In praise of sport: Promoting sport participation as a mechanism of health among persons with a disability

Wilhite, Barbara; Shank, John

doi:10.1016/j.dhjo.2009.01.002

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“…Arguably, disability research in SFD is still in its infancy because of the limited amount of funding and relatively small number of projects focused specifically on disabled community members. In other words, although there were a number of articles that focus on the Paralympics and elite athletes with disabilities, grassroots disability sport studies with a clear focus on improving health outcomes or achieving specific SFD targets were hard to find (e.g., Wilhite & Shank, 2009). Similarly, there are still not enough projects dedicated specifically to the advancement of access and rights for girls and women (e.g., Siefken, Schofield, & Schulenkorf, 2014).…”

Section: Thematic Areasmentioning

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Sport for Development: An Integrated Literature Review

Schulenkorf

Sherry²,

Rowe

2016

Journal of Sport Management

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Despite the significant increase of published research in sport-for-development (SFD), to date there have been no attempts to rigorously review and synthesize scholarly contributions in this area. To address this issue, we conducted an integrative review of SFD literature to portray an overarching and holistic picture of the field. Through a comprehensive literature analysis following Whittemore and Knafl's (2005) five-step process, we provide evidence of the status quo of current SFD research foci, authorship, geographical contexts, theoretical frameworks, sport activity, level of development, methodologies, methods, and key research findings. Our study shows an increasing trend of journal publications since 2000, with a strong focus on social and educational outcomes related to youth sport and with football (soccer) as the most common activity. A large majority of SFD research has been conducted at the community level, where qualitative approaches are dominant. The geographical contexts of authorship and study location present an interesting paradox: Although the majority of SFD projects are carried out in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, 90% of SFD authors are based in North America, Europe, and Australia. We conclude our study by providing new perspectives on key issues in SFD and by outlining current research and theoretical gaps that provide the basis for future scholarly inquiry.Keywords: Sport for development, development through sport, comparative research Over the past decade, the field of sport-for-development (SFD) has received significant attention from nongovernmental organizations, government agencies, sport practitioners, and sport academics around the world. Sport-for-development has been defined as "the use of sport to exert a positive influence on public health, the socialisation of children, youths and adults, the social inclusion of the disadvantaged, the economic development of regions and states, and on fostering intercultural exchange and conflict resolution" (Lyras & Welty Peachey, 2011, p. 311). As a consequence of growing political and institutional support, the number of sport-based projects aimed at contributing to positive development in these areas has been constantly increasing (Coalter, 2007(Coalter, , 2013 Levermore & Beacom, 2009; Schulenkorf & Adair, 2014). The popularity of SFD stems from its ability to capture or "hook" a large number of people-particularly those interested in sport and physical activity-and use the momentum in and around sport as a strategic vehicle to communicate, implement, and achieve nonsport development goals.In the academic domain, the continued growth of SFD projects has led to an influx of theoretical and empirical studies across numerous disciplines of sport, including management (Hayhurst & Frisby, 2010; Parent & Harvey, 2008), sociology (Coalter, 2013;Darnell, 2012), health (Crabbe, 2000;Eime, Payne, & Harvey, 2008), public policy (Giulianotti, 2011), gender studies (Meier & Saavedra, 2009;Pedersen & Seidman, 2004), education (Burnett, 2013;Je...

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Section: Thematic Areasmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sport for Development: An Integrated Literature Review

Schulenkorf

Sherry²,

Rowe

2016

Journal of Sport Management

288

248

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“…Melhoras em aspectos físicos, motores, comportamentais, na qualidade de vida e aumento na auto-estima são observados nessa população, a partir da prática esportiva [49][50][51] . Além disso, há a possibilidade de formação de atletas e promoção de novos talentos.…”

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O “rugby” em cadeira de rodas no âmbito da universidade: relato de experiência da Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Pena

Silva

Campos

et al. 2014

Rev. bras. educ. fís. esporte

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ResumoO "Rugby" em Cadeira de Rodas (RCR) é uma modalidade paralímpica praticada por pessoas com defi ciência física e a participação das universidades é importante para seu crescimento. Este estudo descreveu o desenvolvimento do RCR na extensão universitária, através do estudo de caso no projeto de extensão da Faculdade de Educação Física da UNICAMP. O RCR relaciona-se com o ensino, pesquisa e extensão; através do contato com a modalidade nas disciplinas; realização de estudos; oportunidade de prática e contato com a comunidade. A extensão universitária é um espaço importante para a vivência prática de alunos de Educação Física e contato com a comunidade. Através da aproximação da ciência com a prática, o RCR é trabalhado de forma consistente, alcançando bons resultados esportivos.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: "Rugby" em cadeira de rodas; Educação física; Esporte paralímpico; Extensão universitária.Segundo o IBGE 1 existem aproximadamente 26,4 milhões de pessoas com de ciência, no Brasil. Uma das causas de de ciência que acomete essa população é a lesão na medula espinhal que causa redução da massa muscular, disfunções circulatórias, respiratórias e térmicas, devido à disfunção do sistema simpático 2-4 entre outras alterações. Além dos fatores citados, as di culdades de acesso em locais públicos e infraestrutura inapropriada de diversos estabelecimentos agravam ainda mais o problema da locomoção. Dessa forma, os elevados números de sedentarismo encontrados parecem gerar aumento signi cativo de complicações relacionadas como, por exemplo, diabetes tipo II, hipertensão arterial, alterações no per l lipídico, aumento da quantidade de gordura corporal, doenças cardiovasculares e cardiorrespiratórias 5 .Estudos epidemiológicos apontam que as emergências cardiovasculares são as principais causas de morte em pessoas com lesão da medula espinhal 6 .Existe o relato de que em tempos recentes a principal causa de mortalidade nessa população eram as doenças cardiovasculares (46%) e sujeitos com mais de 60 anos estas doenças representavam 35% das causas de morte 7 .Uma das formas de amenizar as complicações decorrentes da lesão na medula espinhal é a prática esportiva que, segundo D et al. 8 , auxilia na melhora do per l lipídico (indicador de doença coronariana) e, por consequência, numa melhora na qualidade de vida. Neste sentido quando se analisa especi camente a questão das pessoas com lesões de nível cervical (i.e: tetraplegia) existem poucas opções de prática esportiva. Uma destas opções é o "Rugby" em Cadeira de Rodas (RCR) 9 . M -S et al. 10 apresentaram evidências de que a prática de atividade física, especi camente esportes coletivos em cadeira de rodas (basquete, handebol e "rugby") está associada com a melhora (diminuição)

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“…Many communities have a lack of a clear policy and public health plans that include people with ID [17,18]. Healthy lifestyle interventions for people with ID are very scarce [6], which point at more research in this area [19].…”

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Healthy lifestyle for people with intellectual disabilities through a health intervention program

Lorentzen¹,

Wikström²

2012

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There are well known gaps related to health care service and public health interventions for people with Intellectual Disabilities (ID), but there is still lack of research information of what nurses can do to reducing health disparities of persons with ID. The present study aimed at exploring the views of people with ID about a healthy lifestyle, exercise, and to take part in a health promotion program. A qualitative method was an appropriate method for capturing the informants' points of view. Participants were adults with intellectual disability who would be able to give their consent verbally and in written form. Women (n = 7) and men (n = 6). Data were collected from focus group interviews and analysed according to a qualitative content analysis of the tape-recorded and verbatim transcribed interviews. The participants took part in four workshops about healthy food, and ten physical activities addressing the connection to physical, social and emotional health. The results of the focus group interviews show that participants have knowledge about the importance of a healthy lifestyle for good health including physical activity and healthy food. Participants also describe social interaction and self-determination as important aspects in their life. It could then be concluded that the health promotion program result point at consciousness about a healthy lifestyle. There is still lack of research information of what public health nurses can do to reducing health disparities of persons with ID. Public health nurses work in community-based services and therefore they also might support persons with ID through health intervention programs.

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In praise of sport: Promoting sport participation as a mechanism of health among persons with a disability

Cited by 72 publications

References 17 publications

Sport for Development: An Integrated Literature Review

Sport for Development: An Integrated Literature Review

O “rugby” em cadeira de rodas no âmbito da universidade: relato de experiência da Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Healthy lifestyle for people with intellectual disabilities through a health intervention program

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