The role of management in achieving health outcomes in SFD programmes: A stakeholder perspective

Increasing physical literacy in youth: A two-week Sport for Development program for children aged 6-10

“…Interactive games developed specifically for this intervention supported the health-related objective of increasing PL, by encouraging the development and creative use of FMS (Mandigo et al 2018). Essential to the intervention's success was a clear organizational consensus regarding the organization's goals and model of development, including an operational definition of PL that closely informed the program activities and evaluation framework (LeCrom et al 2019;Svensson and Hambrick 2016). This stated model of development includes a diverse multi-sport approach for youth aged 6-10 that is likely to foster enjoyment of PA alongside the development of PL (Mandigo et al 2018).…”

“…These components of social responsibility are described as potential benefits that may be achieved through intentional PA, so they create a theoretical path connecting a movement-rich PL program to SFD outcomes. The SFD approach also supports improved health outcomes by facilitating increased access to sport opportunities for youth facing barriers (LeCrom et al 2019).…”

“…Previous evidence recommends a strategic and specific focus for SFD programs that intend to document a positive impact on health outcomes (LeCrom et al 2019). Additional best practices for SFD programs that address health outcomes include the presence of caring and nurturing leaders, coaching or mentoring by peers, well-trained staff and volunteers, organizational consensus regarding the organization's goals and model of development, interactive games that support health promotion objectives, and parental/community support (LeCrom et al 2019).…”

Sport-for-development: A comprehensive analysis of theoretical and conceptual advancements

“…However, as reviewed above, there have been a few notable exceptions-that is, studies that have applied the theory as a framework to guide empirical investigations, with several authors offering a critique of SFDT (see Hills et al, 2018;LeCrom et al, 2019;Massey et al, 2015).…”

“…applied the theory as a lens for an empirical investigation of an SFD intervention that combined music (hip hop), sport, and physical activity to target atrisk youth in Harlem in New York City. The authors concluded that SFDT provided a salient ADVANCEMENTS IN SPORT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT 16 framework to evaluate the components and outcomes of the program, but did not provide any theoretical extensions or examine specific intervention components that facilitated targeted outcomes.The most recent application of SFDT was conducted byLeCrom, Martin, Dwyer, and Greenhalgh (2019) in their study of stakeholder perceptions of the management and healthrelated outcomes of two SFD interventions, one organized in a sport-plus format (i.e., sport as the central context for changing values, attitudes, and behaviors) and the other as plus-sport (i.e., sport as a hook). SFDT was employed to assess the programs and management of these programs through the organizational, sport/physical activity, and educational components of the theory.…”