The Reality of Sustaining Community-Based Sport and Physical Activity Programs to Enhance the Development of Underserved Youth: Challenges and Potential Strategies

Whitley, Meredith A.; Forneris, Tanya; Barker, Bryce

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“…The same is true when comparing the results with our theoretical framework, which was based on sustainability research of health promotion programs in a diverse range of settings (e.g. healthcare setting, schools, communities) [16,19,[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]. This implies there are generic factors influencing the long-term sustainability of a health promotion program independent of the setting in which it is implemented.…”

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“…This theoretical framework suggests that potential factors influencing sustainability of health promotion programs can be grouped in four main themes: 1) program design factors; 2) implementation factors; 3) factors within the organizational setting (in this study, the organizational setting of the NSF and sports club) and 4) factors in de broader community environment. Accordingly, the theoretical framework was complemented with other (more recent) sustainability studies [16,19,[23][24][25][26][27][29][30][31][32]. This was done by organizing the identified factors from these studies under the four main themes.…”

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Sporting programs for inactive population groups: factors influencing their long-term sustainability in the organized sports setting

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Collard

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Background The organized sports sector has received increased interest as a setting to stimulate physical activity among inactive target groups. To reach many inactive people and to obtain population health benefits, it is important that effective sporting programs are sustained over a long period of time. This study identified the factors influencing the long-term sustainability of these kind of sporting programs located within local sports clubs. Methods Fourteen sporting programs in the Netherlands aimed at increasing physical activity levels of inactive population groups and funded within the National Action Plan for Sport and Exercise (NAPSE) were the focus of this study. The programs were developed by ten National Sports Federations (NSFs) and implemented by different sports clubs in the Netherlands within a three-year funded implementation period (2008-2011). This research consisted of face-to-face interviews with the program coordinators of the NSFs (n=14) and telephone interviews with representatives of sports clubs that provided the programs (n=17 continued the program, n=11 discontinued the program) six and a half years after the funding period ended (November 2017-March 2018). A sustainability framework with five pre-specified main themes (i.e. program design, implementation, trainer/coach, organizational setting, broader community environment) guided data collection and (deductive) thematic analysis. Results Ten of the fourteen NAPSE funded sporting programs were sustained at the level of the NSFs. Most factors facilitating (+) and impeding (-) the long-term sustainability of the programs were mentioned by both NSFs and sports clubs, like program adaptation (+) and a lack of program financing (-). Program evaluation (+) and high program costs (-) were examples of factors that were more important to NSFs, while factors related to human resources (e.g. lack of volunteers (-)) or the sports club nature (e.g. social aspect in program design (+)) were more important to sports clubs. The factors were summarized in the form of a checklist. Conclusions This study adds to the knowledge base concerning the long-term sustainability of sporting programs aimed at inactive people in the organized sport setting. The results can be used to develop strategies to promote long-term sustainability of these kind of programs and inform funding guidelines.

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Section: Comparison Of Factors With Other Studiesmentioning

confidence: 90%

Section: Definitions and Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sporting programs for inactive population groups: factors influencing their long-term sustainability in the organized sports setting

Ooms

Kruijsbergen

Collard

et al. 2019

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“…The same is true when comparing the common factors with our theoretical framework, which was based on sustainability research of health promotion programs in a diverse range of settings (e.g. healthcare setting, schools, communities) [16,23,[28][29][30][31][32][33][34][36][37][38].…”

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Sporting programs aimed at inactive population groups in the Netherlands: factors influencing their long-term sustainability in the organized sports setting

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Kruijsbergen

Collard

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Background: The organized sports sector has received increased interest as a setting to stimulate physical activity among inactive target groups. To include many inactive people and to obtain population health benefits, it is important that effective sporting programs are sustained (i.e. continuation of program activities) over a long period of time. This study identified the factors influencing the long-term sustainability of these kind of sporting programs located within local sports clubs in the Netherlands. Methods: Fourteen Dutch sporting programs aimed at increasing physical activity levels of inactive population groups and funded within the National Action Plan for Sport and Exercise (NAPSE) were the focus of this study. The programs were developed by ten Dutch National Sports Federations (NSFs) and implemented by different sports clubs in the Netherlands within a three-year funded implementation period (2008-2011). This research consisted of semi-structured face-to-face interviews with the program coordinators of the NSFs (n=14) and semi-structured telephone interviews with representatives of sports clubs that provided the programs (n=17 continued the program, n=11 discontinued the program) six and a half years after the funding period ended (November 2017-March 2018). A sustainability framework with five pre-specified main themes (i.e. program design, implementation, trainer/coach, organizational setting, broader community environment) guided data collection and (deductive) thematic analysis. Results: Ten of the fourteen NAPSE funded sporting programs were sustained at the level of the NSFs. Most factors facilitating (+) and impeding (-) the long-term sustainability of the programs were common to both NSFs and sports clubs, like program adaptation (+) and a lack of program financing (-). Program evaluation (+) and high program costs (-) were specific factors mentioned by NSFs, while factors related to human resources (e.g. lack of volunteers (-)) or the sports club nature (e.g. social aspect in program design (+)) applied to sports clubs. The factors were summarized in the form of a checklist. Conclusions: Key factors influencing the long-term sustainability of the sporting programs were identified. The results can be used to develop strategies to promote long-term sustainability of these kind of programs and inform funding guidelines in countries with a similar organized sports infrastructure.

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“…Los cambios propios de la adolescencia pueden ser el origen de confl ictos en el entorno educativo y, debido a la incidencia de conductas que alteran la convivencia, han proliferado en los últimos años estudios con programas de intervención orientados a la educación en materia de comportamiento socialmente adecuado. En estos programas se incluyen actividades físicas y/o deportivas, por ejemplo, en fútbol de formación, con la intención de inculcar valores de juego limpio (Palou, Borràs, Ponseti, Vidal y Torregrosa, 2007), o bien con un desarrollo positivo para las comunidades de jóvenes que están en algún grado de marginación (Whitley, Forneris y Barker, 2015).…”

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The Reality of Sustaining Community-Based Sport and Physical Activity Programs to Enhance the Development of Underserved Youth: Challenges and Potential Strategies

Cited by 27 publications

References 37 publications

Sporting programs for inactive population groups: factors influencing their long-term sustainability in the organized sports setting

Sporting programs for inactive population groups: factors influencing their long-term sustainability in the organized sports setting

Sporting programs aimed at inactive population groups in the Netherlands: factors influencing their long-term sustainability in the organized sports setting

Diseño y validación de un instrumento de observación de las conductas que alteran la convivencia en educación física

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