Relationship between coaches' health promotion activities, sports experience and health among adults
2020 (English)In: Health Education Journal, ISSN 0017-8969, E-ISSN 1748-8176, Vol. 79, no 7, p. 763-774, article id 0017896920919777Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Objective: Health promotion in sports clubs is receiving increased attention, but its benefits have not been widely evaluated for two reasons: (1) the difficulty in measuring ecological approach outcomes and (2) the existing literature having focused more on coaches' efficiency rather than on health promotion. This article analyses the relationship between coaches' health promotion activities, sports experience and health among adult sports participants.
Design: A cross-sectional study using self-reported measurement among 204 adult sports participants (M-age = 49.05). A questionnaire measuring demographics, coaches' health promotion activities (healthy lifestyle, substance use and respect for oneself and others), sports experience (enjoyment, subjective vitality) and health (perceived health and quality of life, self-esteem) was completed either before or after a training session.
Setting: Sixteen sports clubs in France
Method: Multilevel analyses were used to evaluate the relationships between health promotion, sports experience and health outcomes, while t-tests compared differences between male adult and youth samples.
Results: Adult perceptions of coaches' health promotion activities were linked to enjoyment, perceived health and subjective vitality. The topic 'healthy lifestyle' was related to enjoyment and perceived health among adults. The topic 'respect for oneself and others' was related to self-esteem.
Conclusion: Adult and youth perceptions of coaches' health promotion activities vary and are linked to different health outcomes. More research is needed to better identify the benefits of health promotion in sports clubs for sports participants, including longitudinal studies to explore causal relationships between variables.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sage Publications, 2020. Vol. 79, no 7, p. 763-774, article id 0017896920919777
Keywords [en]
Coaches, health, health promotion, multilevel analysis, sports clubs, sports experience
National Category
Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology Educational Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-83243DOI: 10.1177/0017896920919777ISI: 000537186100001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85085681516OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-83243DiVA, id: diva2:1441653
Note
Funding Agency:
French Institute of Sweden (TOR mobility program 2019)
2020-06-162020-06-162023-12-08Bibliographically approved