Barros Kevin, Lefebvre Arthur, Geidne Susanna, Bardid Farid, Grieco Spartaco, Johnson Stacey, Kokko Sami, Lambe Barry, Lane Aoife, Ooms Linda, Seghers Jan, Sevdalis Vassilis, Vuillemin Anne, Tezier Benjamin, Van Hoye Aurélie
UMR1319 INSPIIRE, Université de Lorraine, 9 avenue de la forêt de Haye, BP 20199, Vandoeuvre Les Nancy 54505, France.
Institute for the Analysis of Change in Contemporary and Historical Societies (IACS) and Louvain Research Institute in Management and Organizations (LouRIM), Université catholique de Louvain, 1, Place de l'université, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Health Promot Int. 2025 Jul 1;40(4). doi: 10.1093/heapro/daaf099.
As front-line players in sports clubs, coaches can create a positive context influencing athletes' health decisions and behaviours. However, coaches rarely engage in health promotion (HP) practices due to various obstacles. Coaching philosophy, encompassing beliefs, principles, and values, significantly influences coaches' practices. However, its impact on HP remains unexplored, are the main factor influencing coaches' practices, has not yet been studied in regard to HP. The aim of this study was to explore coaches' perceptions of what they define as health in relation to their coaching philosophies, actions and strategies they undertake in relation to HP, as well as alignment or discrepancies between these three elements. An exploratory mixed-method survey design (QUAL=>quan) was used in this study. A sample of 299 sports coaches in Europe completed an online survey, including closed ended questions on their influence on sports participants health behaviours, barriers for HP and open-ended questions on coaching philosophies and associated health benefits, keywords linked to health, and strategies for HP. Qualitative and quantitative data were analysed using inductive thematic analysis and multivariate statistics respectively. While coaches define health mainly through keywords related to physical health (e.g. 'hydration', 'recovery'), their perceived coaching philosophies were focused around nine themes, related to social and mental health, predominantly using participant management and communication as implementation strategies. Furthermore, they identified lack of time, knowledge and human resources as the main barriers to pay attention to HP. The present findings highlight a gap between how coaches define health, what they consider they can influence and how they promote health. Further work is needed to explore the paradox between coaches' definition of health and self-reported actions focusing mostly on social and mental health mostly.
作为体育俱乐部的一线人员，教练可以营造一个积极的环境，影响运动员的健康决策和行为。然而，由于各种障碍，教练很少参与健康促进（HP）实践。教练理念，包括信念、原则和价值观，对教练的实践有重大影响。然而，其对健康促进的影响尚未得到探索，是影响教练实践的主要因素，在健康促进方面尚未得到研究。本研究的目的是探讨教练对他们所定义的健康的看法，以及他们的教练理念、与健康促进相关的行动和策略，以及这三个要素之间的一致性或差异。本研究采用探索性混合方法调查设计（QUAL=>quan）。欧洲的299名体育教练样本完成了一项在线调查，包括关于他们对体育参与者健康行为的影响、健康促进障碍的封闭式问题，以及关于教练理念和相关健康益处、与健康相关的关键词以及健康促进策略的开放式问题。分别使用归纳主题分析和多元统计分析定性和定量数据。虽然教练主要通过与身体健康相关的关键词（如“水合作用”、“恢复”）来定义健康，但他们所感知的教练理念围绕九个主题，与社会和心理健康相关，主要使用参与者管理和沟通作为实施策略。此外，他们认为缺乏时间、知识和人力资源是关注健康促进的主要障碍。目前的研究结果凸显了教练对健康的定义、他们认为自己能影响的方面以及他们促进健康的方式之间的差距。需要进一步开展工作，以探讨教练对健康的定义与主要关注社会和心理健康的自我报告行动之间的矛盾。
