Building Public Health Capacity through Organizational Change in the Sport System: A Multiple-Case Study within Australian Gymnastics.

ABSTRACT: Sports clubs increasingly are settings for health promotion initiatives. This study explored organizational change processes and perceived facilitators and barriers relevant to implementing a health promotion initiative within gymnastics settings in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. A multiple-case design investigated the experiences of the state association (Gymnastics NSW) and five clubs from one region of NSW in a participatory Health-Promoting Gymnastics Clubs (HPGC) program. The program aimed to build the capacity of Gymnastics NSW to support affiliated clubs to become health-promoting settings. Interviews with organizational representatives explored their experiences of the program and identified factors that enabled or inhibited program adoption, implementation and sustainability. F

SUBMITTER: Carrad A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8297274 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature