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Concussion Reporting and Safeguarding Policy Development in British American Football: An Essential Agenda
The objective of this study was to examine concussion reporting and safeguarding policy in British American Football (BAF). Data were collected via an online survey tool. The data presented are part of a broader study that examined injury profiles, concussion reporting behaviors, and medical provisi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8211898/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34151261 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2021.671876 |
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description | The objective of this study was to examine concussion reporting and safeguarding policy in British American Football (BAF). Data were collected via an online survey tool. The data presented are part of a broader study that examined injury profiles, concussion reporting behaviors, and medical provision in BAF. Concussion-like symptoms were found in over half (58.8%) of the participants. Of those, 36.4% reported they had previously been formally diagnosed with a concussion while playing BAF. Just under half of the participants (44.7%) had suspected they had had a concussion, although it was not formally diagnosed, and 23.5% of the participants had previously hidden concussion symptoms. Fifty-eight percent of the teams reported they did not have a regular game-day medic, with a range of hired medical personnel who attended the games. Prominent barriers to hiring a medic included budget, institutional support shortfall, and lack of medic reliability and game knowledge. BAF is a developing sport with a clear vision for growth of participation. Yet, the current concussion and medical provision policies do not address the sport's welfare needs. Through discussion of these policies in the context of this study's findings, we highlight vital areas of concern in policy and practice that the British American Football Association needs to address in their medical and concussion policies. |
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spelling | pubmed-82118982021-06-19 Concussion Reporting and Safeguarding Policy Development in British American Football: An Essential Agenda Travis, Eleanor Thornton, Claire Scott-Bell, Andrea Front Sports Act Living Sports and Active Living The objective of this study was to examine concussion reporting and safeguarding policy in British American Football (BAF). Data were collected via an online survey tool. The data presented are part of a broader study that examined injury profiles, concussion reporting behaviors, and medical provision in BAF. Concussion-like symptoms were found in over half (58.8%) of the participants. Of those, 36.4% reported they had previously been formally diagnosed with a concussion while playing BAF. Just under half of the participants (44.7%) had suspected they had had a concussion, although it was not formally diagnosed, and 23.5% of the participants had previously hidden concussion symptoms. Fifty-eight percent of the teams reported they did not have a regular game-day medic, with a range of hired medical personnel who attended the games. Prominent barriers to hiring a medic included budget, institutional support shortfall, and lack of medic reliability and game knowledge. BAF is a developing sport with a clear vision for growth of participation. Yet, the current concussion and medical provision policies do not address the sport's welfare needs. Through discussion of these policies in the context of this study's findings, we highlight vital areas of concern in policy and practice that the British American Football Association needs to address in their medical and concussion policies. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8211898/ /pubmed/34151261 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2021.671876 Text en Copyright © 2021 Travis, Thornton and Scott-Bell. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Sports and Active Living Travis, Eleanor Thornton, Claire Scott-Bell, Andrea Concussion Reporting and Safeguarding Policy Development in British American Football: An Essential Agenda |
title | Concussion Reporting and Safeguarding Policy Development in British American Football: An Essential Agenda |
title_full | Concussion Reporting and Safeguarding Policy Development in British American Football: An Essential Agenda |
title_fullStr | Concussion Reporting and Safeguarding Policy Development in British American Football: An Essential Agenda |
title_full_unstemmed | Concussion Reporting and Safeguarding Policy Development in British American Football: An Essential Agenda |
title_short | Concussion Reporting and Safeguarding Policy Development in British American Football: An Essential Agenda |
title_sort | concussion reporting and safeguarding policy development in british american football: an essential agenda |
topic | Sports and Active Living |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8211898/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34151261 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2021.671876 |
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