Building health promoting sports clubs: A participative concept mapping approach

Oral Presentation B11.6

Authors

  • Stacey Johnson Université Côte d'Azur
  • Aurélie Van Hoye University of Lorraine
  • Alex Donaldson La Trobe University
  • Fabienne Lemonnier Santé publique France
  • Florence Rostan Santé publique France
  • Anne Vuillemin Université Côte d'Azur

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14288/hfjc.v14i3.563

Keywords:

Sports Clubs, Health Promotion, Concept Mapping

Abstract

Background: Sports clubs (SCs) offer a unique position to increase physical activity levels and offer additional health promotion opportunities. Purpose: To gather French stakeholder ideas on support SCs need to increase health promotion efforts and prioritized them. Methods: This concept mapping study included 4-steps: 1) drafting a key issue focus prompt, 2) brainstorming ideas in response to the focus prompt, 3) sorting ideas into themed piles and 4) rating ideas (1-6) based on two indicators. French sports and health stakeholders (45) were invited to respond using web-based groupwisdom™ software. Based on multi-dimensional scaling and hierarchical cluster analysis, visual cluster maps of piles and Go-Zone graphs displaying ideas rated as important and feasible were produced. Results: Participants generated 62 ideas from the focus prompt: ‘What assistance would benefit SCs to become a health-promoting setting?’. Final idea sorting formed 9 clusters: Tools for health promotion, Communication tools, Stakeholder training courses, Diagnostic and Financing, Awareness and Mobilization, Advocacy, Policies and Methods, Sharing and Networking and Communication and Dissemination. Ratings produced Go-Zones with 34 ideas above the mean for both indicators. Priority areas include increasing awareness of health promotion benefits, mobilizing actors, advocating for support and educating club actors. Conclusions: Generating and organizing stakeholder ideas gives insight into perceptions of what support is needed to develop and implement health promotion interventions in the sports club context which increases the possibility of acceptance and integration into policies. Funding: Study was funded by a grant from Santé publique France.

Published

2021-09-30

How to Cite

Johnson, S., Van Hoye, A., Donaldson, A., Lemonnier, F., Rostan, F., & Vuillemin, A. (2021). Building health promoting sports clubs: A participative concept mapping approach: Oral Presentation B11.6. The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, 14(3). https://doi.org/10.14288/hfjc.v14i3.563

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