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© 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. 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.
Author(s): Dixon K, Belshaw D, Johnson P, Flynn D
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Sport in Society
Year: 2019
Volume: 22
Issue: 7
Pages: 1258-1274
Online publication date: 04/11/2018
Acceptance date: 15/08/2018
ISSN (print): 1743-0437
ISSN (electronic): 1743-0445
Publisher: Routledge
URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2018.1514014
DOI: 10.1080/17430437.2018.1514014
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