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Exploring the provision and motives behind the adoption of health-promotion programmes in professional football clubs across four European countries

This study mapped existing health-promotion provisions targeting adults in professional football clubs across England, the Netherlands, Norway, and Portugal, and explored motives behind the clubs’ adoption of the European Fans in Training (EuroFIT) programme. We surveyed top-tier football clubs in t...

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Autores principales: Røynesdal, Øystein B., van Nassau, Femke, Chng, Nai Rui, Pereira, Hugo, Andersen, Eivind, Bunn, Christopher, Jelsma, Judith G. M., Nijhuis-van der Sanden, Maria W. G., Roberts, Glyn C., Sørensen, Marit, van de Glind, Irene, van Actherberg, Theo, Gray, Cindy M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8604315/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34797842
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259458
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author Røynesdal, Øystein B.
van Nassau, Femke
Chng, Nai Rui
Pereira, Hugo
Andersen, Eivind
Bunn, Christopher
Jelsma, Judith G. M.
Nijhuis-van der Sanden, Maria W. G.
Roberts, Glyn C.
Sørensen, Marit
van de Glind, Irene
van Actherberg, Theo
Gray, Cindy M.
author_facet Røynesdal, Øystein B.
van Nassau, Femke
Chng, Nai Rui
Pereira, Hugo
Andersen, Eivind
Bunn, Christopher
Jelsma, Judith G. M.
Nijhuis-van der Sanden, Maria W. G.
Roberts, Glyn C.
Sørensen, Marit
van de Glind, Irene
van Actherberg, Theo
Gray, Cindy M.
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description This study mapped existing health-promotion provisions targeting adults in professional football clubs across England, the Netherlands, Norway, and Portugal, and explored motives behind the clubs’ adoption of the European Fans in Training (EuroFIT) programme. We surveyed top-tier football clubs in the four countries and interviewed representatives from football clubs and the clubs’ charitable foundation who delivered EuroFIT. The findings showed large between-country differences, with football clubs in England reporting far greater healthy lifestyle provision than other countries. Relatively few health-promotion programmes targeted adults, particularly in the Netherlands, Portugal, and Norway. Club representatives reported that the motives for adopting the EuroFIT programme often involved adhering to both the social objectives of the football club or club’s foundation and business-related objectives. They viewed the scientific evidence and evaluation underpinning EuroFIT as helpful in demonstrating the value and potential future impact of both the programme and the clubs’ wider corporate social responsibility provision.
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spelling pubmed-86043152021-11-20 Exploring the provision and motives behind the adoption of health-promotion programmes in professional football clubs across four European countries Røynesdal, Øystein B. van Nassau, Femke Chng, Nai Rui Pereira, Hugo Andersen, Eivind Bunn, Christopher Jelsma, Judith G. M. Nijhuis-van der Sanden, Maria W. G. Roberts, Glyn C. Sørensen, Marit van de Glind, Irene van Actherberg, Theo Gray, Cindy M. PLoS One Research Article This study mapped existing health-promotion provisions targeting adults in professional football clubs across England, the Netherlands, Norway, and Portugal, and explored motives behind the clubs’ adoption of the European Fans in Training (EuroFIT) programme. We surveyed top-tier football clubs in the four countries and interviewed representatives from football clubs and the clubs’ charitable foundation who delivered EuroFIT. The findings showed large between-country differences, with football clubs in England reporting far greater healthy lifestyle provision than other countries. Relatively few health-promotion programmes targeted adults, particularly in the Netherlands, Portugal, and Norway. Club representatives reported that the motives for adopting the EuroFIT programme often involved adhering to both the social objectives of the football club or club’s foundation and business-related objectives. They viewed the scientific evidence and evaluation underpinning EuroFIT as helpful in demonstrating the value and potential future impact of both the programme and the clubs’ wider corporate social responsibility provision. Public Library of Science 2021-11-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8604315/ /pubmed/34797842 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259458 Text en © 2021 Røynesdal et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Røynesdal, Øystein B.
van Nassau, Femke
Chng, Nai Rui
Pereira, Hugo
Andersen, Eivind
Bunn, Christopher
Jelsma, Judith G. M.
Nijhuis-van der Sanden, Maria W. G.
Roberts, Glyn C.
Sørensen, Marit
van de Glind, Irene
van Actherberg, Theo
Gray, Cindy M.
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title_short Exploring the provision and motives behind the adoption of health-promotion programmes in professional football clubs across four European countries
title_sort exploring the provision and motives behind the adoption of health-promotion programmes in professional football clubs across four european countries
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8604315/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34797842
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259458
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