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Associations between partnership characteristics and perceived success in Dutch sport-for-health partnerships

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  • Niels Hermens
  • Kirsten T. Verkooijen
  • Maria A. Koelen

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•Challenges of conducting quantitative research on sport-for-health partnerships are shown.•Conceptual model for exploring relations partnership elements and partnership success.•Different partnership success indicators are related with different partnership elements.To reach and include socially vulnerable people through sport, it is important to create partnerships between sports organisations and public health organisations (i.e., sport-for-health partnerships). Working in sport-for-health partnerships is challenging, however, and little is known about how to manage such partnerships. To explore possible predictors of successful sport-for-health partnership, the authors administered a questionnaire among 86 participants in Dutch sport-for-health partnerships. The questionnaire included measures pertaining to three indicators of successful inter-sectoral partnership (i.e., partnership synergy, partnership sustainability, and community outcomes) and nine partnership elements that may predict its success. Multivariate results suggest that (a) partnership synergy may be best predicted by communication structure and building on the partnership participants’ capacities, (b) community partnership outcomes may be best predicted by partnership visibility and task management, and (c) partnership sustainability may be best predicted by partnership visibility. Hence, the authors would recommend actors in sport-for-health partnerships to pay particular attention to communication structure, building on capacities, visibility, and task management.

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  • Niels Hermens & Kirsten T. Verkooijen & Maria A. Koelen, 2019. "Associations between partnership characteristics and perceived success in Dutch sport-for-health partnerships," Sport Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(1), pages 142-152, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rsmrxx:v:22:y:2019:i:1:p:142-152
    DOI: 10.1016/j.smr.2018.06.008
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    1. Edwards, Michael B. & Rowe, Katie, 2019. "Managing sport for health: An introduction to the special issue," Sport Management Review, Elsevier, vol. 22(1), pages 1-4.
    2. Chiara D'Angelo & Chiara Corvino & Eloisa Cianci & Caterina Gozzoli, 2020. "Sport for Vulnerable Youth: The Role of Multi-Professional Groups in Sustaining Intersectoral Collaboration," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 8(3), pages 129-138.

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