Insights from adolescent athletes concerning the acquisition and dissemination of concussion information
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Journal of sport pedagogy and research
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Sociedade científica de pedagogia do desporto
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- High school sport
- Qualitative research
- Traumatic brain injury
- Knowledge translation
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Especialistas notaram que a segurança dos atletas seria maior se eles forem melhor
informados sobre concussões. O objetivo deste estudo foi abordar esta questão através
da aquisição de conhecimentos dos atletas adolescentes sobre concussões. As
questões de investigação neste estudo foram: de que forma os atletas adolescentes
adquirem informações sobre concussões? Quem ou o que influencia o conhecimento
dos atletas adolescentes de concussões? Como preferem ser ensinados sobre
concussões atletas adolescentes? Os participantes foram atletas adolescentes, nove
rapazes e nove raparigas (N = 18) com idades entre 15 e 18 anos, que competem na
mesma equipa de uma escola secundária canadiana urbana. Foram realizadas
entrevistas semiestruturadas com cada participante e os dados qualitativos foram
analisados através da análise de conteúdo hierárquico. Os resultados revelaram que a
maioria dos atletas adolescentes adquiriu informações sobre concussões através de
interações com seus pares e membros da família, reportagens jornalísticas e projetos
escolares. Os participantes também indicaram uma preferência por formulários
interativos de educação sobre concussão que envolvem componentes audiovisuais,
debates e estudos de caso de atletas que sofreram concussão. As conclusões deste
estudo podem ser de interesse para profissionais de saúde e educação que são
responsáveis pela segurança dos atletas jovens e bem-estar, bem como para
pesquisadores que trabalham neste domínio.
Experts have noted that the safety of athletes would be improved if they were better informed about concussions. The purpose of this study was to address this issue by acquiring adolescent athletes’ insights about concussions. The research questions guiding this study were: How do adolescent athletes acquire information about concussions? Who or what influences adolescent athletes’ knowledge of concussions? How would adolescent athletes prefer to be educated about concussions? The participants were nine male and nine female adolescent athletes (N = 18) aged 15 to 18 years who competed on a varsity sport team from the same urban Canadian high school. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with each participant and the qualitative data were analyzed using hierarchical content analysis. Results revealed the majority of adolescent athletes acquired information about concussions through interactions with peers and family members, sports media reports, and school projects. The participants also indicated a preference towards interactive forms of concussion education that involve audiovisual components, discussions, and case studies of concussed athletes. Findings from this study may be of interest to health and educational professionals who are responsible for young athletes’ safety and well being, as well as for researchers working in this domain.
Experts have noted that the safety of athletes would be improved if they were better informed about concussions. The purpose of this study was to address this issue by acquiring adolescent athletes’ insights about concussions. The research questions guiding this study were: How do adolescent athletes acquire information about concussions? Who or what influences adolescent athletes’ knowledge of concussions? How would adolescent athletes prefer to be educated about concussions? The participants were nine male and nine female adolescent athletes (N = 18) aged 15 to 18 years who competed on a varsity sport team from the same urban Canadian high school. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with each participant and the qualitative data were analyzed using hierarchical content analysis. Results revealed the majority of adolescent athletes acquired information about concussions through interactions with peers and family members, sports media reports, and school projects. The participants also indicated a preference towards interactive forms of concussion education that involve audiovisual components, discussions, and case studies of concussed athletes. Findings from this study may be of interest to health and educational professionals who are responsible for young athletes’ safety and well being, as well as for researchers working in this domain.
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