Designing of a Model for the Development of Iranian Elderly Sports
Poster Presentation
Paper ID : 1696-SSRC
Authors
1Assistant Professor of Sport Management, University of Bojnord
2M.SC in Sport Management, Azad Islamic University, Shirvan Branch
3M.SC in Sport Injuries and Corrective Exercise, Faculty of Sport Science, University of Guilan
Abstract
Objective: The purpose of present study was to designing of a model for the development of elderly sports in Iran.
Method: This research was carried out using a mixed research method. The statistical population of this study in both qualitative and quantitative sections consisted of academic experts in the field of development in sport with at least 5 years of management experience who were selected using purposeful method to reach the theoretical saturation. The research tool in the qualitative part was an in-depth semi-structured interview through which the main stimuli and indicators of the development of elderly sports were identified. The research tool in the quantitative section was a researcher-made questionnaire based on the indicators obtained in the qualitative section.
Results: The results of the qualitative part of the research showed that important stimuli and their main indicators were determined in the development of the elderly’s sport, which included "Recognition and attitude of the elderly community towards sports, sectoral, inter-sectoral and extra-sectoral planning, participation of volunteers and the private sector, promotion of home-based and park-based sports with a medical approach, integration and coordination of government services of the health system and sports system, development Sports festivals with the approach of calendar events and urban and rural areas, providing facilities and package of sports goods, using the capacities of national organizations of pension services and veterans' sports organizations, using the capacities and resources of government and public institutions through Networking, public education and culturalization of sports with a multimedia approach, and sustainable development of sports for the elderly and the elderly with a lifelong sports approach". After identifying the factors affecting the development of elderly sports, the way the factors affect each other was investigated and stratified using Interpretive Structural Modeling.
Conclusion: The results showed that the final interpretive structural model, which according to the levels of variables and the final access matrix obtained, had a suitable structure for providing a solution for the development of elderly sports, and managers can take action for the development of sports for the elderly with this model and its factors.
Method: This research was carried out using a mixed research method. The statistical population of this study in both qualitative and quantitative sections consisted of academic experts in the field of development in sport with at least 5 years of management experience who were selected using purposeful method to reach the theoretical saturation. The research tool in the qualitative part was an in-depth semi-structured interview through which the main stimuli and indicators of the development of elderly sports were identified. The research tool in the quantitative section was a researcher-made questionnaire based on the indicators obtained in the qualitative section.
Results: The results of the qualitative part of the research showed that important stimuli and their main indicators were determined in the development of the elderly’s sport, which included "Recognition and attitude of the elderly community towards sports, sectoral, inter-sectoral and extra-sectoral planning, participation of volunteers and the private sector, promotion of home-based and park-based sports with a medical approach, integration and coordination of government services of the health system and sports system, development Sports festivals with the approach of calendar events and urban and rural areas, providing facilities and package of sports goods, using the capacities of national organizations of pension services and veterans' sports organizations, using the capacities and resources of government and public institutions through Networking, public education and culturalization of sports with a multimedia approach, and sustainable development of sports for the elderly and the elderly with a lifelong sports approach". After identifying the factors affecting the development of elderly sports, the way the factors affect each other was investigated and stratified using Interpretive Structural Modeling.
Conclusion: The results showed that the final interpretive structural model, which according to the levels of variables and the final access matrix obtained, had a suitable structure for providing a solution for the development of elderly sports, and managers can take action for the development of sports for the elderly with this model and its factors.
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