Making health and wellbeing: Sport and women's care in rural Canada

•Rural women use sport as a way to shape their health and wellbeing.•Motivations for sport participation can be seen as response to access to health services in rural areas.•Sport clubs in rural areas can be vital resources for community health and wellbeing.•Participants' membership in rural s...

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Published in:Journal of rural studies 2019-01, Vol.65, p.90-98
Main Authors: Mair, Heather, Leipert, Beverly D., Scruby, Lynn S., Meagher-Stewart, Donna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clubs
Community health
Construction
Dictionaries
Economics
Entertainment
Exaggeration
Gender roles
Health
Health care policy
Health clubs
Health problems
Health services
Neoliberalism
Participation
Personal health
Photography
Research projects
Rural areas
Rural communities
Rural life
Rurality
Social services
Social services delivery
Sports participation
Teams
Well being
Women
Womens sports
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Summary:•Rural women use sport as a way to shape their health and wellbeing.•Motivations for sport participation can be seen as response to access to health services in rural areas.•Sport clubs in rural areas can be vital resources for community health and wellbeing.•Participants' membership in rural sport (curling) clubs are influenced by broader material conditions.
ISSN:0743-0167
1873-1392
DOI:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2018.11.004