Hunt, K. , Wyke, S. , Bunn, C. , Donnachie, C., Reid, N. and Gray, C. 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(2), 584. (doi: 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.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Gray, Professor Cindy and Wyke, Professor Sally and Hunt, Professor Kathryn and Bunn, Dr Christopher and Donnachie, Dr Craig |
Creator Roles: | Hunt, K.Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review and editing, Visualization, Supervision, Project administration, Funding acquisition Wyke, S.Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Investigation, Resources, Data curation, Writing – review and editing, Supervision, Project administration, Funding acquisition Bunn, C.Methodology, Validation, Investigation, Writing – review and editing Donnachie, C.Methodology, Validation, Resources, Writing – review and editing Gray, C. M.Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Data curation, Writing – review and editing, Visualization, Supervision, Project administration, Funding acquisition |
Authors: | Hunt, K., Wyke, S., Bunn, C., Donnachie, C., Reid, N., and Gray, C. M. |
College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > MRC/CSO SPHSU College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > Social Scientists working in Health and Wellbeing |
Journal Name: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
Publisher: | MDPI |
ISSN: | 1661-7827 |
ISSN (Online): | 1660-4601 |
Published Online: | 16 January 2020 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2020 The Authors |
First Published: | First published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17(2):584 |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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