Naccarella Lucio, Pickering-Gummer David, Gannon Dimity, Dell Aquila Catherine, Huxtable Alyssa, Keane Kieran
Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne. Level 4, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton, Vic. 3053, Australia; and Corresponding author. Email:
Western Bulldogs Community Foundation, Victoria University Whitten Oval, 417 Barkly Street, Footscray, Vic. 3011, Australia.
Aust J Prim Health. 2019 Oct;25(4):325-331. doi: 10.1071/PY18184.
Professional sporting organisations can provide lifestyle-based community health improvement programs. Since 2014, the Western Bulldogs Australian Football League Club, through its Western Bulldogs Community Foundation (WBCF), has invested with community partners in the Sons of the West (SOTW) Program, a 10-week program targeted at hard-to-reach men aged ≥18 years living in Victoria's West. The SOTW Program aims to increase its participants' physical activity, social connectedness and overall health. Evaluations by the WBCF revealed the SOTW is positively contributing to improved healthier lifestyles and health of participants. Anecdotal reports revealed the SOTW was creating ripples far beyond the Program's expectations. In 2016-17, the WBCF funded the University of Melbourne to evaluate the SOTW Program ripple effects. An adapted 'Ripple Effect Mapping' approach was used, including 13 focus group discussions with 100 SOTW participants. The SOTW Program is improving men's social connections, health promoting behaviours, health literacy and creating ripple effects including: local community participation; increased volunteerism; enhanced reciprocity; and increased leadership. Community capacity-building frameworks can explain the SOTW Program ripple effects. Professional sporting organisations can provide lifestyle-based health improvement programs and empower men to contribute to building community capacity.
专业体育组织可以提供基于生活方式的社区健康改善项目。自2014年以来，西部牛头犬澳大利亚足球联赛俱乐部通过其西部牛头犬社区基金会（WBCF），与社区合作伙伴共同投资开展了西部之子（SOTW）项目，这是一个为期10周的项目，目标受众是居住在维多利亚州西部、年龄≥18岁且难以接触到的男性。SOTW项目旨在增加参与者的身体活动、社会联系和整体健康水平。WBCF的评估显示，SOTW项目对改善参与者更健康的生活方式和健康状况有积极贡献。轶事报告显示，SOTW项目产生的影响远远超出了项目的预期。在[具体时间]，WBCF资助墨尔本大学评估SOTW项目的涟漪效应。采用了一种经过调整的“涟漪效应映射”方法，包括与100名SOTW参与者进行13次焦点小组讨论。SOTW项目正在改善男性的社会联系、健康促进行为、健康素养，并产生涟漪效应，包括：当地社区参与；志愿服务增加；互惠增强；以及领导力提升。社区能力建设框架可以解释SOTW项目的涟漪效应。专业体育组织可以提供基于生活方式的健康改善项目，并使男性有能力为建设社区能力做出贡献。
