Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya (INEFC), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), 08038 Barcelona, Spain.
Escola Superior de Desporto e Lazer de Melgaço, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, 320 Melgaço, Portugal.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Nov 16;17(22):8470. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17228470.
Participating in outdoor sports in blue spaces is recognized to produce a range of significant social benefits. This case study empirically analyzes the social benefits associated with the School Nautical Activities project carried out in Viana do Castelo (Portugal) in school-age children and adolescents. It consisted of a 4 year program in which scholars took part in nautical activities (surfing, rowing, sailing, and canoeing) in blue spaces once a week during a semester as a part of their physical education course. The methods used for data collection were as follows: (1) a survey answered by 595 participants in the program and (2) five focus groups (FG): two FGs with participants (seven on each FG), two FGs with their parents (eight participants each), and one FG with the physical education teachers (five participants). Interviews were transcribed and qualitative analysis with NVivo software was developed. Results revealed clear evidence on the social benefits for school-age children and adolescents associated with participation in outdoor activities in blue spaces both in the overall health and in all the following analyzed categories: mental health and well-being, education, active citizenship, social behavior, and environmental awareness. More than 40% state that their overall health is much better now (13.4%) or somewhat better now (29.9%) due to their participation in the program. Thus, this article provides support for the anecdotal recognition of the benefits for school-age children and adolescents from participating in sports in the outdoors and especially in blue spaces.
参与蓝色空间中的户外运动被认为会产生一系列重大的社会效益。本案例研究实证分析了与葡萄牙维亚纳堡开展的学校航海活动项目相关的社会效益，该项目面向学龄儿童和青少年。该项目为期 4 年，学者们每周在蓝色空间中进行一次航海活动（冲浪、划船、帆船和皮划艇），作为他们体育课程的一部分。用于数据收集的方法如下：（1）对参与该项目的 595 名参与者进行的调查，（2）五个焦点小组（FG）：两个参与者的 FG（每个 FG 有 7 人），两个家长的 FG（每个 FG 有 8 人），一个体育老师的 FG（有 5 名参与者）。访谈被转录，并使用 NVivo 软件进行定性分析。结果表明，参与蓝色空间中的户外活动对学龄儿童和青少年的身心健康和以下所有分析类别都有明显的好处：心理健康和幸福感、教育、积极的公民意识、社会行为和环境意识。超过 40%的人表示，由于参与该项目，他们的整体健康状况现在“好得多”（13.4%）或“好一些”（29.9%）。因此，本文为参与户外运动，特别是参与蓝色空间运动的学龄儿童和青少年的好处提供了支持。
