The Contribution of Sport as a Means of Inclusion in Discussions of Sustainable Development for Visually Disabled People

Abstract

Introduction

Self-reported visual impairment, physical activity and all-cause mortality: The HUNT Study

“…The association between PA and mental health has been widely investigated in adolescent populations in general Camero, Hobbs, Stringer, Branscum, & Taylor, 2012), but has not been studied among adolescents with visual impairment. All studies from Westernized and non-Westernized countries have included adults and used either a crosssectional design Holbrook, Caputo, Perry, Fuller, & Morgan, 2009;Labudzki & Tasiemski, 2013;Valliant, Bezzubyk, Daley, & Asu, 1985) or a qualitative design (Pereira, Osborne, Cabral, & da Silva, 2011). Hence, population-based studies with prospective designs and including a sample of adolescents are needed.…”

Narrowing the Definition of Social Inclusion in Sport for People with Disabilities through a Scoping Review

“…(3) The findings of this review endorse that participation in sport is beneficial for psychological well-being, indicators of psychological ill-being, and social outcomes in adults. The 152 statements reached were processed into six key categories, namely: policy (29), fundamental conditions (28), key elements (30), soft skills (20), field gaps (31), and best practices (14). Ten keywords were extracted from each of the six categories using the free online program cortical.io.…”

“…For example, using keywords in Google Scholar such as disability or impairment, children and youth, sports clubs, sport, or organized sport and inclusion, approximately 13,100 reviewed articles were found in the databases over the last ten years [ 28 ]. Our review found a wide variety of methods for studying the topic of sport inclusion of people with disabilities, using questionnaires [ 12 , 24 , 29 ] and/or structured, semi-structured interviews or narrative inquiry [ 11 , 24 , 25 , 30 ], Moreover, a confirmatory questionnaire was created to assess the involvement in sport, with an analysis based on theoretical foundations such as the social model of disability, the definition of abilities, the nature of social inclusion/exclusion, sources of motivation, the form of social support, the theory of planned behavior, DeLuca’s four conceptions of inclusion [ 31 ], the block model of empowerment, and social field theory [ 8 , 11 , 13 , 24 , 28 , 29 ].…”

“…The research also identifies the perceptions of parents, coaches, disabled people, athletes with disabilities, other partners in sport, management of voluntary clubs, sports organizations responsible for policy, and other groups at risk of social exclusion in European and global countries such as Serbia, Poland, Ukraine, Germany, Hungary, the United Kingdom, Greece, Italy, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, England, the Netherlands, Portugal, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, Australia, Africa, the USA, and Asia [ 8 , 11 , 13 , 24 , 25 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 ].…”

The effect of physical activity on mental health among adolescents with and without self-reported visual impairment: The Young-HUNT Study, Norway

“…The association between PA and mental health has been widely investigated in adolescent populations in general (Ahn & Fedewa, 2011; Camero, Hobbs, Stringer, Branscum, & Taylor, 2012), but has not been studied among adolescents with visual impairment. All studies from Westernized and non-Westernized countries have included adults and used either a cross-sectional design (Di Cagno et al, 2013; Holbrook, Caputo, Perry, Fuller, & Morgan, 2009; Labudzki & Tasiemski, 2013; Valliant, Bezzubyk, Daley, & Asu, 1985) or a qualitative design (Pereira, Osborne, Cabral, & da Silva, 2011). Hence, population-based studies with prospective designs and including a sample of adolescents are needed.…”