Get Fit With the Grizzlies: A Community-School-Home Initiative to Fight Childhood Obesity

Irwin, Carol C.; Irwin, Richard L.; Miller, Maureen E.; Somes, Grant W.; Richey, Phyllis A.

doi:10.1111/j.1746-1561.2010.00510.x

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“…Other scholars have also demonstrated that sport organisations can effectively promote socially beneficial ideas and behaviours, such as support for environmental protection (Inoue and Kent, 2012) and health-related behaviours (Irwin et al, 2010). To date, however, no research has been undertaken to 362 DPM 24,3 test whether and how sport organisations and athletes increase the provision of intangible support from consumers.…”

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“…Second, scholars have demonstrated that sport has the ability to influence people to support a social cause (Inoue and Kent, 2012;Irwin et al, 2010;Kim and Walker, 2013). Therefore, encouraging the involvement of sport organisations and athletes in disaster relief efforts by clarifying their specific roles may increase public support for disasters and benefit affected people and communities.…”

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Sport and disaster relief: a content analysis

Inoue

Havard

2015

Disaster Prevention and Management

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore disaster relief activities implemented by high-profile sport organisations and athletes. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 70 newspaper and magazine articles reporting the disaster relief efforts of sport organisations and athletes in various regions were identified and analysed through a content analysis. Findings – The authors find 11 forms of activities that sport organisations and athletes have implemented to provide social support in post-disaster situations. These forms are classified based on type of post-disaster social support: eight forms are categorised as tangible support, while the other three are categorised as emotional support. Research limitations/implications – The findings are based on the analysis of the news media that predominantly reported North American cases, and the current list of disaster relief activities may exclude some activities ignored by these specific data sources. Using the forms of disaster relief activities identified in this study as an initial framework, future studies should engage in the focused analysis of disaster response among sport organisations and athletes. Practical implications – The comprehensive list of the disaster relief activities identified by this study should aid the decision-making of sport organisations and athletes in facing disasters and enable them to better prepare for their disaster response. Originality/value – This study reveals the extensiveness and uniqueness of disaster relief activities currently implemented by sport organisations and athletes.

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Sport and disaster relief: a content analysis

Inoue

Havard

2015

Disaster Prevention and Management

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“…An increasing body of research has begun to investigate the effectiveness of professional sport organizations' CSM initiatives for health promotion (Brady et al 2010;Gray et al 2013a, b;Irwin et al 2010;Pringle et al 2013;Zwolinsky et al 2013). The current study aims to extend this body of research by assessing a CSM initiative using a family-centered approach to improve the health status of the target audience.…”

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A preliminary study of a professional sport organization’s family-centered health promotion initiative

Inoue

Yli-Piipari

Layne

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Building on the framework of the Social Ecological Model (Stokols 1996), this study explored corporate social marketing in professional sport by evaluating a 12-week family-centered health promotion initiative delivered by a U.S. professional sport organization. Three families (n=10) participated in post-intervention focus groups to discuss their experiences with the initiative. The participants reported that this initiative produced an improvement in their health both individually and for the family. The findings further demonstrated two specific mechanisms by which the involvement of the professional sport organization and its players contributed to the health effect of the initiative: (a) serving as role models for child participants and (b) bringing personal accountability to program participation. The results of this preliminary study suggest that professional sport organizations can contribute to health promotion through a family-centered initiative.

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“…It is also imperative to supply sports development with a sufficient number of elite athletes by means of school education and enterprise or social training [32], as sports education institutions can train large numbers of professionals to engage in competitive sports [33]. Apart from this, the industry-academic cooperation [34] model helps integrate students' knowledge and real practices to help bridge the gap between the school curriculum and requirements of the job market. Workplace participation can help enhance the quality and practical experience of professional talents [35], while the implementation of a professional certification system [36] can help guarantee service quality.…”

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“…[30,31] Formation of industry-academic cooperation (b 3 ) Form cooperative relationships between industries and academia. [32][33][34] …”

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Evaluating the Improvement of Sustainability of Sports Industry Policy Based on MADM

Chen

Tzeng

2016

Sustainability

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Abstract:The influence of globalization on sports has turned out to be a popular issue widely discussed by researchers. Improvement to the sustainability of sports industry policy is an important and challenging issue, and related are inherently multiple attribute decision making (MADM) problems that can be strategically important to economic systems. The purpose of this study is to set up a new sustainability sports industry policy evaluation model that addresses the main causal factors and amends the priorities. A MADM model is combined with DEMATEL, DANP, and VIKOR for the evaluation and improvement of the sustainability of sports industry policy. The improvement priorities according to the domain expert interviews are in the following order: promotion and assistance of government policy (A), sports venues and facilities (D), enterprise sponsorship of sports quality (E), expert human resources (B), and finally sports competitions and events (C).

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Get Fit With the Grizzlies: A Community-School-Home Initiative to Fight Childhood Obesity

Abstract: This community-school-home initiative using a professional team's celebrity platform within a certain locale is largely overlooked by school districts and should be considered as a positive strategy to confront childhood obesity.

Cited by 34 publications

References 8 publications

Sport and disaster relief: a content analysis

Sport and disaster relief: a content analysis

A preliminary study of a professional sport organization’s family-centered health promotion initiative

Evaluating the Improvement of Sustainability of Sports Industry Policy Based on MADM

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