ASPHALT II: Study Protocol for a Multi-Method Evaluation of a Comprehensive Peer-Led Youth Community Sport Programme Implemented in Low Resource Neighbourhoods

Julie Hellesøe Christensen, Cecilie Karen Ljungmann, Charlotte Skau Pawlowski, Helene Rald Johnsen, Nikoline Olsen, Mathilde Hulgård, Adrian Bauman and Charlotte Demant Klinker ()
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Julie Hellesøe Christensen: Health Promotion Research, Copenhagen University Hospital—Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, 2730 Herlev, Denmark
Cecilie Karen Ljungmann: Health Promotion Research, Copenhagen University Hospital—Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, 2730 Herlev, Denmark
Charlotte Skau Pawlowski: Research Unit for Active Living, Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense, Denmark
Helene Rald Johnsen: Health Promotion Research, Copenhagen University Hospital—Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, 2730 Herlev, Denmark
Nikoline Olsen: GAME, 2450 Copenhagen, Denmark
Mathilde Hulgård: GAME, 2450 Copenhagen, Denmark
Adrian Bauman: Health Promotion Research, Copenhagen University Hospital—Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, 2730 Herlev, Denmark
Charlotte Demant Klinker: Health Promotion Research, Copenhagen University Hospital—Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, 2730 Herlev, Denmark

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 22, 1-13

Abstract: To reduce inequalities in children’s sport participation, studies are needed to explore ways in which children from low resource neighbourhoods can be engaged and retained in sport. GAME Community is a peer-led community sport programme which aims to promote physical activity through participation in inclusive street sports activities targeting 8–15-year-old children living in low resource neighbourhoods. The GAME Community intervention is implemented by the non-profit street sport organisation GAME. Five components support the implementation of GAME Community: (1) training of peer leaders; (2) a focus on inclusion of inactive girls; (3) parental involvement; (4) community engagement; (5) strengthened organisational support to peer leaders. In the ASPHALT II study, we aim to evaluate GAME Community and hence contribute to understanding how children growing up in low resource neighbourhoods can be engaged and retained in physical activity through participation in peer-led, community-based sport and to generate new understandings on the scale up of community interventions. The primary objective of the evaluation is to investigate the implementation of GAME Community and the programme’s reach, and to establish the functioning and mechanisms of the programme. The secondary objective is to establish the health enhancing potential of the programme. The evaluation of GAME Community involves three linked but independent studies that investigate (1) the functioning (i.e., mechanisms and processes), (2) reach, and (3) outcomes. The functioning of the five intervention components is investigated using qualitative methodologies. Programme reach will be investigated based on participant registrations. Systematic observations using a novel combination of validated tools will provide information on outcomes (physical activity level and social behaviour) during GAME Community activities. Investigating functioning, reach, and outcomes of the GAME Community intervention by using multiple methods is a strength, as different data complement and inform each other. This study will provide in-depth insights into if and how children living in low resource neighbourhoods can be engaged and retained in physical activity through participation in peer-led, community-based sport. Contributions of this evaluation include new understanding of the mechanisms and scalability of a community-based street sport intervention.

Keywords: low resource neighborhoods; physical activity; prospective study; street sport; peer education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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