TY - JOUR

T1 - Fit Fans: perspectives of a practitioner and understanding participant health needs within a health promotion programme for older men delivered within an English Premier League Football Club.

AU - Bingham, DD

AU - Parnell, D

AU - Curran, KM

AU - Jones, R

AU - Richardson, DJ

N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor Francis in Soccer and Society on 05/06/2014, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14660970.2014.920624

PY - 2014/6/5

Y1 - 2014/6/5

N2 - Fit Fans was a men?s health promotion intervention delivered within an English Premier League Football Club (2010-11), which aimed to support the local community dwelling older men in lifestyle promotion (physical activity [PA], diet and wellbeing). The purpose of this study was to provide a reflexive account of a practitioner and the needs of participants. Seven men (mean age 58 years) attended weekly PA and lifestyle sessions over an 8 month period. Baseline physiological measurements included Body Mass Index (BMI), Resting Blood Pressure and Abdominal Girth. Principles of ethnography and observational research (i.e., field notes, reflective diary) were adopted by the practitioner. Unexpectedly the cohort exhibited a range of serious diagnosed illnesses that challenged the practitioner?s skill base and experience in the delivery of the intervention. Reflections of the practitioner and the stories of the progression that participants made add insight to future football in the community programmes.

AB - Fit Fans was a men?s health promotion intervention delivered within an English Premier League Football Club (2010-11), which aimed to support the local community dwelling older men in lifestyle promotion (physical activity [PA], diet and wellbeing). The purpose of this study was to provide a reflexive account of a practitioner and the needs of participants. Seven men (mean age 58 years) attended weekly PA and lifestyle sessions over an 8 month period. Baseline physiological measurements included Body Mass Index (BMI), Resting Blood Pressure and Abdominal Girth. Principles of ethnography and observational research (i.e., field notes, reflective diary) were adopted by the practitioner. Unexpectedly the cohort exhibited a range of serious diagnosed illnesses that challenged the practitioner?s skill base and experience in the delivery of the intervention. Reflections of the practitioner and the stories of the progression that participants made add insight to future football in the community programmes.

KW - 1106 Human Movement And Sports Science

U2 - 10.1080/14660970.2014.920624

DO - 10.1080/14660970.2014.920624

M3 - Article

VL - 20

SP - 883

EP - 901

JO - Soccer and Society

JF - Soccer and Society

IS - 6

ER -