Sport federation investment in health promotion: The healthy club project implementation

IF 1.5 4区社会学 Q2 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY

Evaluation and Program Planning Pub Date : 2025-03-06 DOI:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102579

Aurelie Van Hoye , Colin Regan , Aoife Lane , Catherine Woods

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Abstract

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 system model. The results indicated a three-level structure (national, county, club). Six employees at the national federation level support the work of 32 volunteer County Health and Well-being Committees and 439 clubs. The strengths are the identification of a single national reference point for clubs and Counties, the learning process and openness to innovation, and the enhanced workforce through a County officer appointment acting as role model. The challenges being faced are resources allocation, the level of engagement of the County and club board, and the training of volunteers. The strengths of the management system include the composition of the steering committee and the proper use of evaluation. Key scaling up levers and barriers of the present program could inform other sport organisations on the scaling up process of their programmes.

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体育联合会健康促进投资：健康俱乐部项目实施

关于促进健康的研究主要是调查体育俱乐部的活动，但对体育联合会提供的支持知之甚少。本研究旨在分析盖尔体育协会（GAA）健康俱乐部项目扩大过程中的成功和障碍。采用文献分析、观察和8次访谈相结合的案例研究设计。数据分析采用可行系统模型进行演绎编码。结果表明：国家、县、俱乐部三级结构。全国联合会一级的6名雇员支持32个志愿县保健和福利委员会和439个俱乐部的工作。其优势在于为俱乐部和县确定了一个单一的国家参考点，学习过程和对创新的开放性，以及通过任命县官员作为榜样来增强劳动力。面临的挑战是资源分配、县及扶轮社理事会的参与程度，以及义工的训练。管理制度的长处包括指导委员会的组成和评价的适当使用。本项目的关键扩大杠杆和障碍可以为其他体育组织提供有关其项目扩大过程的信息。

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Evaluation and Program Planning SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY-

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