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Sport for Development and COVID-19: Responding to Change and Participant Needs
As COVID-19 hit in the Spring of 2020, substantial challenges began to emerge for individuals around the world. In this empirical piece we examine the impacts of COVID-19 in the sport for development (SFD) context, as it relates to the individual participant, as well as how those individual needs im...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7785770/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33426518 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2020.590151 |
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author | Dixon, Marlene A. Hardie, Ashlyn Warner, Stacy M. Owiro, Emmaculate Awour Orek, Dennis |
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description | As COVID-19 hit in the Spring of 2020, substantial challenges began to emerge for individuals around the world. In this empirical piece we examine the impacts of COVID-19 in the sport for development (SFD) context, as it relates to the individual participant, as well as how those individual needs impact the organization itself. This case study, explores a hybrid SFD organization, Highway of Hope (HOH) in Kenya, and the actions of local leadership in response to emergent participant needs during the onset of the pandemic. Using a case study approach, involving journal responses from program youth participants and local program leadership, along with other field and meeting notes, themes were generated to highlight the most salient challenges and experiences faced by individual participants, as well as the means of addressing those challenges by HOH. Participant journals consisted of both positive and negative thematic findings. Positive experiences included Family Time, Rest, and Practicing Better Hygiene, while negative experiences revolved around Restriction of Activity, and Difficulty at Home. The overall impact on participant lives were expressed in themes such as Socio-emotional, Physical, and Sport-Specific. Further, practical implications for grassroots and hybrid SFD programs during times of unprecedented challenge and notable turning points are highlighted. |
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spelling | pubmed-77857702021-01-07 Sport for Development and COVID-19: Responding to Change and Participant Needs Dixon, Marlene A. Hardie, Ashlyn Warner, Stacy M. Owiro, Emmaculate Awour Orek, Dennis Front Sports Act Living Sports and Active Living As COVID-19 hit in the Spring of 2020, substantial challenges began to emerge for individuals around the world. In this empirical piece we examine the impacts of COVID-19 in the sport for development (SFD) context, as it relates to the individual participant, as well as how those individual needs impact the organization itself. This case study, explores a hybrid SFD organization, Highway of Hope (HOH) in Kenya, and the actions of local leadership in response to emergent participant needs during the onset of the pandemic. Using a case study approach, involving journal responses from program youth participants and local program leadership, along with other field and meeting notes, themes were generated to highlight the most salient challenges and experiences faced by individual participants, as well as the means of addressing those challenges by HOH. Participant journals consisted of both positive and negative thematic findings. Positive experiences included Family Time, Rest, and Practicing Better Hygiene, while negative experiences revolved around Restriction of Activity, and Difficulty at Home. The overall impact on participant lives were expressed in themes such as Socio-emotional, Physical, and Sport-Specific. Further, practical implications for grassroots and hybrid SFD programs during times of unprecedented challenge and notable turning points are highlighted. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7785770/ /pubmed/33426518 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2020.590151 Text en Copyright © 2020 Dixon, Hardie, Warner, Owiro and Orek. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Sports and Active Living Dixon, Marlene A. Hardie, Ashlyn Warner, Stacy M. Owiro, Emmaculate Awour Orek, Dennis Sport for Development and COVID-19: Responding to Change and Participant Needs |
title | Sport for Development and COVID-19: Responding to Change and Participant Needs |
title_full | Sport for Development and COVID-19: Responding to Change and Participant Needs |
title_fullStr | Sport for Development and COVID-19: Responding to Change and Participant Needs |
title_full_unstemmed | Sport for Development and COVID-19: Responding to Change and Participant Needs |
title_short | Sport for Development and COVID-19: Responding to Change and Participant Needs |
title_sort | sport for development and covid-19: responding to change and participant needs |
topic | Sports and Active Living |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7785770/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33426518 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2020.590151 |
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