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Playing Like a Girl: Rising to the challenge of increasing female participation in physical activity and sport in Northern Ireland Dr Katie Liston Centre for Social Sciences of Sport Professor Marie Murphy Centre for Physical Activity


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‘Playing Like a Girl’:

Rising to the challenge of increasing female participation in physical activity and sport in Northern Ireland

Dr Katie Liston

Centre for Social Sciences of Sport

Professor Marie Murphy

Centre for Physical Activity & Health Research

Sport & Exercise Sciences Research Institute Ulster University

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Social and Cultural Environment Individual Sport Domestic Transport Work

Physical Activity

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World Health Organisation (2009) Mortality and burden of disease attributable to selected major risks. WHO Press: Geneva

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How much physical activity for health benefit?

Department of Health (2011) Start Active, Stay Active: a report on physical activity from the four home countries' Chief Medical Officers

“....at least 150 minutes per week of moderate intensity activity in bouts of 10 minutes

  • r more”

“….60 minutes per day of moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity”

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% Population meeting guidelines

at least 150 minutes per week of moderate intensity activity in bouts of 10 minutes or more

Murphy, MH et al (2012) Physical activity, walking and leanness: An analysis of the Northern Ireland Sport and Physical Activity Survey (SAPAS). Preventive Medicine, 54 (2) 140-144.

10 20 30 40 50 60 70

All 16-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71+

Male Female % Meeting guidelines Age

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Children meeting physical activity recommendations

63.3% 37.8%

Griffiths et al (2013) How active are our children? Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study BMJ Open 2013;3:e002893.

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Where do people get their physical activity ?

Work is main source of physical activity for men + Domestic activity for women Sport only a small proportion of overall physical activity reported 18% of total Only 31% of women report participating in sport (25% in CHS 2011/12)

15% 16% 55% 14%

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Individual Self-efficacy Readiness to change Perceived benefits Current level of PA Social Support from family, friends and peers Environmental Access to facilities Perceived safety Programme format Correlates of PA participation for Women

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Motives & Barriers

Competence Health Weight Control Social “Not the sporty type” Cost Lack of Time Low self-efficacy Lack of support

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12 week intervention 390 participants (290 women) Automated web-based programme ~ Individualised targets

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5672 5703 6031 6350 6836 7480 7324 7206 7471 7538 7845

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Baseline Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10

Steps per day “Add 1000 steps per day”

Gilson, N D, Faulkner, G, Murphy, MH, et al (2013) Walk@Work: An automated intervention to increase walking in university employees not achieving 10,000 daily steps. Preventive Medicine, 56, 283-287.

25% increase in daily steps at work using a pedometer and automated web-based programme

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  • Feasibility study with low-active adolescent girls
  • 190 participants in 6 schools.
  • Short walks delivered during school day
  • Facilitated by peer ‘Walk Leaders’ (aged 16-18)

The WISH Study: Peer-led Walking In ScHools

Carlin A, Murphy MH and Gallagher AMThe WISH study: Peer-led Walking In ScHools to improve physical activity in adolescent females. International Society of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity Conference, Edinburgh June 2015

  • Incentivised via school rewards system
  • Reward stamps for each walk completed
  • Increased physical activity
  • Decreased sedentary behaviour

Name: _______________________

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  • Pilot intervention to reduce the decline in PA

during pregnancy

  • 3 PA consultations + weekly walking group +

text/call support

  • Primagravida mothers (n=109)
  • PA, mood, self-esteem, and Quality of life

measured at 12, 20, 36 weeks and 8 weeks postpartum

  • Gestational weight gain, obstetric outcomes.

Currie S, Sinclair M Liddle D Nevill AN and Murphy MH (2015) Application of objective physical activity measurement in an antenatal physical activity consultation intervention: A randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health

The APP Trial

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46% of 113,000 participants- female 90.3% of 8000 participants female 85.7% of the 2800 participants female

Promising female-friendly initiatives?

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Liston, K. (2014) ‘Revisiting Relations between the Sexes in Sport on the island of Ireland’ in Norbert Elias and Empirical Research, pp.197-219

Socio-cultural Environment

Individual

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We are born into societies that shape our personalities, values, beliefs and preferences

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Liston, K. (2007) ‘A Question of Sport’ in Contemporary Ireland: A Sociological Map, pp.114-132.

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IRFU Rugby 1879 IWRFU 1991 IFA Football 1880 NIWFA 1976 GAA 1884 Football LGFA 1974 GAA Hurling CCnG 1904 IHU Hockey 1890 ILHU 1890 FAI Football 1921 WFAI 1973

Liston, K. (2007) ‘A Question of Sport’ in Contemporary Ireland: A Sociological Map, pp.114-132.

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IRFU Rugby 1879 IWRFU 1991 IFA Football 1880 NIWFA 1976 GAA 1884 Football LGFA 1974 GAA Hurling CCnG 1904 IHU Hockey 1890 ILHU 1890 FAI Football 1921 WFAI 1973

Liston, K. (2007) ‘A Question of Sport’ in Contemporary Ireland: A Sociological Map, pp.114-132.

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Liston, K. (2005) ‘Reflections on Women’s Sports’ in Sport and the Irish, pp.206-223

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Barriers

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Societal Enablers

Self-efficacy Leadership Programmes

Role models Narrow social distance Gender Mainstreaming

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Men dominate senior roles in judiciary, health, education and politics

20% of 108 seats 22 females at Stormont Less 1/3 of NI’s most important jobs are held by women PSNI’s senior ranks are male- dominated

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Recommendations

Commission formal research into gender gap in sport and physical activity Establish Assembly group on gender mainstreaming Cross-departmental national physical activity plan Implement and evaluate female-friendly interventions Develop PA surveillance system including determinants

  • f female non-participation
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Policy on the hoof. Why?

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‘Playing Like a Girl’:

Female participation in physical activity and sport in Northern Ireland

Dr Katie Liston

Centre for Social Sciences of Sport

Professor Marie Murphy

Centre for Physical Activity & Health Research Sport & Exercise Sciences Research Institute Ulster University