Supporting lifestyle risk reduction: promoting men’s health through professional football
Journal article
Authors | Zwolinsky, S., McKenna, J., Pringle, Andy, Daly-Smith, A., Robertson, S. and White, A. |
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Abstract | For men, unhealthy lifestyle behaviours including physical inactivity, a poor diet, smoking and excess alcohol represent major, modifiable causes of non-communicable disease worldwide. Innovative approaches that seek to overcome the barriers that men experience when attempting to deploy more self-care to manage these behaviours are required. This study assessed the outcomes of a 12-week men’s health promotion intervention delivered in and by professional football clubs. Data comprised self-reports from 1667 men aged 18–75 years from 16 English Premier League and Championship football clubs. A multinomial logistic regression model estimated the probability of self-reporting a number of baseline lifestyle risk factors compared to a reference group with none. Wilcoxon signed-rank tests assessed differences in lifestyle risk profiles. Over 85% of participants presented with multiple risk factors. Men aged ≥35 years were least likely to present all four risk factors (OR: 0.45, 95% CI: 0.23–0.88), whereas unemployed men (OR: 3.64, 95% CI: 1.78–7.51) and those with no social support network (OR: 5.10, 95% CI: 2.44–10.50) were most likely to self-report all four lifestyle risks. The prevalence of risk factors was significantly reduced post-intervention (z = −7.488, p < 0.001, r = −0.13), indicating a positive effect, and potential public health significance. Findings show that men can respond positively to behaviourally-focused interventions delivered in familiar and local settings, like professional football clubs. |
Keywords | men, health, lifestyle, self-care, health intervention, football club |
Year | 2015 |
Journal | Soccer and Society |
Journal citation | 17 (2), pp. 183-195 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
ISSN | 1466-0970 |
1743-9590 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/14660970.2015.1082767 |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/625043 |
hdl:10545/625043 | |
Publication dates | 01 Oct 2015 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 22 Jul 2020, 15:47 |
Accepted | 2015 |
Contributors | Leeds Beckett University |
File | File Access Level Open |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/926yv/supporting-lifestyle-risk-reduction-promoting-men-s-health-through-professional-football
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