Impact of current sport and recreation policy in South Africa on the provision of sport and recreation opportunities for persons with disabilities in marginalised communities
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description: Research has shown that participation in sport and recreation is beneficial in numerous ways. Some of these benefits include physical and health benefits; behavioural and social benefits; cognitive benefits and psychological benefits. However, barriers to physical activity participation for persons with disabilities exist. Sustainable sport and recreation interventions have the potential to address and eliminate various barriers to physical activity participation for persons with disabilities. Current service provision approaches for persons with disabilities in Tshwane focus on individual treatment of disabilities and excludes most disabled individuals. Expanding individual intervention to community intervention will ensure the inclusion in physical activity participation in marginalised communities such as Mamelodi. A great number of potential participants are excluded from interventions as marginalised communities are at risk of fragmented interventions. The social and environmental context in middle and higher socioeconomic communities allow for participation as opposed to lower socioeconomic communities. South African policies associated with sport and recreation participation for persons with disabilities do not allow for continuous participation in sport and recreation intervention programs as it is inadequate and is not applied in marginalised communities like Mamelodi. The overall aim of the study was to evaluate sport and recreation service delivery for persons with disabilities in the marginalised community of Mamelodi using a socio ecological approach as a theoretical lens. This study utilised a qualitative approach to ask the research question: How can a socio ecological approach to sport and recreation service delivery for persons with disabilities in the marginalised community of Mamelodi assist in providing a more comprehensive application of policy? Results of the study included the limitation of sport and recreation participation opportunities for …
abstract: Research has shown that participation in sport and recreation is beneficial in numerous ways. Some of these benefits include physical and health benefits; behavioural and social benefits; cognitive benefits and psychological benefits. However, barriers to physical activity participation for persons with disabilities exist. Sustainable sport and recreation interventions have the potential to address and eliminate various barriers to physical activity participation for persons with disabilities. Current service provision approaches for persons with disabilities in Tshwane focus on individual treatment of disabilities and excludes most disabled individuals. Expanding individual intervention to community intervention will ensure the inclusion in physical activity participation in marginalised communities such as Mamelodi. A great number of potential participants are excluded from interventions as marginalised communities are at risk of fragmented interventions. The social and environmental context in middle and higher socioeconomic communities allow for participation as opposed to lower socioeconomic communities. South African policies associated with sport and recreation participation for persons with disabilities do not allow for continuous participation in sport and recreation intervention programs as it is inadequate and is not applied in marginalised communities like Mamelodi. The overall aim of the study was to evaluate sport and recreation service delivery for persons with disabilities in the marginalised community of Mamelodi using a socio ecological approach as a theoretical lens. This study utilised a qualitative approach to ask the research question: How can a socio ecological approach to sport and recreation service delivery for persons with disabilities in the marginalised community of Mamelodi assist in providing a more comprehensive application of policy? Results of the study included the limitation of sport and recreation participation opportunities for …
language: en
keywords: Unrestricted, UCTD
date published: 2017
date modified: 2026-07-24T03:52:50Z
provider: University of Pretoria
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Pretoria

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