Capitalization of Health Promotion Initiatives within French Sports Clubs

Aurélie Van Hoye, Stacey Johnson, Fabienne Lemonnier, Florence Rostan, Laurianne Crochet, Benjamin Tezier and Anne Vuillemin
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Aurélie Van Hoye: APEMAC, University of Lorraine, 54600 Villers-lès-Nancy, France
Stacey Johnson: LAMHESS, Université Côte d’Azur, 06200 Nice, France
Fabienne Lemonnier: Department of Health Promotion, Santé Publique France, 94410 Saint-Maurice, France
Florence Rostan: Department of Health Promotion, Santé Publique France, 94410 Saint-Maurice, France
Laurianne Crochet: Department of Health Promotion, Santé Publique France, 94410 Saint-Maurice, France
Benjamin Tezier: APEMAC, University of Lorraine, 54600 Villers-lès-Nancy, France
Anne Vuillemin: LAMHESS, Université Côte d’Azur, 06200 Nice, France

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 3, 1-14

Abstract: The settings-based approach to health promotion within sports clubs is a growing field of research. Evidence of health promotion intervention effectiveness in scientific literature is scarce, and little is known about their implementation mechanisms. The present study explores how promising health promotion interventions in eight French sports clubs are developed, and how the health promoting sports club’s intervention planning framework is applied. A method to collect Experiential Knowledge in health promotion was used, based on two iterative interviews to analyze intervention mechanisms and completed with document analysis. A deductive analysis using the health promoting sports club intervention planning framework was then undertaken. Among the 14 evidence-driven strategies, 13 were implemented in sports clubs (min = 9; max = 13). Policies were not targeted by any of the interventions. Key competencies of the managers of these health promotion interventions were identified: (1) having a deep understanding of the public and environment, (2) acquiring a high capacity to mobilize internal and external human resources, (3) possessing communication skills and (4) having an ability to write grant applications. By using evidence-driven strategies and intervention components, sports professionals can use this experiential knowledge to create successful and sustainable interventions.

Keywords: health promotion; settings-based; capitalization; sports clubs; complex interventions (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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