Sport as a social capital intervention promoting health and well-being for migrant youth in Australia.

Social capital is a critical determinant of health, yet few intervention studies have explored how social capital might be generated for those with constrained social networks. This study aimed to assess the well-being and social impacts of a sports participation intervention for culturally and raci...

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Publicado en:Health Promotion International Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 1 - 14
Autores principales: Block, Karen, Molyneaux, Robyn, Young, Dana
Formato: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Jun2025
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          Block, Karen
          Molyneaux, Robyn
          Young, Dana
        affil: Nossal Institute for Global Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Naarm, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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          Sports Participation Evaluation
          Sports Participation Evaluation
          Social Capital
          Health Promotion
          Wellness Evaluation
          Migrants Psychosocial Factors
          Refugees Psychosocial Factors
          Culture
          Race Factors
          Interpersonal Relations
          Program Evaluation
          Human
          Funding Source
          Australia
          Multimethod Studies
          Action Research
          Social Networks
          Health Status
          Mental Health
          Questionnaires
          Scales
          Unpaired T-Tests
          Chi Square Test
          Mann-Whitney U Test
          Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test
          Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient
          Semi-Structured Interview
          Focus Groups
          Descriptive Statistics
          Data Analysis Software
          Child, Preschool
          Child
          Adolescence
          Male
          Female
          Afghanistan
          Bangladesh
          India
          Iraq
          Lebanon
          Oman
          Pakistan
          Saudi Arabia
          Somalia
          South Africa
          Sri Lanka
          Syria
          New Zealand
          Turkiye
          Prospective Studies
          Pretest-Posttest Design
          Hardiness
          Thematic Analysis
          Child, Preschool: 2-5 years
          Child: 6-12 years
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Male
          Female
      ab: Social capital is a critical determinant of health, yet few intervention studies have explored how social capital might be generated for those with constrained social networks. This study aimed to assess the well-being and social impacts of a sports participation intervention for culturally and racially marginalized (CARM) migrant young people in Australia. We report findings from a mixed methods participatory action research project, Count Me In. Quantitative findings demonstrated that participation generated growth in social networks for participants, indicating that interventions to support sports participation can generate social capital, rather than it simply being the case that those with more a priori social connections are more likely to participate. Qualitative analyses showed parents and young people experienced highly valued social benefits including increased diversity of connections along with perceived physical and mental health gains from their participation. Findings from this study suggest that policies and health promotion efforts should support opportunities for CARM young people and families to participate in mainstream sports club settings in addition to participation in informal and ethno-specific sports. Additional research is needed to further understand how the social networks that are generated are operationalized by children and families over the longer term, and the health-enhancing impacts of social capital interventions for those with constrained social networks at risk of marginalization.
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