Guidelines for youth sports clubs to develop, implement, and assess health promotion within its activities

Health Promotion Practice
Sami Kokko

Abstract

The settings approach to health promotion is a world-known concept concerning settings like city, hospital, school, and workplace. The concept has also been used in some regionally specific settings, such as island, prison, or university. However, there are still many, often noninstitutional, settings that have a lot of potential but have not yet been recognized. One of the newcomers is the youth sports club, which has the potential to reach a lot of children and adolescents and is effective, via its casual educational nature based on voluntary participation. According to research, health is an important aim for most youth sports clubs, but it has not been converted into practical actions. Indeed, the clubs often recognize the importance of healthy lifestyles, but there is a lack of understanding of what to do to reinforce it within one's activities. That is why, on the basis of the results of the Health Promoting Sports Club survey in Finland, guidelines for clubs to enhance health promotion as a part of their activities were created. The aim of this article is to present the guidelines, theirs rationale, and practical examples.

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Citations

Jun 4, 2015·BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation·Linda OomsDinny H de Bakker
Nov 25, 2014·Scandinavian Journal of Public Health·Sami Kokko
Feb 24, 2019·Health Education & Behavior : the Official Publication of the Society for Public Health Education·Susanna GeidneAurélie Van Hoye
Oct 29, 2020·Health Promotion International·Aurélie Van HoyeAnne Vuillemin
Jan 28, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Aurélie Van HoyeAnne Vuillemin
Jul 3, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Britta Thedin Jakobsson, Suzanne Lundvall
Jul 3, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Amy CarradHeather Yeatman
Jul 3, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Linda OomsDorine Collard

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