Ethnographic engagement from within a Football in the Community programme at an English Premier League football club
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In: Soccer and Society, Vol. 15, No. 6, 27.05.2014, p. 934-950.
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T1 - Ethnographic engagement from within a Football in the Community programme at an English Premier League football club
AU - Curran, KM
AU - Bingham, DD
AU - Richardson, DJ
AU - Parnell, D
N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor Francis in Soccer and Society on 27/05/2014, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14660970.2014.920627
PY - 2014/5/27
Y1 - 2014/5/27
N2 - The present paper draws upon six years of applied practitioner research experience of the authors who were based within a Football in the Community (FitC) programme at an English Premier League football club in a deprived community in the UK. The paper explores the critical emergent issues concerned with participant recruitment, engagement and retention within a range of FitC physical activity, health improvement interventions with the following populations; primary school children, families, men aged 18?35 years and men aged 55 years and above. Results are drawn from a range of ethnographic, reflective and observational data collection and analysis techniques undertaken by the authors. A first person writing style is used alongside creative non-fiction vignettes. Results relating to the effectiveness of a range of behaviour and lifestyle change interventions are discussed. The authors conclude with a series of proposed operational and strategic ways forward for FitC schemes.
AB - The present paper draws upon six years of applied practitioner research experience of the authors who were based within a Football in the Community (FitC) programme at an English Premier League football club in a deprived community in the UK. The paper explores the critical emergent issues concerned with participant recruitment, engagement and retention within a range of FitC physical activity, health improvement interventions with the following populations; primary school children, families, men aged 18?35 years and men aged 55 years and above. Results are drawn from a range of ethnographic, reflective and observational data collection and analysis techniques undertaken by the authors. A first person writing style is used alongside creative non-fiction vignettes. Results relating to the effectiveness of a range of behaviour and lifestyle change interventions are discussed. The authors conclude with a series of proposed operational and strategic ways forward for FitC schemes.
KW - 1699 Other Studies In Human Society
KW - 1504 Commercial Services
U2 - 10.1080/14660970.2014.920627
DO - 10.1080/14660970.2014.920627
M3 - Article
VL - 15
SP - 934
EP - 950
JO - Soccer and Society
JF - Soccer and Society
IS - 6
ER -