Figueroas Framework
Professor Peter Figueroa developed a tool to investigate the issues surrounding access, equity and equality in sport and physical activity. It has become better known as Figueroa’s framework. Constructed over five separate levels: individual, interpersonal, institutional, structural and cultural, these areas are used to investigate the ways in which inequities challenge the area of sport and physical activity. Each of the levels contained within Figueroa’s framework connect with the others and they all contribute to shaping the overall joint effect. They show the different functions that reinforce, create, remove and eliminate barriers and inequities within sport and physical activity.
The individual level of Figueroa’s framework looks at a person’s own attitudes, values and beliefs. It is also essential to look at whether there have been external influences involved in shaping these attitudes, particularly those that relate to stereotypes. In addition, the influences to a person’s participation, access and equity to sport and physical activity should be evaluated.
The structural level of the framework examines inequities within society on a much larger scale. It evaluates the impact of social status on the types and levels of participation in sport and physical activity. The impact of power and relationships within society and the distribution of sporting resources and rewards on participation in sport and physical activity are also covered within the structural level of the framework
The individual level of Figueroa’s framework looks at a person’s own attitudes, values and beliefs. It is also essential to look at whether there have been external influences involved in shaping these attitudes, particularly those that relate to stereotypes. In addition, the influences to a person’s participation, access and equity to sport and physical activity should be evaluated.
The structural level of the framework examines inequities within society on a much larger scale. It evaluates the impact of social status on the types and levels of participation in sport and physical activity. The impact of power and relationships within society and the distribution of sporting resources and rewards on participation in sport and physical activity are also covered within the structural level of the framework