[{"_id":"project:7232","_type":"project","abstract":{},"local_ids":{"esh":["41700"]},"dates":{"start_date":"2017-03-01","end_date":"2023-12-30"},"organizations":[{"coordinating":[{"_id":886305,"id":"556688-5280","sv":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola","en":"Marie Cederschiöld University"}]}],"people":[{"project_leaders":[]},{"other_personnel":[{"_id":"authority-person:77264","orcid":"0000-0002-2135-2684","name":"Kneck, Åsa","role":"co_investigator","affiliation":[{"_id":886223,"sv":"Institutionen för vårdvetenskap","en":"Department of Health Care Sciences","parent":[{"_id":886305,"id":"556688-5280","sv":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola","en":"Marie Cederschiöld University"}]}]},{"_id":"authority-person:77290","orcid":"0000-0001-6158-3279","name":"Kassman, Anders","role":"co_investigator","affiliation":[{"_id":887151,"sv":"Centrum för civilsamhällesforskning","en":"Centre for Civil Society Research","parent":[{"_id":887150,"sv":"Institutionen för civilsamhälle och religion","en":"Institutionen för civilsamhälle och religion","parent":[{"_id":886305,"id":"556688-5280","sv":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola","en":"Marie Cederschiöld University"}]}]},{"_id":887150,"sv":"Institutionen för civilsamhälle och religion","en":"Institutionen för civilsamhälle och religion","parent":[{"_id":886305,"id":"556688-5280","sv":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola","en":"Marie Cederschiöld University"}]}]}]}],"tags":[],"titles":{"sv":"Hälsa och idrott åt alla"},"type_of_awards":{},"publications":[{"id":"diva2:2016581","type":"article-journal","status":"Published","issued":{"date-parts":[[2026]]},"title":"Lundy's model and beyond : Exploring a girl's perspective on participation in voluntary sports organizations","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Vilgeus Loy","given":"Sara","ORCID":"0000-0002-2320-0836","localId":"sarvil","affiliation":[{"id":"887151","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Centrum för civilsamhällesforskning"}]},{"family":"Kneck","given":"Åsa","ORCID":"0000-0002-2135-2684","localId":"asakne","affiliation":[{"id":"886223","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för vårdvetenskap"}]}],"abstract":"This study investigates girls' perspectives on participation in decision-making through group interviews with girls (n = 12) aged between 10 and 15 years involved in athletics, basketball, and football. An abductive thematic analysis based on Lundy's model revealed that not only are the coach's efforts in facilitating children's participation important, but children also bear a responsibility to engage with their peers. Thus, Lundy's model is insufficient from a child's perspective on children's participation in sports. Findings also revealed girls' uncertainties and reluctance to make decisions, with performance and ability cited as reasons for their disengagement from the decision-making process.","DOI":"10.1080/17430437.2025.2518094","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11757","issue":"3","volume":"29","page":"627-643","container-title":"Sport in Society","ISSN":"1743-0445","keyword":"Children’s participation; Girls’ perspectives; Decision-making; Performance; Organised sports; Qualitative","published":[{"raw":"2026-06-11T11:47:12.666+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2025-11-26T09:48:25.093+01:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2026-06-11T11:47:12.666+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11757"},{"id":"diva2:2016568","type":"paper-conference","issued":{"date-parts":[[2024]]},"title":"Capturing Perspectives : A Photographic Journey into Non-Sport-Active Girls' Well-being and Physical Activity","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Kneck","given":"Åsa","ORCID":"0000-0002-2135-2684","localId":"asakne","affiliation":[{"id":"886223","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för vårdvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Kassman","given":"Anders","ORCID":"0000-0001-6158-3279","localId":"andkas","affiliation":[{"id":"887151","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Centrum för civilsamhällesforskning"}]}],"abstract":"Background: Physical activity is important for all children's health, but it has become something exclusive with demands for membership, transportation options, organized forms, at given places and times. Physical activity is often equated with sports, where groups of children who are not sports-active are rarely given a voice in either research or public debate.Aim: The aim was to analyze how girls from a multi-ethnic area, not doing sports, reason about their wellbeing during leisure time, and how they think about physical activities, social relations, and their near future.Methods: The project utilized a longitudinal, visual, and participatory approach, tracking a cohort of non-sportactive girls over three years. Data collection involved the girls taking photos of their daily lives, which formed the basis for interviews in focus groups (photo-elicitation) with girls aged 9-12. Additionally, a follow-up study employed a photo-voice method, with girls aged 12-15 collectively analyzing photos and determining new discussion themes. Focus areas encompassed physical activity, leisure, and health. The photo-voice method also facilitated engagement with society, including a public photo exhibition where girls presented their photos and posed questions to decision-makers in politics, education, andcivil society. This exhibition garnered attention from radio and newspapers.Results: The project found that girls doubted the feasibility of meeting the WHO's one-hour daily physical activity goal. Boys were seen as more active than girls in leisure time, breaks, and physical education classes. Girls believed increased school physical education classes would benefit already active students, feeling sidelined by more competitive peers, often boys. Resistance to getting sweaty at school hindered increased physical activity. Ideally, girls wanted to be active with family, mainly on special occasions.Conclusion: The study concludes that equating physical activity with sports participation makes it difficult for groups unable or unwilling to participate in organized sports to maintain healthy levels of physical activity. This affects equal health opportunities as sedentary lifestyles become more common, emphasizing the need to prioritize physical activity amid competing interests.","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11752","event":"The 6th Nordic Conference in Nursing Research, Stockholm, Sweden, 2-4 October, 2024","published":[{"raw":"2025-11-26T09:28:06.590+01:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2025-11-26T09:28:06.702+01:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-11-28T12:50:03.481+01:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11752"},{"id":"diva2:2016564","type":"paper-conference","issued":{"date-parts":[[2024]]},"title":"Girls' Opportunities for Physical Activity through a Cross-Cultural Lens : Insights from Parental Perspectives and Culturally Adapted Methodologies","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Kneck","given":"Åsa","ORCID":"0000-0002-2135-2684","localId":"asakne","affiliation":[{"id":"886223","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för vårdvetenskap"}]}],"abstract":"Background: Physical inactivity is a growing public health issue, especially for children and youth. In Sweden, as inmany other countries, children's level of physical activity is closely linked to participation in sports movements, where participation for most is a part of childhood and parenthood. While the sportsmovement is intended as a health-promoting and inclusive activity, participation is stratified based on gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Girls from families with lower socioeconomic status and those with foreign-born parents have the lowest participation rates. Although physical activity is a universal human need and central to health, sports are a cultural phenomenon dominated by male norms and ideals. The Swedish sports movement has a distinct Nordic character with a high degree of organization, membership requirements, and voluntary parental involvement. In order for the sports movement to become the health-promoting arena that enables participation for all children, more knowledge is needed about how immigrant parents perceive girls' participation in sports. However, research with minority groups based on questions that may be perceived as normative Swedish values is sensitive and requires special methodological considerations.Aim: The aim was to shed light on girls' lower participation by examining how parents with non-European and Swedish backgrounds view physical activity and their daughters' sports participation.Methods: In a multi-stage model, culturally adapted questions regarding perceptions and experiences about physical activity, organized sports, childhood, and health, as well as the differences between boys and girls regarding these issues, were developed. Focus groups in different mother tongues are rare and especially in languages that the researchers themselves do not master, which required special preparations, including a trust-building recruitment process.Results: Ten focus group interviews were conducted among parents born in Syria, Somalia, Eritrea, and Sweden. Questions and inspirational material for the focus groups contributed to discussions and data generation.Conclusion: Among parents born in different countries, there were both similarities and differences regarding perceptions of physical activity, sports, and health. Differences in boys' and girls' needs for physical activity, an unsafe neighborhood, and a demanding life as parents emerged as explanations for children's different participation in the sports movement.","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11751","event":"The 6th Nordic Conference in Nursing Research, Stockholm, Sweden, 2-4 October, 2024","published":[{"raw":"2025-11-27T13:43:26.789+01:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2025-11-26T09:21:24.611+01:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-11-27T13:43:26.803+01:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11751"},{"id":"diva2:1837536","type":"speech","issued":{"date-parts":[[2024]]},"title":"Hur kan ledare inom idrottsrörelsen navigera delvis motsägelsefulla förväntningar från utövare, föräldrar, styrelsen och staten?","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Kassman","given":"Anders","ORCID":"0000-0001-6158-3279","localId":"andkas","affiliation":[{"id":"887151","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Centrum för civilsamhällesforskning"}]},{"family":"Kneck","given":"Åsa","ORCID":"0000-0002-2135-2684","localId":"asakne","affiliation":[{"id":"886223","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för vårdvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Blomqvist Mickelsson","given":"Tony","affiliation":[{"name":"Södertörns högskola"}]}],"abstract":"Genom idrottsrörelsens verksamhet förväntas ett brett spektrum av mervärden, utöver enbart idrottslig utveckling och sportsliga framgångar. Främjandet av fysisk aktivitet, samhörighet, meningsfull fritidssysselsättning, social inkludering, integration, demokratisk fostran och brottförebyggande arbete bidrar till att motivera statlig och kommunal finansiering. I det implicita kontraktet mellan staten och idrottsrörelsen ingår även en aktiv strävan att vara öppen och tillgänglig för alla. Engagemanget för breddat deltagande utspelar sig i hög grad inom lokala medlemsbaserade föreningar, där ideella ledare står inför komplexa utmaningar. Ledaren har en nyckelroll, navigerar genom behov och förväntningar från utövare, föräldrar, styrelser och stat där egna förmågor och resurser blir avgörande. För att underlätta för den ideella lokala ledaren behövs olika former av stödstrukturer som behöver synliggöras tillsammans med ledarnas förutsättningar och bidrag till idrottsrörelsen.","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10711","event":"Civilsamhällets särintressen och statens allmänintresse,  Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Stockholm, 1 februari 2024","published":[{"raw":"2024-02-14T09:19:00.000+01:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2024-02-14T09:19:01.932+01:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:44:14.598+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10711"},{"id":"diva2:1828201","type":"article-journal","status":"Published","issued":{"date-parts":[[2023]]},"title":"Idrottsrörelsen är inte anpassad för alla : Flickors erfarenheter om fysiska aktiviteter i och utanför den organiserade idrotten","language":"swe","author":[{"family":"Kneck","given":"Åsa","ORCID":"0000-0002-2135-2684","localId":"asakne","affiliation":[{"id":"886223","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för vårdvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Kassman","given":"Anders","ORCID":"0000-0001-6158-3279","localId":"andkas","affiliation":[{"id":"887151","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Centrum för civilsamhällesforskning"}]}],"abstract":"Syftet är att ge en inblick i hur flickor som inte deltar i organiserad idrott resonerar om fysisk aktivitet. Studien designades med fokusgrupper bland 18 flickor i åldrarna 9-12 år, 8 av dem följdes också upp tre år senare. I intervjuerna användes fotografier tagna av flickorna själva för att stimulera till erfarenhetsutbyte. Resultaten ger inblick i hur olika strukturella skillnader upplevs, hanteras och påverkar flickornas fysiska aktivitet. Flickorna är väl medvetna om samhällets förväntningar, men bland de som inte började tidigt med idrott blir det svårare ju äldre de blir. Det saknas fungerande utlopp för fysisk aktivitet efter barnaårens lekande. Varken skolans idrott, det egna promenerandet med kompisar eller olika mer tillfälliga aktiviteter med familjen räcker för att nå de högt satta målen för fysisk aktivitet.","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10618","issue":"4","page":"612-620","container-title":"Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift","ISSN":"2000-4192","publisher-place":"Stockholm","published":[{"raw":"2024-01-16T12:58:00.000+01:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2024-01-16T12:58:27.337+01:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:45:13.819+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10618"},{"id":"diva2:1651696","type":"article-journal","status":"Published","issued":{"date-parts":[[2022]]},"title":"Doing childhood, doing gender, but not doing sports : Unorganized girls’ reflections on leisure time from a relational perspective","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Kassman","given":"Anders","ORCID":"0000-0001-6158-3279","localId":"andkas","affiliation":[{"id":"886220","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Centrum för civilsamhällesforskning"}]},{"family":"Kneck","given":"Åsa","ORCID":"0000-0002-2135-2684","localId":"asakne","affiliation":[{"id":"886223","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för vårdvetenskap"}]}],"abstract":"The aim is to analyze how girls from a multi-ethnic area, not doing sports, reason about their well-being during leisure time, and how they think about physical activities, social relations, and their near future. The results say that they mainly regard leisure time as a moment for rest. They have close relations in primary groups but weaker secondary relations. They reveal stereotypical opinions about gender divisions in sports. Physical activity is unwanted and tiresome, if not part of playing.","DOI":"10.1177/09075682221088183","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9468","issue":"2","volume":"29","page":"172-186","container-title":"Childhood","ISSN":"1461-7013","keyword":"Associations; Autonomy; Gender; Generational order; Leisure time; Physical activity; Social relations; Social sustainability; Sports; Well-being","published":[{"raw":"2022-04-13T09:04:00.000+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2022-04-13T09:04:06.423+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:58:47.450+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9468"},{"id":"diva2:1604108","type":"article-journal","status":"Published","issued":{"date-parts":[[2022]]},"title":"Doing it together. The dynamics of volunteer work in football clubs for children, the Swedish case","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Kassman","given":"Anders","ORCID":"0000-0001-6158-3279","localId":"andkas","affiliation":[{"id":"881830","name":"Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Centrum för civilsamhällesforskning"}]},{"family":"Kneck","given":"Åsa","ORCID":"0000-0002-2135-2684","localId":"asakne","affiliation":[{"id":"877105","name":"Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Institutionen för vårdvetenskap"}]}],"abstract":"Football is one of the most popular organized leisure activities, and sports clubs organize many volunteers. But participation is stratified, volunteering among parents is class based and especially immigrant girls participate less. The aim of this study is to explore volunteering for children's football as a social activity from a relational perspective. We analyse the dynamics in the clubs to understand how structures are shaped in interaction between individuals and organizations. The study has a mixed-methods approach with interviews among club employees and a survey to volunteers. Our analysis reveal that the dynamics of the recruitment process results in a homogenic group of volunteers from a more affluent area and that flexible working hours is a key mechanism in the stratification process. Even so the playing children seems to be a more heterogenic group and especially boys seem to be recruited from a wider community.","DOI":"10.1080/14660970.2021.1953478","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9217","issue":"6","page":"1-14","container-title":"Soccer & Society","ISSN":"1743-9590","keyword":"Sociology and Political Science; Cultural Studies; Social Psychology","published":[{"raw":"2021-10-18T16:13:00.000+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2021-10-18T16:13:44.142+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T17:01:54.503+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9217"},{"id":"diva2:1721116","type":"article-journal","status":"Published","issued":{"date-parts":[[2022]]},"title":"Fysisk aktivitet, idrott och hälsa bland flickor : Forskning med föräldrar från Somalia, Eritrea, Syrien och Sverige","language":"swe","author":[{"family":"Kneck","given":"Åsa","ORCID":"0000-0002-2135-2684","localId":"asakne","affiliation":[{"id":"886223","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för vårdvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Kassman","given":"Anders","ORCID":"0000-0001-6158-3279","localId":"andkas","affiliation":[{"id":"887151","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Centrum för civilsamhällesforskning"}]}],"abstract":"Svenska flickor med utländsk bakgrund är mindre fysiskt aktiva än andra barn. Svensk idrottsrörelse har en särskild nordisk prägel som kräver mycket av föräldrarna.","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9960","issue":"4","page":"30-31","container-title":"Skolhälsan","ISSN":"0284-284X","publisher":"Riksföreningen för skolsköterskor","published":[{"raw":"2022-12-21T08:41:00.000+01:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2022-12-21T08:41:29.048+01:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:52:51.427+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9960"},{"id":"diva2:1693546","type":"article-journal","status":"Published","issued":{"date-parts":[[2022]]},"title":"Organiserad idrott : viktig källa till fysisk aktivitet för många barn","language":"swe","author":[{"family":"Kneck","given":"Åsa","ORCID":"0000-0002-2135-2684","localId":"asakne","affiliation":[{"id":"886223","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för vårdvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Kassman","given":"Anders","ORCID":"0000-0001-6158-3279","localId":"andkas","affiliation":[{"id":"887151","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Centrum för civilsamhällesforskning"}]}],"NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9758","page":"20-20","container-title":"Diabetesvård : tidning för Svensk förening för sjuksköterskor i diabetesvård","ISSN":"2004-4623","published":[{"raw":"2022-09-07T10:35:00.000+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2022-09-07T10:35:26.127+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:55:10.642+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9758"},{"id":"diva2:1721112","type":"article-journal","status":"Published","issued":{"date-parts":[[2022]]},"title":"Uppfattningar om fysisk aktivitet, idrott, fritid och hälsa : Forskning med flickor som inte deltar i idrottsrörelsen","language":"swe","author":[{"family":"Kneck","given":"Åsa","ORCID":"0000-0002-2135-2684","localId":"asakne","affiliation":[{"id":"886223","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för vårdvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Kassman","given":"Anders","ORCID":"0000-0001-6158-3279","localId":"andkas","affiliation":[{"id":"887151","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Centrum för civilsamhällesforskning"}]}],"abstract":"Fysisk aktivitet är viktigt för alla barns hälsa, men flickor är mindre fysiskt aktiva än pojkar och minst fysiskt aktiva är flickor med utländsk bakgrund. I Sverige är barns fysiska aktivitet starkt förknippad med deltagande i idrottsrörelsen, som inte passar alla.","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9959","issue":"4","container-title":"Vårdmagasinet Hälsa : medlemstidning för distriktssköterskor","ISSN":"2003-1165","published":[{"raw":"2022-12-21T08:33:00.000+01:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2022-12-21T08:33:53.908+01:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:52:52.748+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9959"},{"id":"diva2:1532703","type":"article-journal","status":"Published","issued":{"date-parts":[[2021]]},"title":"Barn- och ungdomsfotboll under Coronapandemin : De svenska erfarenheterna visar att folkhälsa är mer än smittskydd","language":"swe","author":[{"family":"Kassman","given":"Anders","ORCID":"0000-0001-6158-3279","localId":"andkas","affiliation":[{"id":"881830","name":"Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Centrum för civilsamhällesforskning"}]},{"family":"Hvenmark","given":"Johan","ORCID":"0000-0003-4159-8478","localId":"johhve","affiliation":[{"id":"881830","name":"Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Centrum för civilsamhällesforskning"}]},{"family":"Kneck","given":"Åsa","ORCID":"0000-0002-2135-2684","localId":"asakne","affiliation":[{"id":"877105","name":"Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Institutionen för vårdvetenskap"}]}],"abstract":"Undersökningen är en fallstudie av hur föreningsfotbollen i Stockholm och de nationella förbunden hanterade Coronapandemin våren 2020. I Sverige poängterades det personliga ansvaret vilket medförde att föreningar och ideellt engagerade ledare gavs ett stort ansvar att tolka, hantera och kontrollera efterföljden av de rekommendationer och restriktioner som beslutades. Resultaten visar att det på alla nivåer fanns farhågor att även ett tillfälligt stopp av verksamheten kunde få långsiktiga negativa konsekvenser bland annat på grund av minskad fysisk aktivitet. En nyckelhändelse var att St Erikscupen kunde genomföras vilket under pandemin adderade den ovana rollen för de ideella ledarna att försöka hålla vissa hygienregler samt att se till så att det inte samlades mer än max 50 personer i samband med matcherna.","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-8649","issue":"1","page":"100-111","container-title":"Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift","ISSN":"2000-4192","keyword":"Främjande arbete; Förebyggande arbete; Ideellt arbete; Implementering; Folkhälsa; Interaktiv styrning","published":[{"raw":"2021-03-02T14:48:00.000+01:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2021-03-02T14:48:36.728+01:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T17:08:08.599+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-8649"},{"id":"diva2:1710243","type":"review","status":"Published","issued":{"date-parts":[[2021]]},"title":"Health-promotive and exclusionary mechanisms in civil society : A critical review of the empirical support for Putnam’s view of social capital","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Kassman","given":"Anders","ORCID":"0000-0001-6158-3279","localId":"andkas","affiliation":[{"id":"881830","name":"Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Centrum för civilsamhällesforskning"}]},{"family":"Kneck","given":"Åsa","ORCID":"0000-0002-2135-2684","localId":"asakne","affiliation":[{"id":"877105","name":"Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Institutionen för vårdvetenskap"}]}],"abstract":"A critical, integrative review in the SocINDEX database was conducted to screen empirically grounded research on civil society and health among youth. Our initial search string resulted in 477 hits, and our final selection was 58 articles. We found both promotive and excluding processes emanating from civil society. The engaged participants seem to empower themselves and live healthier lives, but simultaneously, they tend to exclude those with poorer health and status. Civil society does not seem to have the ability to resolve the existing stratifications, and there are risks of reinforcing the existing inequalities. Partly due to insufficient theoretical detail, there was also significant room for circular reasoning since the operationalisations of participation in civil society, social capital and health often overlapped. Of the three mechanisms proposed by Robert Putnam as links between networks and health, social control seems to have the best support in the reviewed empirical studies.","DOI":"10.1080/23311886.2021.1953768","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9893","issue":"1","volume":"7","number":"1953768","container-title":"Cogent Social Sciences","ISSN":"2331-1886","keyword":"Civil society; Health; Social capital; Well-being; Causality","publisher":"Taylor & Francis","published":[{"raw":"2022-11-11T14:07:00.000+01:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2022-11-11T14:07:00.349+01:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:53:36.376+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9893"},{"id":"diva2:1721121","type":"report","issued":{"date-parts":[[2021]]},"title":"Idrott och hälsa bland flickor : Uppfattningar och erfarenheter bland föräldrar från Somalia, Eritrea, Syrien och Sverige","language":"swe","author":[{"family":"Kassman","given":"Anders","ORCID":"0000-0001-6158-3279","localId":"andkas","affiliation":[{"id":"881830","name":"Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Centrum för civilsamhällesforskning"}]},{"family":"Kneck","given":"Åsa","ORCID":"0000-0002-2135-2684","localId":"asakne","affiliation":[{"id":"877105","name":"Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Institutionen för vårdvetenskap"}]}],"abstract":"Den organiserande idrottsrörelsen har länge haft en central ställning i det svenska samhället och möjliggjort fysisk aktivitet för flera generationer. Samtidigt är flickor, och speciellt de med utomeuropisk bakgrund, underrepresenterade vad gäller deltagande i idrottsrörelsen. Mot bakgrund av detta syftar denna rapport att kasta ljus över flickors lägre deltagande. Rapporten bygger på fokusgruppsintervjuer med föräldrar födda i Syrien, Somalia, Eritrea och Sverige där föräldrars uppfattningar och erfarenheter kring idrott, barndom, hälsa och föreningsliv samt skillnader mellan pojkar och flickor behandlades.","ISBN":"978-91-88021-58-8","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9961","number-of-pages":"91","publisher-place":"Stockholm","publisher":"Delegationen för migrationsstudier (Delmi)","published":[{"raw":"2022-12-21T08:55:00.000+01:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2022-12-21T08:55:59.065+01:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:52:50.260+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9961"},{"id":"diva2:1305344","type":"article-journal","status":"Published","issued":{"date-parts":[[2018]]},"title":"Hälsa och sociala relationer bland organiserade ungdomar : Integration och selektion","language":"swe","author":[{"family":"Kassman","given":"Anders","ORCID":"0000-0001-6158-3279","localId":"andkas","affiliation":[{"id":"877103","name":"Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Avdelningen för forskning om det civila samhället"}]},{"family":"Kneck","given":"Åsa","ORCID":"0000-0002-2135-2684","localId":"asakne","affiliation":[{"id":"877105","name":"Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Institutionen för vårdvetenskap"}]}],"abstract":"Eftersom sociala relationer är viktiga för att främja hälsa så borde civilsamhällets organisationer, med sina många mötestillfällen, kunna bidra till folkhälsan. Denna systematiska litteraturöversikt av internationell forskning visar att ungdomsorganisationer kan bidra till förbättrad hälsa för deltagarna om de lyckas balansera stöd, kontroll och delaktighet på ett bra sätt. De vuxna ledarna har en viktig roll i denna process. Men risken är att selektionsprocesser gör att de med störst behov tenderar att hamna utanför, och att bättre hälsa bland deltagarna därför till stor del beror på att de med sämre hälsa väljer bort föreningsdeltagande. Föreningar är exklusiva i olika hög grad och det är därför missledande att ha generella förväntningar på att deltagande i civilsamhället ska kunna förbättra folkhälsan.","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-7398","issue":"5","volume":"95","page":"517-527","container-title":"Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift","ISSN":"2000-4192","keyword":"civilsamhälle; idrott; socialt kapital; ungdomar; hälsa","published":[{"raw":"2019-04-16T14:00:00.000+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2019-04-16T14:00:18.535+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T17:23:30.590+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-7398"}],"links":[{"type":"pid","link":"https://su.diva-portal.org/smash/api/project/swecris/project:7232"}]}]