**5. Future research perspectives on the SDP**

*Sports Science and Human Health - Different Approaches*

Evaluate effects or impacts of the

Projects are imperfect and need be

Reinforce administration team and

What is the finality/use/form of

Reality field could be unsecure, unstable, complex, dangerous

What is the qualification/training of

*Tensions between practice and theory on SDP.*

SDP projects

management work

SDP personal/staff

improve

SDP?

**Table 2.**

increasingly developing with their projects. As they do so, they must strengthen their structure and organization, which is often dependent on the financial and human resources at their disposal. On the other hand, researchers have started to conduct several studies to better understand the managerial aspects of SDP organizations, and it would be relevant if these studies could strengthen the organiza-

**SDP practice Axis of tensions SDP theory or research**

*Program evaluation* Need for indicators/criteria to

*Critic/support* Need to critic projects but also

*Management* Need to reinforce management

*Training/workshop* Need for research on training

*Method/tools* Need to improve quality of

*Finality/use* Need to identify the types of SDP and

investigation

conduct evaluation

elements of projects

needs about thematics

support actors and organizations

research and have adapted tools for

**Practical needs of SDP Needs for research**

Fourthly and for the time being, few differences have been made in SDP projects between those aimed at elite sport, competition, physical education, physical activity for leisure, or another theme such as health education through SDP. In our opinion, there is a very important tension about the purpose, use, and form that the SDP can represent and be truly in field projects. While several texts have been written to attempt to highlight these elements, few studies have attempted to go further in understanding what the SDP really is. This research seems essential to us to make the difference between the various forms of SDP and their multiple uses. This will eventually make it possible to identify new themes to investigate around the SDP. Fifth, there are currently many questions around who are the people who work with the populations in SDP, what are their training or qualifications? While the research strongly recommends the use of sport supervised by qualified and trained personnel, few studies have focused on the profiles and the training of those people who work in the field every day. On this axis of tension, research must propose areas of response to strengthen field actions. And on this point, it is therefore necessary for researchers to go down to the field to see and understand the reality of the projects. Finally, SDP fields are often dangerous and unsafe as they are located in humanitarian crisis or international development situations. These situations can change in a few minutes and working in this environment is therefore extremely unstable. They also face very complex realities in which it is necessary to take into account as many elements as possible in order to operate. Faced with the reality of this type of terrain, researchers must adapt their work. In particular, research methods and tools must evolve to adapt to a changing reality and to conditions that are sometimes very inappropriate for conducting a traditional research project. These adaptations

tional aspects of SDP projects which often do not have much support.

are necessary to improve the quality of research in SDP's fields.

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SDP research now offers a better understanding of the movement and allows practitioners to better orient themselves in their use of sport for development. However, the research also raised a set of concrete issues for field projects and some questions remain unanswered at this time. Following the results of the latest studies, six main areas of work should be considered to guide further research on SDP.

