DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.187175.1 ISSN: 2046-1402

A protocol for developing a culturally relevant framework to promote Indigenous Games as a strategy to enhance youth wellbeing in rural communities in Limpopo Province

T. J. Mokwena, M Mohlala, G Mukoma
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South Africa has the highest rate of non-communicable diseases in the Southern African Development Community. The South African government has developed sports and recreation legislation to provide infrastructure that addresses non-communicable diseases and promotes healthy lifestyles. Despite significant progress in establishing national sports and recreation policies and structures to meet population needs and ensure equitable access to facilities, South Africa remains among the countries with the highest rates of non-communicable diseases. This study explores Indigenous Games as culturally grounded, decolonial spaces for physical activity that promote holistic well-being among youth in selected rural communities in the Vhembe District, Limpopo Province. Trustworthiness will be ensured through measures of credibility, confirmability, transferability, and dependability. Qualitative data will be collected through focus groups and in-depth interviews. Quantitative data will be collected using a structured self-administered questionnaire. The study will adopt an exploratory sequential mixed-methods design in three phases. Phase one will employ both qualitative and quantitative approaches. In Phase two, meta-inferences will be conducted, and, in collaboration with youth and community stakeholders, a culturally relevant framework for promoting Indigenous Games as a strategy to enhance youth well-being in rural communities will be conceptualized and co-developed using community-based practice, decolonial theory, the BOEM model, and SWOT analysis. Phase three will use the Delphi Technique to validate the developed framework for promoting Indigenous Games. The study will use multi-stage random sampling and simple random sampling to assess how Indigenous Games can help prevent and manage non-communicable diseases. Ethical principles of informed consent, anonymity, privacy, confidentiality, and the avoidance of harm will be upheld throughout the research process. Qualitative data will be analyzed using ATLAS. ti, whereas the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 30.0 will be used to analyse the quantitative data.

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