[HTML][HTML] Promoting men's health through sports clubs: A systematic rapid realist review

A Timm, A van Hoye, P Sharp, TH Andersen… - Journal of Sport and …, 2025‏ - Elsevier
Background Health promotion (HP) interventions delivered through sports clubs have
demonstrated promising outcomes among men, but less is known about which aspects of …

Health improvement for men and hard-to-engage-men delivered in English Premier League football clubs

A Pringle, S Zwolinsky, J McKenna… - Health education …, 2014‏ - academic.oup.com
Unhealthy behaviours represent modifiable causes of non-communicable disease. In men,
concern focuses on those (i) demonstrating the poorest health, exacerbated by a lack of …

Map** the provision and evaluation practices of local community health and wellbeing programmes delivered by professional sports clubs in England: a practice …

J Brazier, C Foster, N Townsend, J Murphy… - … Journal of Sport …, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
Professional sports clubs (PSCs) are potentially effective settings for health promotion;
however, their role within policy is unclear. Potential reasons include lack of awareness …

“If we want to get men in, then we need to ask men what they want”: pathways to effective health programing for men

M Lefkowich, N Richardson… - American journal of …, 2017‏ - journals.sagepub.com
In Ireland, men's health is becoming a priority. In line with global trends, indicators of poor
mental health (including rates of depression and suicide) are increasing alongside rates of …

Designing community sports-based programmes for men with mental illness: A qualitative study of the Offload rugby league programme

R Wilcock, A Smith, D Haycock - Mental health and physical activity, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Despite the increasing appeal of community sport programmes which focus on men's mental
health, the key design characteristics of these programmes, and the roles played by delivery …

The physiological, physical, and biomechanical demands of walking football: Implications for exercise prescription and future research in older adults

LD Harper, A Field, LD Corr… - Journal of aging and …, 2019‏ - journals.humankinetics.com
The aim of this investigation was to profile the physiological, physical, and biomechanical
responses during walking football. A total of 17 male participants (aged 66±6 years) …

“... If you're not part of the institution you fall by the wayside”: service providers' perspectives on moving young men from disconnection and isolation to connection and …

B Grace, N Richardson… - American journal of men's …, 2018‏ - journals.sagepub.com
There have been increasing calls for more gender-specific service provision to support
young men's (20-29 years) mental health and well-being. In Ireland, young men are the …

Investigating the effect of walking football on the mental and social wellbeing of men

D Taylor, A Pringle - Soccer & Society, 2022‏ - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A weekly walking football intervention was delivered for men identified by
mental health services with a mental health condition. Following familiarization, an …

Reaching older people with PA delivered in football clubs: the reach, adoption and implementation characteristics of the Extra Time Programme

D Parnell, A Pringle, J McKenna, S Zwolinsky… - BMC public health, 2015‏ - Springer
Background Older adults (OA) represent a core priority group for physical activity and Public
Health policy. As a result, significant interest is placed on how to optimise adherence to …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the delivery of health improvement interventions through professional football club community trusts-strengths and challenges

AR Pringle, S Zwolinsky, L Lozano-Sufrategui - Public Health in Practice, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Objectives This study audits health improvement provision delivered in/by English
professional Football Club Community Trusts and reports the strengths and challenges …