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'Football and dancing are in our blood': culture promoting sports practice among immigrants in Europe

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    Identifier: imarina:9291709
    Authors:
    Monserrate-Gomez, SilviaRubio-Rico, LourdesCuesta-Martinez, RoserRaventos-Torner, Rosa-DolorsRoca-Biosca, Albade Molina-Fernandez, Inmaculada
    Abstract:
    The current state of knowledge indicates that regular sports practice helps prevent and treat non-communicable diseases. The promotion of sport is, therefore, an important community health intervention for maintaining and improving the health of individuals and populations. Culture is identified as being associated with sports practice and sedentary behaviour of ethnic and national minorities. This study aims qualitatively to analyse the potential for culture as a basis for the promotion of sport among immigrants in four regions of Mediterranean Europe. Ten focus groups (n = 62) were conducted with immigrants-adults and young people over the age of 11-and people involved in promoting sport. Thematic content analysis was conducted. The results enabled identifying two major issues: sport as a vehicle for cultural expression and synergies between sport and culture. Accordingly, sport serves to express global, local and non-ethno-national cultural belonging. Regarding synergies, culture and sport feed each other positively and contribute to immigrants' health and cultural well-being. Culture as a strategy for promoting sports practice requires an interdisciplinary approach that involves collaboration between healthcare practitioners and social sciences professionals. There is also a need to use the various axes of cultural definition-global, local and non-ethno-national-of those involved, and for them to take part themselves in designing sports activities. Moreover, promoting sport through non-ethno-national axes of cultural definition may help with immigrants' social inclusion, as intercultural relations between migrants and newcomers are promoted.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Monserrate-Gomez, Silvia; Rubio-Rico, Lourdes; Cuesta-Martinez, Roser; Raventos-Torner, Rosa-Dolors; Roca-Biosca, Alba; de Molina-Fernandez, Inmaculada
    Department: Infermeria
    URV's Author/s: Cuesta Martínez, Maria Roser / De Molina Fernandez, Maria Inmaculada / Raventos Torner, Rosa Dolores / Roca Biosca, Maria Alba / Rubio Rico, Maria Lourdes
    Keywords: Sport Physical activity Immigrants Culture Community health promotion
    Abstract: The current state of knowledge indicates that regular sports practice helps prevent and treat non-communicable diseases. The promotion of sport is, therefore, an important community health intervention for maintaining and improving the health of individuals and populations. Culture is identified as being associated with sports practice and sedentary behaviour of ethnic and national minorities. This study aims qualitatively to analyse the potential for culture as a basis for the promotion of sport among immigrants in four regions of Mediterranean Europe. Ten focus groups (n = 62) were conducted with immigrants-adults and young people over the age of 11-and people involved in promoting sport. Thematic content analysis was conducted. The results enabled identifying two major issues: sport as a vehicle for cultural expression and synergies between sport and culture. Accordingly, sport serves to express global, local and non-ethno-national cultural belonging. Regarding synergies, culture and sport feed each other positively and contribute to immigrants' health and cultural well-being. Culture as a strategy for promoting sports practice requires an interdisciplinary approach that involves collaboration between healthcare practitioners and social sciences professionals. There is also a need to use the various axes of cultural definition-global, local and non-ethno-national-of those involved, and for them to take part themselves in designing sports activities. Moreover, promoting sport through non-ethno-national axes of cultural definition may help with immigrants' social inclusion, as intercultural relations between migrants and newcomers are promoted.
    Thematic Areas: Sociologia i política Serviço social Saúde coletiva Public, environmental & occupational health Public health, environmental and occupational health Psicología Odontología Medicina ii Medicina i Interdisciplinar Health policy & services Health (social science) Educação física Economia Ciencias sociales Ciências biológicas ii Ciências ambientais
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Author's mail: mariaroser.cuesta@urv.cat rosa.raventos@urv.cat inmaculada.demolina@urv.cat inmaculada.demolina@urv.cat lourdes.rubio@urv.cat lourdes.rubio@urv.cat alba.roca@urv.cat alba.roca@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0002-1429-4455 0000-0002-1429-4455 0000-0002-3862-0462 0000-0002-3862-0462
    Record's date: 2024-11-02
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://academic.oup.com/heapro/article-abstract/38/1/daac202/7026243?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Health Promotion International. 38 (1): daac202-
    APA: Monserrate-Gomez, Silvia; Rubio-Rico, Lourdes; Cuesta-Martinez, Roser; Raventos-Torner, Rosa-Dolors; Roca-Biosca, Alba; de Molina-Fernandez, Inmaculad (2023). 'Football and dancing are in our blood': culture promoting sports practice among immigrants in Europe. Health Promotion International, 38(1), daac202-. DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daac202
    Article's DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daac202
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2023
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Health (Social Science),Health Policy & Services,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
    Sport
    Physical activity
    Immigrants
    Culture
    Community health promotion
    Sociologia i política
    Serviço social
    Saúde coletiva
    Public, environmental & occupational health
    Public health, environmental and occupational health
    Psicología
    Odontología
    Medicina ii
    Medicina i
    Interdisciplinar
    Health policy & services
    Health (social science)
    Educação física
    Economia
    Ciencias sociales
    Ciências biológicas ii
    Ciências ambientais
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