Fatemeh Hossein Zadeh; Meisam Allahmoradi; Mona Rezaei
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This research was conducted with the aim of presenting a comprehensive model for the development of public sports in urban environments, in response to the growing health crisis and the lack of an integrated framework. This study was carried out using a qualitative approach and a grounded theory strategy ...
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This research was conducted with the aim of presenting a comprehensive model for the development of public sports in urban environments, in response to the growing health crisis and the lack of an integrated framework. This study was carried out using a qualitative approach and a grounded theory strategy based on the systematic method of Strauss and Corbin. The participants consisted of 17 experts in the fields of sports management, urban planning, and health from municipalities and the Federation of Public Sports, who were selected through purposive and snowball sampling until theoretical saturation was reached. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, and their validity and reliability were confirmed by strategies such as member and peer review. Data analysis was performed in three stages: open, axial, and selective coding. The findings led to the presentation of a paradigmatic model with six main dimensions. Causal conditions (health-oriented urgency, physical-behavioral consequences of urbanization, emergence of social agency and demand), contextual conditions (structural-institutional rigidity, prohibitive environment, geographical context, and socio-cultural backgrounds), and intervening factors (policy levers, social mobilization capacity, economic requirements, technological drivers and barriers) were identified as the factors shaping the core phenomenon, namely "the transition from scattered actions to the systematic development of public sports." This model offers strategies such as governance reform, regeneration of spaces, cultural development, and innovation in resource financing to achieve outcomes like health improvement, strengthening social capital, and enhancing the urban environment.
saeid fallah; Rahim Ramezani Nejad; Farzad Ghafouri
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This research was carried out with the aim of designing a model of increasing the active life expectancy of citizens based on physical activity and using structural equations. The research method was a descriptive-correlation type. The statistical population was the managers and experts of the municipal ...
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This research was carried out with the aim of designing a model of increasing the active life expectancy of citizens based on physical activity and using structural equations. The research method was a descriptive-correlation type. The statistical population was the managers and experts of the municipal sports organization, public boards and sports and youth departments, and public sports coaches of the metropolis of Tehran. Based on a simultaneous library study and an exploratory interview with 16 people, an opinion was sought from a scientific and operational expert to evaluate the validity of the content. Then the composite reliability and validity of the structure were checked and confirmed in the final stage using PLS software. The results of the factor analysis showed that the capacity building of the urban ecosystem, the efficiency of the health development system and urban sports, proper distribution of opportunities for active life and promotion of physical activity of citizens have an explanatory role in the perspective of active life. The results of the path analysis also showed that the relationships between these components from independent to dependent variables are positive and meaningful and the conceptual model has a good fit. According to the findings of the research It provided urban spaces for physical activity and exercise for the general public and created appropriate culture through the media and social and virtual spaces regarding physical activity and its effects on physical and mental health.
