Using football cultures as a vehicle to improve mental health in men: the case of the Redcar and Cleveland Boot Room

Dixon, Kevin, Belshaw, Dave, Johnson, Paul and Flynn, Darren (2019) Using football cultures as a vehicle to improve mental health in men: the case of the Redcar and Cleveland Boot Room. Sport in Society, 22 (7). pp. 1258-1274. ISSN 1743-0437

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2018.1514014

Abstract

This paper sets out to appraise (from the perspective of members) the impact of a localized, football-based mental health intervention. Commissioned in late 2015, the ‘Redcar and Cleveland Boot Room (BR)’ was implemented in response to mass redundancy in the local area, coupled with regional suicide rates in men that exceed the national average. Interactive discussions with BR members revealed that: (a) the language of football and shared identity were important for initiating and sustaining engagement in the BR; (b) peer-support and mentoring combined with member-led activities were active ingredients of the BR and (c) that the BR was an effective vehicle for building mental health resilience. This evaluation adds to the evidence base on the value of football as a context to engage adult males in community-based interventions targeting mental health resilience.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Football, mental health, men’s health, community-based intervention, qualitative study
Subjects: C600 Sports Science
L900 Others in Social studies
Department: Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation
Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Nursing, Midwifery and Health
Depositing User: Elena Carlaw
Date Deposited: 28 Jul 2020 10:13
Last Modified: 10 Nov 2021 09:35
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/43896

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