Investigating Factors Affecting the Development of Public Sports and Wellbeing in Medical Universities

The purpose of this study is to identify the factors affecting the development of public sports and well-being through medical universities in the country.

The method of the present study was a qualitative. The theory of the foundation was used to construct a conceptual model of the research. The statistical population included professors of sports management, managers and experts in medical universities and sports organizations, and physical education coaches and teachers in medical universities. Purposeful sampling was performed with 14 interviews until saturation was reached. The research tool was a semi-structured interview in which the results were analyzed by open, axial and selective coding.

Factor affecting the development of public sports and health through medical universities in the country were categorized in three category including causal, contextual and intervening factors. In relation to causal factors, 13 sub-categories and four main categories were identified. In underlying factor, 45 sub-categories were obtained in 7 main categories and in the intervening factor, 34 sub-categories were obtained which were identified and categorized in 8 main categories.