Promoting men's health through sports clubs: A systematic rapid realist review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health promotion (HP) interventions delivered through sports clubs have demonstrated promising outcomes among men, but less is known about which aspects of the interventions work, for whom, and under what circumstances. This rapid realist review aimed to understand the contexts, mechanisms, and outcomes of HP interventions for men delivered through sports clubs.

Methods

A systematic literature search was conducted in February 2023 for studies published after 2013 in MEDLINE, Embase, and SPORTDiscus databases.

Included studies

(a) were delivered by or in collaboration with sports clubs, (b) targeted men aged 18+ years, and (c) reported 1 or more HP outcomes. A grey literature search was also performed. Studies were included in a realist synthesis based on ri

SUBMITTER: Timm A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11863273 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature