Strategies and Outcomes of Health-Oriented Citizenship Sport in Metropolitan Areas of Iran: A Qualitative Study (Content analysis)

With the development of technology and the passive lifestyle of people, citizenship sport as one of the needs of modern society has always been in demand by citizens. The aim of this study was to explain the strategies and outcomes of health-oriented citizenship sport in metropolitan areas of Iran.

The present study, following the interpretive paradigm, has a qualitative approach to content analysis. The method of selecting experts for the interview was continued in a purposeful manner and snowball until the theoretical saturation was reached. The criteria for selecting participants was to have executive and operational backgrounds or to have scientific and research backgrounds and theorizing in the field of citizen sports. Finally, 20 experts were considered for this purpose. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews. Data analysis was performed by conventional (conventional) content analysis method using coding method.

82 open source codes were extracted containing strategies and outcomes and after aggregating the codes, 6 sub-themes in the form of 2 main themes were identified as "strategies" and "outcomes " in health-oriented citizenship sports in the metropolises of Iran.

In order to develop health-oriented citizenship sports in metropolitan areas, "strategies" and "outcomes" in citizenship sports must be considered. Therefore, it is suggested that necessary measures be taken for the development of Iranian metropolises to implement citizenship sports.