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The present article provides guidelines, based on the theoretical principles of health promoting sports clubs and an analysis of practical tools and proven strategies, to support national sports federations to invest in health promotion (HP).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A qualitative iterative study was undertaken, based on five 2-h meetings of a group of 15 international researchers in HP in sports clubs. Notes and minutes from meetings, as well as shared outputs were analyzed based on the health promoting sports club framework.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Guidelines developed for national sports federations to promote health includes a definition of a health promoting sports federation (HPSF), a description of how the settings-based approach to HP adapts to national sports federations, as well as practical applications of health promoting sports club\u2019s intervention strategies. The analysis of existing tools also demonstrated that most tools are centered on a single dimension of health (social, mental, physical, spiritual or community), and often on a specific health topic. Furthermore, they do not cover HP as a continuous long-lasting process, but are generally short-term programs. The HPSF clarifies theoretical concepts, their practical implementation via case studies and outlines intervention components and tools useful for sports federations in their implementation of HP.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The guidelines developed in this study are intended to facilitate national sports federations to acknowledge\/understand, reinforce\/underpin and foster current and further investment in HP.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpubh.2023.1147899","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,7,11]],"date-time":"2023-07-11T04:39:41Z","timestamp":1689050381000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Health promoting sports federations: theoretical foundations and guidelines"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Aur\u00e9lie","family":"Van Hoye","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Susanna","family":"Geidne","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Anne","family":"Vuillemin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Kieran","family":"Dowd","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Iva","family":"Glibo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Sandra","family":"Heck","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Bjarne","family":"Ibsen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Stacey","family":"Johnson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Melanie","family":"Kingsland","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Sami","family":"Kokko","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Aoife","family":"Lane","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Linda","family":"Ooms","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Marie","family":"Overbye","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Catherine","family":"Woods","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Geraldine","family":"Zeimers","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Stephen","family":"Whiting","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Mathieu","family":"Winand","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,7,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.4324\/9780203014615","volume-title":"A wider social role for sport: Who's keeping the score?","author":"Coalter","year":"2007"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"608593","DOI":"10.3389\/fspor.2021.608593","article-title":"The physical activity and sport participation framework-a policy model toward being physically active across the lifespan","volume":"3","author":"Westerbeek","year":"2021","journal-title":"Front Sports Act Living"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"851","DOI":"10.1177\/1403494818786110","article-title":"Does sports club participation contribute to physical activity among children and adolescents? 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