Development of a health promoting sports clubs intervention: An intervention mapping process analysis

Hoye, Van, Stacey Johnson, Florence Rostan, Fabienne Lemonnier, Benjamin Tezier, Susanna Geidne, Alex Donaldson and Anne Vuillemin

Evaluation and Program Planning, 2025, vol. 112, issue C

Abstract: Developing and implementing health promotion interventions in sports clubs is challenging. Implementing interventions in real world settings should be specific to a sports club’s context, particularly their voluntary nature. The present study maps and analyzes the development of the PROSCeSS intervention, designed to support sports clubs to implement health promotion. A case study design mobilising Intervention Mapping — needs assessment, matrix of change, theory of action, program design, plan for adoption and implementation and evaluation — describes the multi-phase intervention. Results encompass the main findings from i) a literature review and a concept mapping study as a needs assessment; ii) a Delphi study and health promoting sports club intervention framework to design the matrix of change; iii) a case study among sports clubs and sports federations to select the theory of action; iv) the intervention co-construction to create the program; v) results from a pilot study to validate the plan for adoption; and vi) implementation and presentation of the e-PROSCeSS questionnaire creation and hybrid type-3 protocol as an evaluation method. The discussion explores the tensions created between evidence driven strategies and the habits of sports clubs, the use of top-down versus bottom-up approaches and reflections on the recursive rather than linear process adopted by the authors.

Keywords: Settings-based; Implementation science; Systems thinking; Health promotion interventions; Sports clubs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102640

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