Effective Factors in the Development of Citizenship Sports in the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Direction of Social Health: A Meta-Combination Study

Mobility and physical activity will lead to the development of an active city and having healthy and effective people in the community, and therefore they will guarantee the health of the community. The aim of this study was to identify the effective factors in the development of citizenship sports in the Islamic Republic of Iran in the direction of social health.

This research is a documentary and secondary study that follows the interpretive paradigm with a qualitative approach and meta composition method to explore the main themes of the development of citizenship sports. The researches required for the study have been collected by searching in databases with the keywords of citizenship sports, public sports, sports for all, in 2020 in the last 10 years. 178 articles were included in the review category. After reviewing the studies and according to the inclusion criteria of the research, 17 articles were analyzed. Data analysis was performed by document content analysis method and coding method.

By extracting the study codes, analyzing and aggregating them together, 165 primary codes were extracted. The content analysis of the aggregated codes included 47 subcategories, 17 categories and 5 main themes including motivational factors, managerial factors, facilitating factors, developmental factors and bedding factors.

Effective extraction factors for the development of citizenship sports in the Islamic Republic of Iran in the direction of social health include motivational factors, managerial factors, facilitating factors, developmental factors and bedding factors. It is suggested that in strategic management and development programs, extractive factors be used as the focus of sports development in the country.