Sport and socio-educational intervention: impact of reinforcers in communities with socioeconomic disadvantage.

Abstract

Community development contemplates various areas of approach such as culture, health, sports, food, in order to contribute directly and progressively to the improvement of living conditions in a specific sector or context. In this sense, some institutions generate interventions through various strategies such as sports or nutritional care. Based on this, the objective of this research is to analyze the influence of the interventions carried out by two non-governmental organizations on the psychological well-being and social capital of two populations living in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas in Colombia. The results showed that the communities perceive greater identification with the interventions based on food; in contrast to those that base their actions on the implementation of long-term strategies based on sports for personal and community strengthening.