Department of Health Economics and Health Management, School of Health Sciences in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 41902 Bytom, Poland.
Department of Public Health, School of Health Sciences in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 41902 Bytom, Poland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 6;19(19):12798. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191912798.
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected local governments involved in sports and recreation in designated areas. The unprecedented scale of the spread of the disease has led to increased research in the area of the disease, considering various correlations. However, little has been written about the impact of the pandemic on local government spending on recreation and sports services in Poland.
The purpose of the article is to assess the level of local government involvement in the implementation of sports and recreation in Poland compared to other European Union countries, as well as changes in this level in connection with the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in the opinion of respondents.
In the study, the data regarding expenditures of local government units on recreational and sporting services collected in the Statistical Office of the European Union (EURO-STAT) for 2015-2020 were used. The survey portion was conducted among 1600 respondents who provided answers on a 5-item scale that addressed local government involvement in promoting physical activity among residents during COVID-19.
Local government spending on recreational and sporting services in Poland between 2015 and 2019 increased by about 38%, from EUR 1524.7 million in 2015 to EUR 2103.5 million in 2019. This spending in 2019 was about 40% higher than the average for European Union countries. In contrast, in 2020 it amounted to more than EUR 1886 million and was more than 10% lower compared to the previous year (2019)-the pre-pandemic period. Despite the obstacles caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and budgetary constraints, cities in Poland took several measures in 2020 to maintain the current pace of development and strived to maintain the status of modern, green, and open, betting on balanced development also in aspects related to sports or culture. It was shown that the opinion of respondents mostly coincided with the existing financial state-in voivodeships where there had been a decrease in spending related to sports and recreation compared to the pre-pandemic period, residents are worse at assessing the activities of local governments related to promoting physical activity.
新冠疫情对指定地区的体育和娱乐相关的地方政府产生了重大影响。由于疾病的传播规模空前，该领域的研究也有所增加，考虑到了各种相关性。然而，关于疫情对波兰地方政府在娱乐和体育服务方面支出的影响，相关文献却很少。
本文旨在评估与其他欧盟国家相比，波兰地方政府在实施体育和娱乐方面的参与程度，以及在受访者看来，这种参与程度在新冠疫情出现后的变化。
本研究使用了欧盟统计局（EURO-STAT）在 2015-2020 年期间收集的有关地方政府单位在娱乐和体育服务方面支出的数据。调查部分在 1600 名受访者中进行，他们根据 5 项量表回答了地方政府在新冠疫情期间促进居民体育活动方面的参与度问题。
2015 年至 2019 年期间，波兰地方政府在娱乐和体育服务方面的支出增加了约 38%，从 2015 年的 1.5247 亿欧元增加到 2019 年的 2.1035 亿欧元。2019 年的支出比欧盟国家的平均水平高出约 40%。相比之下，2020 年的支出达到了 1.886 亿欧元以上，比前一年（2019 年）——大流行前时期下降了 10%以上。尽管受到新冠疫情和预算限制的影响，波兰的城市在 2020 年采取了多项措施来维持当前的发展速度，并努力保持现代、绿色和开放的地位，在体育或文化等相关方面也注重平衡发展。结果表明，受访者的意见与现有财政状况大多相符——与大流行前相比，体育和娱乐支出下降的省份，居民对地方政府促进体育活动的相关活动的评价更差。
