted in national policy [ 25 ]. This mechanism of health promotion has been found to be effective in improving cardiovascular health and fitness in men and women [ 26 ]; weight management in men [ 27 , 28 , 29 ] and women [ 30 , 31 ]; and in improving physical activity and social inclusion of men with mental health problems [ 32 ]. Indeed, in some instances, successful interventions [ 27 ] have been rolled out nationwide with significant financial support.…”

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A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of CARE (Cancer and Rehabilitation Exercise): A Physical Activity and Health Intervention, Delivered in a Community Football Trust

Rutherford

Zwolinsky²,

Kime

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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With increasing cancer survivorship has come an increased necessity to support people living with cancer (PLWC) to have a good quality of life including being physically active. Using mixed methods, the current study aimed to use the RE-AIM evaluation framework (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance) to determine how the football community trust delivered CARE (Cancer and Rehabilitation Exercise) intervention was able to increase participants’ physical activity in order to improve their quality of life and regain physiological and psychological function. Quantitative outcome data were collected at baseline, 3 and 6 months using the Cancer Physical Activity Standard Evaluation Framework questionnaire. Semi-structured focus groups (n = 5) captured participants’ (n = 40) lived experience of the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance of CARE. Questionnaire data were analysed using repeated measures ANOVAs and qualitative data were thematically analysed. Following diagnosis, CARE was successful in providing participants with a unique and accessible opportunity to become or restart physically activity, by providing a local, socially supportive, and inclusive environment. This resulted in significant increases in physical activity (F(1.58, 23) = 5.98, p = 0.009), quality of life (QoL) (F(2,36) = 13.12, p = 0.000) and significant reductions in fatigue (F(1.57,31) = 11.19, p = 0.000) over 6 months. Participants also reported becoming more active, recovering physical function, regaining independence, and enhanced psychological well-being as a result of attending CARE. Key design features of CARE were also identified across RE-AIM. CARE, a football community trust delivered physical activity intervention was successful in significantly improving participants’ QoL and in regaining the physical and psychological functioning of people living with cancer. Results suggest that maintaining engagement in CARE for 6 months and beyond can support people to maintain these changes. Engaging in robust evaluations such as this can help organizations to successfully secure future funding for their programs.

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Success of a sports-club led-community X-PERT Diabetes Education Programme

Cited by 5 publications

References 21 publications

The emergence and conceptualisation of community stadia in the UK

The emergence and conceptualisation of community stadia in the UK

Design Opportunities for Digital Men's Health

A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of CARE (Cancer and Rehabilitation Exercise): A Physical Activity and Health Intervention, Delivered in a Community Football Trust

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