Scale-up and scale-out of a gender-sensitized weight management and healthy living program delivered to overweight men via professional sports clubs : the wider implementation of Football Fans in Training (FFIT)

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Hunt, Kate and Wyke, Sally and Bunn, Christopher and Donnachie, Craig and Reid, Nicky and Gray, Cindy M. (2020) Scale-up and scale-out of a gender-sensitized weight management and healthy living program delivered to overweight men via professional sports clubs : the wider implementation of Football Fans in Training (FFIT). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17. pp. 1-32. 584. ISSN 1660-4601 (https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17020584)

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Abstract

Increasing prevalence of obesity poses challenges for public health. Men have been under-served by weight management programs, highlighting a need for gender-sensitized programs that can be embedded into routine practice or adapted for new settings/populations, to accelerate the process of implementing programs that are successful and cost-effective under research conditions. To address gaps in examples of how to bridge the research to practice gap, we describe the scale-up and scale-out of Football Fans in Training (FFIT), a weight management and healthy living program in relation to two implementation frameworks. The paper presents: the development, evaluation and scale-up of FFIT, mapped onto the PRACTIS guide; outcomes in scale-up deliveries; and the scale-out of FFIT through programs delivered in other contexts (other countries, professional sports, target groups, public health focus). FFIT has been scaled-up through a single-license franchise model in over 40 UK professional football clubs to 2019 (and 30 more from 2020) and scaled-out into football and other sporting contexts in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, England and other European countries. The successful scale-up and scale-out of FFIT demonstrates that, with attention to cultural constructions of masculinity, public health interventions can appeal to men and support them in sustainable lifestyle change.

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Hunt, Kate, Wyke, Sally, Bunn, Christopher, Donnachie, Craig ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1637-3138, Reid, Nicky and Gray, Cindy M.;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:85605
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    16 January 2020
    Published
    8 January 2020
    Accepted
    30 December 2019
    Submitted
    Notes:Hunt, K.; Wyke, S.; Bunn, C.; Donnachie, C.; Reid, N.; Gray, C.M. Scale-Up and Scale-Out of a Gender-Sensitized Weight Management and Healthy Living Program Delivered to Overweight Men via Professional Sports Clubs: The Wider Implementation of Football Fans in Training (FFIT). Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 584. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17020584
    Subjects:Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology
    Department:Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Psychological Sciences and Health > Psychology
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:25 May 2023 14:59
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 13:57
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/85605
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