How do individuals with mental health disorder and spinal cord injury gain access to participate in voluntary sport groups in Switzerland?
Abstract
Introduction Physical activity (PA) is crucial to physical and mental health in various populations, including individuals with disabilities (IWDs). IWDs are at higher risk being physically inactive, developing non-communicable diseases, and experiencing major negative health consequences due to inactivity than the general population (Martin Ginis et al., 2021). One possibility to be physically active is through voluntary sport groups (VSGs) in sport clubs. However, physically, IWDs are significantly less active (also in VSGs), than the general population (Bickenbach, 2011; Martin Ginis et al., 2021). They seemingly have restricted access to (adaptive) VSGs. This is also the case for individuals who have a spinal cord injury or are dependent on a wheelchair in their daily lives (e.g. due to a chronic illness) (ISCIs), and individuals with mental health challenges or disorders (IMHDs), as they face specific challenges and barriers in accessing and participating in PA programs (Firth et al., 2016; Jaarsma et al., 2014). However, little is known about how those target groups gain access and why or why not they join VSGs. Research so far has looked mainly at what factors influence successful participation in (leisure time) PA for ISCIs (Jaarsma et al., 2014; Williams et al., 2014) and for IMHDs (Epiney et al., 2023; Firth et al., 2016), but not the process of access. To investigate how the access into sport, or VSGs, might happen, we use the concept of sport-related…
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