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Partnership and capacity-building strategies in community sports and recreation programs

- Casey, Meghan, Payne, Warren, Eime, Rochelle

  • Authors: Casey, Meghan , Payne, Warren , Eime, Rochelle
  • Date: 2009
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Managing Leisure Vol. 14, no. 3 (2009), p. 167-176
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  • Description: Partnerships between the health sector and various organizations in the community have been encouraged as a new strategy to develop sports and recreation programs, and achieve public health objectives related to obesity prevention. The purpose of this study was to investigate the partnership-related processes and capacity-building strategies associated with the successful implementation of sports and recreation programs. The research design was a multiple-case study with cross-case comparisons. Eight sports and recreation programs funded by the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation were investigated. Data collection included: semi-structured interviews with grant recipients and key partnership members (n=22); and document analysis. A capacity-building framework was used to guide data analysis. The findings showed that partnerships without the engagement of key stakeholders and a diversity of skills, resources, and approaches were limited to 'come and try' events rather than structured sports and recreation programs in the short term. Addressing the development of partnerships, by implementing a phased approach to program development and implementation may assist the sports and recreation sector build capacity to participate in partnership approaches to health promotion.
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Building the health promotion capacity of sport and recreation organisations : A case study of Regional Sports Assemblies

- Casey, Meghan, Payne, Warren, Eime, Rochelle

  • Authors: Casey, Meghan , Payne, Warren , Eime, Rochelle
  • Date: 2009
  • Type: Text , Journal article
  • Relation: Managing Leisure Vol. 14, no. 2 (2009), p. 112-124
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  • Description: Sport and recreation organisations are increasingly recognised by the health sector as key players for promoting health, particularly in terms of increasing population-wide physical activity levels. Developing the capacity of these organisations to influence health, however, is not understood. This research examined the efficacy of a system-wide, capacity-building strategy implemented to enable sporting organisations to change from a narrow focus on sport to one encompassing health promotion. This involved evaluating a state-wide health promotion programme funded by the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) and implemented within nine Regional Sports Assemblies (RSAs). The research method involved a web-based survey with all RSAs and in-depth interviews with four selected RSA Executive Officers. The results demonstrate that health promotion was successfully adopted within sport and recreation environments; however, they also highlight the need to understand the nature of existing organisational resource dependencies and interdependencies. The article discusses the design of organisational change interventions to support practitioners and policy-makers in health and sport management.
  • Description: 2003008175
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