{"title":"Making moves: involved fathers experiences of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside family walking program","authors":"J. Webb, F. Darroch, A. Giles, J. Oliffe","doi":"10.1080/2159676X.2022.2161606","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The relationship between physical activity and fatherhood in communities in which people experience marginalisation is not well understood in qualitative research. This is particularly the case in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) of Vancouver, Canada, where there are few services to meet the unique needs of fathers. To address these gaps, we developed Make a Move (MaM): A six-week family walking group pilot program for mothers, fathers, and their children who were living or accessing services in DTES. Informed by a community-based participatory research approach and intersectional poststructuralism, we conducted semi-structured interviews with nine fathers pre- and post-program to understand how their lived experiences as involved fathers in DTES shaped their participation in MAM. Our analysis revealed the ways that the men challenged dominant discourses related to masculinity, physical activity, and fathering, especially within the context of occupying marginalised and subordinate masculinities.","PeriodicalId":48542,"journal":{"name":"Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2022.2161606","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT The relationship between physical activity and fatherhood in communities in which people experience marginalisation is not well understood in qualitative research. This is particularly the case in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) of Vancouver, Canada, where there are few services to meet the unique needs of fathers. To address these gaps, we developed Make a Move (MaM): A six-week family walking group pilot program for mothers, fathers, and their children who were living or accessing services in DTES. Informed by a community-based participatory research approach and intersectional poststructuralism, we conducted semi-structured interviews with nine fathers pre- and post-program to understand how their lived experiences as involved fathers in DTES shaped their participation in MAM. Our analysis revealed the ways that the men challenged dominant discourses related to masculinity, physical activity, and fathering, especially within the context of occupying marginalised and subordinate masculinities.
在定性研究中,人们经历边缘化的社区中,体育活动与父亲身份之间的关系尚未得到很好的理解。在加拿大温哥华的市中心东区(DTES)尤其如此,那里几乎没有满足父亲独特需求的服务。为了解决这些差距,我们开发了“行动起来”(Make a Move, MaM):一个为期六周的家庭步行小组试点项目,对象是在DTES生活或获得服务的母亲、父亲和他们的孩子。通过基于社区的参与性研究方法和交叉后结构主义,我们对9位父亲进行了半结构化访谈,以了解他们作为参与DTES的父亲的生活经历如何影响他们对MAM的参与。我们的分析揭示了男性挑战与男性气质、体育活动和养育子女相关的主流话语的方式,特别是在被边缘化和从属的男性气质的背景下。