Can Health-Enhancing Sporting Programs in Sports Clubs Lead to a Settings-Based Approach? An Exploratory Qualitative Study

Linda Ooms, Mette van Kruijsbergen and Dorine Collard
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Linda Ooms: Mulier Institute, P.O. Box 85445, 3508 AK Utrecht, The Netherlands
Mette van Kruijsbergen: Mulier Institute, P.O. Box 85445, 3508 AK Utrecht, The Netherlands
Dorine Collard: Mulier Institute, P.O. Box 85445, 3508 AK Utrecht, The Netherlands

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 11, 1-13

Abstract: There is limited knowledge about how a settings-based approach can be best applied in a sports club setting. This qualitative exploratory study examined whether and how sporting programs focusing on individual behavior change (i.e., increasing physical activity levels of inactive people) and implemented on the micro-level of the sports club, can be a first step towards a settings-based approach (i.e., inclusion of the meso- and macro-level of the sports club). In addition, this study explored factors that influenced the inclusion of the meso- and macro-level of the sports club. Telephone interviews were conducted with representatives of sixteen sports clubs about program activities on all levels of the sports club. Thematic analyses were performed to explore stimulating and hindering factors. After multiple years, six sports clubs also had program activities on the meso-level and twelve sports clubs had activities on the macro-level. Program activities differed per level within a sports club and on the same level between sports clubs. Cultural and social factors influenced macro-level activities, while predominantly economic factors influenced meso-level activities. Based on these factors, sports clubs could develop, prioritize, and choose strategies that support them in developing a settings-based approach when increasing physical activity levels of inactive citizens.

Keywords: sports club; sporting program; health-enhancing physical activity; settings-based approach; inactive; stimulating factors; hindering factors; qualitative study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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