{"id":2717,"date":"2026-01-13T17:24:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/?post_type=innovation&#038;p=2717"},"modified":"2026-01-30T18:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T23:22:15","slug":"sports-spaces-for-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"innovation","link":"https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/fr\/innovations\/sports-spaces-for-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Spaces for Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3463-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3463-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3463-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3463-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3463-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3463-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3463-18x12.jpeg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo credit: Plan International Vietnam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div id=\"ql-bg-container-block_bf089fffdc99b732d08ea616396e99ea\" class=\"acf-block ql-bg-container bg-white\"><div class=\"ql-bg-container-inner\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Organisation de mise en \u0153uvre :<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/plan-international.org\/vietnam-en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Plan International Vietnam<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Type de projet :&nbsp;<\/strong>du D\u00e9ploiement \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lieu :&nbsp;<\/strong>Lai Chau and Tuyen Quang, Vietnam<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Domaine(s) th\u00e9matique(s)<\/strong>: Sports, Peer-based<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PI_Logo_RGB_blue-High-res-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2757\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3.318626336138276;width:230px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PI_Logo_RGB_blue-High-res-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PI_Logo_RGB_blue-High-res-500x225.png 500w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PI_Logo_RGB_blue-High-res-1024x461.png 1024w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PI_Logo_RGB_blue-High-res-768x346.png 768w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PI_Logo_RGB_blue-High-res-1536x691.png 1536w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PI_Logo_RGB_blue-High-res-2048x922.png 2048w, https:\/\/being-initiative.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PI_Logo_RGB_blue-High-res-18x8.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Plan International Vietnam\u2019s Sport Spaces Model (SSM) utilizes team sports to engage parents in reducing violence and conflict, strengthening family functioning, and improving youth mental health among ethnic minority youth aged 11-15 years and their parents in two northern mountainous provinces, Lai Chau and Tuyen Quang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike standard sports-based interventions that focus solely on youth, SSM engages youth and their parents, first as separate groups in Sport Club sessions, then together, through school and community sports events, to practice the skills they have learned in mental health literacy, positive discipline, and parenting, and to strengthen parent-child relationships. The initiative is co-led by students, teachers, and the Youth Union, with strategic support from the Departments of Education and Training in each participating province, aiming for long-term sustainability and integration into national school health programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First piloted in Hanoi from 2018 to 2022, SSM has reached over 30,000 students aged 11-15 years and parents, and over 1200 teachers, school staff, and leaders. 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