Staying safe while staying together: the COVID‐19 paradox for participants returning to community‐based sport in Victoria, Australia

To identify the challenges adult community sport participants anticipate when returning to sport in Victoria, Australia, post a COVID‐19 shutdown. Using online concept mapping, participants brainstormed challenges to returning to community sport, sorted them into groups and rated them for impact and...

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Published in:Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2021-12, Vol.45 (6), p.608-615
Main Authors: Staley, Kiera, Seal, Emma, Donaldson, Alex, Randle, Erica, Forsdike, Kirsty, Burnett, Donna, Thorn, Lauren, Nicholson, Matthew
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Australia
Cluster analysis
Community
community‐based sport
Concept mapping
Control
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Disease transmission
Epidemics
Exercise
Health aspects
Humans
Internet
Measures
Money
Multidimensional scaling
Pandemics
Paradoxes
Participation
physical activity
Public health
Ratings & rankings
SARS-CoV-2
Shutdowns
Social aspects
Sports
Sports & recreation clubs
Victoria
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Summary:To identify the challenges adult community sport participants anticipate when returning to sport in Victoria, Australia, post a COVID‐19 shutdown. Using online concept mapping, participants brainstormed challenges to returning to community sport, sorted them into groups and rated them for impact and ability/capacity to overcome. Analysis included multidimensional scaling and hierarchical cluster analysis. Forty‐five community sport participants representing 24 sports identified 69 unique challenges to returning to sport. Eight clusters/questions participants need answered emerged from the sorting data (mean cluster impact and ability/capacity rating out of 5): Will we have enough participants? (3.32, 2.89); How do we stay safe? (3.31, 3.35); How will our sport change? (3.17, 2.85); How can we stay together? (3.15, 3.01); Will I be physically ready? (3.15, 3.05); What about the money? (2.86, 2.53); What about me? (2.65, 3.13); and What about the facilities? (2.49, 2.45). Participants perceived paradoxical challenges to returning to sport after COVID‐19 shutdown, which revolved around staying safe, staying connected and accessing meaningful sport activities. Sport organisations and public health practitioners should address the participant‐centred challenges identified in this study to maximise the public health benefits of participants returning to community sport.
ISSN:1326-0200
1753-6405
DOI:10.1111/1753-6405.13177