“Just Going to a Spin Class”: Participant Experiences of Inclusion Within an Integrated Indoor Cycling Program

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Joanna M. Auger ◽  
Nancy L.I. Spencer
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Medical Model ◽  
Relational Ethics ◽  
Instrumental Case Study ◽  
Ethics Framework ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Class B ◽  
Medical Model Of Disability ◽  
And Training

Justifications for access to physical activity for people who experience disability tend to focus on the health benefits associated with a medical model of disability. The result is often programs that are segregated and impairment-focused, with limited access to integrated settings that are also potentially inclusive. In this instrumental case study, the authors engaged 20 participants with and without impairment from an adult integrated indoor cycling program to explore what contributed to meaningful and inclusive experiences in this setting. Data were generated through semistructured interviews and reflective notes. Thematic analysis led to three themes: (a) “just going to a spin class” (b) “seamless”? and (c) “deliberate community.” Using a relational ethics framework, the findings are discussed with regard to their potential to inform the development of integrated and inclusive physical activity programs, with emphasis on program structure and instructor reflexivity and training.

Disability and Biomediation

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mack Hagood
Keyword(s):  
Medical Model ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Political Struggles ◽  
Medical Model Of Disability

The medical mediation of bodily differences can be fraught, and many scholars have shown how the combination of media and medicine can produce disablement according to biopolitical norms. Mack Hagood proposes a framework for the study of biomediation that disentangles medical uses of media technologies from the medical model of disability. Using tinnitus as his case study, he demonstrates the value of this framework for understanding the complex role of media in both biological and political struggles over disability and disabled identities.

scholarly journals Exploring Park Director Roles in Promoting Community Physical Activity

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 731-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry Marsh ◽  
Kathryn Pitkin Derose ◽  
Deborah A. Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Staff Training ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Health Departments ◽  
Administrative Burden ◽  
Community Interaction ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Physical Features ◽  
And Training

Background:Parks provide numerous opportunities for physical activity (PA). Previous studies have evaluated parks’ physical features, but few have assessed how park staff influence PA.Methods:We conducted semistructured interviews with 49 park directors, focusing on perceptions of their role, park programs, marketing and outreach, external collaborations, and PA promotion. Directors also completed a questionnaire providing demographics, education and training, and other personal characteristics.Results:Park directors’ descriptions of their roles varied widely, from primarily administrative to emphasizing community interaction, though most (70% to 80%) reported offering programs and community interaction as primary. Including PA in current programs and adding PA-specific programs were the most commonly reported ways of increasing PA. Also noted were facility and staffing improvements, and conducting citywide marketing. Many directors felt inadequately trained in marketing. Most parks reported community collaborations, but they appeared fairly superficial. An increasing administrative burden and bureaucracy were recurring themes throughout the interviews.Conclusions:Staff training in marketing and operation of PA programs is needed. Partnerships with health departments and organizations can help facilitate the PA promotion potential of parks. As there are competing views of how parks should be managed, standardized benchmarks to evaluate efficiency may help to optimize usage and PA promotion.

Lost in Knowledge Translation: Media Framing of Physical Activity and Sport Participation

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 509-530
Author(s):  
Mark Dottori ◽  
Guy Faulkner ◽  
Ryan Rhodes ◽  
Norm O’Reilly ◽  
Leigh Vanderloo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Media Framing ◽  
Public Relations Practitioners ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Explanatory Mixed Methods ◽  
The Media ◽  
High Level

This study explored the frame-setting and frame-sending process of media who reported on the 2015 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. Through the use of a case-study method employing a sequential explanatory mixed-methods approach (content analysis followed by semistructured interviews), the findings revealed a high level of frame-sending characteristics by the media, and the framing of stories was found to be influencing the message being sent, making it different from the original messaging sent by public relations practitioners charged with dispersing information. Theoretical and practical contributions are discussed along with suggestions for future studies.

Physical Activity for Disabled Youth: Hidden Parental Labor

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 342-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna L. Goodwin ◽  
Amanda Ebert
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Relational Ethics ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Phenomenological Case Study

Locating suitable, inclusive community physical activity programs for disabled children can be challenging for parents. The aim of this study was to uncover everyday hidden labor experienced by parents, as they sought inclusive physical activity opportunities for their children. Focus group interviews with eight families of youth aged 13–19 years were completed using an interpretative phenomenological case study research approach. Four themes, interpreted through the framework of relational ethics, captured their experiences: (a) inclusion is immensely effortful; (b) judged by their impairments, not their possibilities; (c) ongoing education needed to open doors and sustain participation; and (d) the guilt of staying home. Reliance on hidden parental labor highlighted an exclusion agenda in community, accentuated by ableist belief systems.

Designing Quality Sport Environments to Support Newcomer Youth and Their Families: The Case of One Program Founder/Leader

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-51
Author(s):  
Sara Kramers ◽  
Camille Sabourin ◽  
Laura Martin ◽  
Martin Camiré
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Youth Sport ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Quality Programs ◽  
Sport Programs ◽  
Present Case Study ◽  
Permanent Residents

Appropriately structured youth sport programs have been shown to promote participants’ physical activity and well-being. When compared to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, newcomers to Canada have lessened access to sport programs due to a multitude of interrelated factors. In the present case study, the authors explored the experiences of one founder/leader who created a sport program to support Canadian newcomer youth and their families. Two semistructured interviews were conducted with the program founder/leader to examine her experiences in intentionally promoting the physical activity and well-being of newcomer youth. Transcripts and program documents were subjected to a reflexive thematic analysis. Findings portray the complex set of factors that the program founder/leader considered to address the realities and needs of newcomer youth and their families. The practical considerations and reflections focus on the importance of designing culturally sensitive, inclusive, and quality programs with newcomers.

scholarly journals Towards a pedagogy of accessibility: The need for critical learning spaces in media accessibility education and training

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gian Maria Greco
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Medical Model ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Learning Spaces ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Medical Model Of Disability ◽  
And Training ◽  
New Curricula

Until now, the debate on education and training in accessibility has largely ignored the core competences of the accessibility expert, as it has tended to focus exclusively on context- and field-related skills. Looking at the case of media accessibility through the critical lens of accessibility studies, the article calls for the development of a theoretical reflection on education and training. Such reflection could then solidly support extensive investigation of the specific skills of accessibility researchers, professionals and policy-makers, frame analyses of current programmes, and strengthen proposals for new curricula and professional profiles. The article contributes to such a reflection by advancing and discussing the inclusion of critical learning spaces within vocation- and research-oriented courses. Using the critical lens of accessibility studies, the article also investigates whether education and training in audiovisual translation and media accessibility have been mostly dominated by some discriminatory normative frameworks, such as the medical model of disability, and how this is influenced by and in turn influences practices. The article suggests that this problem requires a (re)design of education (and practices) using the tools that constitute the critical apparatus of accessibility studies, such as the human variation paradigm, the social model of accessibility, the universalist account of access, the poietic model of agency, and proactive and user-centred approaches. Ultimately, the article outlines the very first traits of a pedagogy of accessibility, that is, a systematic approach to the practice(s) of teaching and learning accessibility.

Navigating Intersecting Forms of Oppression in the Search for Employment

2020 ◽  
pp. 153944922096006
Author(s):  
Suzanne Huot ◽  
Perdita Elliott ◽  
Leanne Fells
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
English Language ◽  
Physical Disabilities ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
Instrumental Case Study ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Inadequate Housing

Opportunities for refugees to engage in occupations within host countries can be constrained by factors such as governmental policies or language barriers (Smith). Female refugees with physical disabilities may experience compounding barriers to participation related to their identity markers. The main aim of this study is to understand the experiences of female refugees with physical disabilities in seeking, preparing for, and obtaining employment. This study used an instrumental case study using semistructured interviews with five primary participants and four caregivers. Thematic analysis (Clarke & Braun) identified five key barriers to securing employment: (a) stigma and discrimination, (b) restrictive traditional labor market, (c) inaccessible and inadequate housing, (d) lack of cohesion and information across services, and (e) English language predominance. Findings highlight complex challenges experienced by the women who faced intersecting systems of oppression and can enable occupational therapists to address barriers associated with occupational injustice by improving services to better meet their needs.

Sand in the Shorts: Experiences of Moral Discomfort in Adapted Physical Activity Professional Practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-210
Author(s):  
Amanda Ebert ◽  
Donna L. Goodwin
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Moral Dilemmas ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Relational Ethics ◽  
Adapted Physical Activity ◽  
Organizational Demands ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Fitness Programs

Adapted physical activity (APA) practitioners are encouraged to be reflexive practitioners, yet little is known about the moral dilemmas faced as they instruct inclusive physical activity or fitness programs. Professional landscape tensions may arise when diverse organizational demands, policies, traditions, and values merge. The study purpose was to explore how APA professionals experience and resolve moral discomfort in professional practice. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis, seven APA professionals completed one-on-one semistructured interviews. The conceptual framework of relational ethics facilitated deep engagement with the professionals’ stories of navigating the ethical minefields of their practice. Four themes were developed from the thematic interpretative phenomenological analysis: The ass(et) of vulnerability, Friends or friendly? “We are fucked either way,” and Now what? Grappling with discomfort. The moral discomfort and strategies for resolution described by APA professionals highlighted the need for judgment-free pedagogical spaces where taken-for-granted practices can be contemplated and discussed.

A Case Study of Physical Activity among Older Adults in Rural Newfoundland, Canada

2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chad S.G. Witcher ◽  
Nicholas L. Holt ◽  
John C. Spence ◽  
Sandra O’Brien
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Newfoundland And Labrador ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Leisure Time Physical Activity ◽  
Social Forces ◽  
Work Activity ◽  
Semistructured Interviews

The purpose of this study was to assess rural older adults’ perceptions of leisure-time physical activity and examine these perceptions from a historical perspective. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 10 inhabitants (mean age 82 years) of Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and subjected to inductive analysis. Member-checking interviews were conducted with 5 participants. Findings indicated that beginning in childhood, participants were socialized into a subculture of work activity. As a result of these historical and social forces, leisure-time physical activity did not form part of the participants’ lives after retirement. Strategies for successful aging involved keeping busy, but this “busyness” did not include leisure-time physical activity. Results demonstrated the importance of developing a broader understanding of how past and present-day contexts can influence participation in leisure-time physical activity.

Negotiating Identities through Disability Sport

2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 352-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chin-Ju Huang ◽  
Ian Brittain
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Medical Model ◽  
Multiple Identities ◽  
Track And Field ◽  
Disability Sport ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
Medical Model Of Disability

The purpose of this study was to explore the multiplicity and complexity of identity construction for elite disabled athletes within the arena of disability sport. This involved in-depth semistructured interviews that explored the experiences of 21 British and Taiwanese elite disabled athletes from the sports of powerlifting and track and field. The results indicate that both societal perceptions based in the medical model of disability and the participants’ impaired bodies play a key role in their identity formation and sense of self-worth. The study also highlights the role that success in international disability sport can have by offering potential for positive subjectivity, a changed self-understanding, and an increased sense of personal empowerment. Finally, the notion of multiple identities also appears to be supported by the research participants’ narratives.

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