The Challenges of Partnering to Promote Health through Sport

Alex Donaldson, Kiera Staley, Matthew Cameron, Sarah Dowling, Erica Randle, Paul O’Halloran, Nicola McNeil, Arthur Stukas and Matthew Nicholson
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Alex Donaldson: Centre for Sport and Social Impact, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia
Kiera Staley: Centre for Sport and Social Impact, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia
Matthew Cameron: Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth), West Melbourne, VIC 3003, Australia
Sarah Dowling: Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth), West Melbourne, VIC 3003, Australia
Erica Randle: Centre for Sport and Social Impact, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia
Paul O’Halloran: Centre for Sport and Social Impact, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia
Nicola McNeil: Centre for Sport and Social Impact, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia
Arthur Stukas: Centre for Sport and Social Impact, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia
Matthew Nicholson: Centre for Sport and Social Impact, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 13, 1-14

Abstract: Interagency partnerships and collaborations underpin a settings-based approach to health promotion in all settings, including sport. This study used an online concept mapping approach to explore the challenges that Regional Sports Assemblies (RSAs) in Victoria, Australia experienced when working in partnerships to develop and deliver physical activity programs in a community sport context. Participants from nine RSAs brainstormed 46 unique partnership-related challenges that they then sorted into groups based on similarity of meaning and rated for importance and capacity to manage (6-point scale; 0 = least, 5 = most). A six cluster map (number of statements in cluster, mean cluster importance and capacity ratings)—Co-design for regional areas (4, 4.22, 2.51); Financial resources (3, 4.00, 2.32); Localised delivery challenges (4, 3.72, 2.33); Challenges implementing existing State Sporting Association (SSA) products (9, 3.58, 2.23); Working with clubs (8, 3.43, 2.99); and Partnership engagement (18, 3.23, 2.95)—was considered the most appropriate interpretation of the sorted data. The most important challenge was Lack of volunteer time (4.56). Partnerships to implement health promotion initiatives in sports settings involve multiple challenges, particularly for regional sport organisations working in partnership with community sport clubs with limited human and financial resources, to implement programs developed by national or state-based organisations.

Keywords: settings-based health promotion; community sports clubs; partnerships; concept mapping; collaborations; physical activity (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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