Centre for Active Lifestyles, Institute of Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure, Carnegie Faculty, Leeds Metropolitan University, Headingley Campus, Leeds LS6 3QS, UK.
Public Health. 2013 Aug;127(8):716-26. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2013.04.011. Epub 2013 Jul 17.
To investigate the key design characteristics of Premier League Health (PLH), a national programme of men's health improvement delivered in/by 16 English Premier League (EPL) football clubs.
Health Trainers (HTs) were hired by EPL clubs to deliver PLH. HTs were the focus of investigations aimed at identifying the active design characteristics of male-specific health promotion interventions.
Semi-structured interviews led by researchers were performed with 13/16 HTs and identified the key design characteristics influential in (I) reaching and (II) helping participants adopt health improvement interventions delivered in professional football club settings.
HTs believed that combining the appeal of football alongside EPL clubs, offered a unique opportunity to reach adult males, including hard-to-engage-men (HTEM). Awareness raising events held on match days aimed to connect with men, but outreach activities were especially important for engaging participants. Following initial reach, familiar settings, such as the club stadia and community venues were also important for ensuring regular involvement in health improvement sessions. Interventions shaped around men's health needs and delivered at times when participants could more easily attend, were factors which helped to engage men. Supportive social environments and a range of exercise modes and delivery options were also seen by HTs as being similarly important. Both the informality and familiarity of EPL clubs were viewed by HTs as having substantial advantages over conventional NHS settings for reaching and engaging men. Importantly, HTs contributed substantial skills to the delivery of PLH.
Although, top flight professional football clubs can recruit men, including those regarded as hard-to-engage into health improvement programmes, considerable attention to delivery refinement is needed to support male participants adopting interventions aimed at promoting healthy lifestyles.
研究 Premier League Health（PLH）的关键设计特点，这是一项在 16 家英格兰超级联赛（EPL）足球俱乐部中开展的男性健康改善的全国性计划。
EPL 俱乐部聘请健康培训师（HTs）来实施 PLH。HTs 是调查的重点，旨在确定男性特定健康促进干预措施的积极设计特点。
研究人员对 13/16 名 HTs 进行了半结构化访谈，确定了影响以下方面的关键设计特点：（I）接触和（II）帮助参与者采用在职业足球俱乐部环境中提供的健康改善干预措施。
HTs 认为，将足球的吸引力与 EPL 俱乐部相结合，为接触成年男性，包括难以接触的男性（HTEM）提供了独特的机会。在比赛日举办的提高认识活动旨在与男性建立联系，但外展活动对于吸引参与者尤为重要。在最初接触之后，俱乐部体育场和社区场地等熟悉的环境对于确保定期参与健康改善课程也很重要。围绕男性健康需求制定的干预措施，并在参与者更容易参加的时间提供，是帮助吸引男性的因素。HTs 还认为，支持性的社会环境以及一系列锻炼模式和交付选项同样重要。HTs 认为，EPL 俱乐部的非正式性和熟悉程度相对于传统的国民保健制度环境具有很大的优势，可用于接触和吸引男性。重要的是，HTs 为 PLH 的实施做出了大量贡献。
尽管顶级职业足球俱乐部可以招募男性，包括那些被认为难以接触的男性参与健康改善计划，但需要对实施进行精细调整，以支持男性参与者采用旨在促进健康生活方式的干预措施。
