There has been a remarkable increase in the past 10 years in the awareness of concussion in the sports and recreation communities. Just as sport participants, their families, coaches, trainers, and sports organizations now know more about concussions, health care professionals are also better prepared to diagnose and manage concussions. As has been stated in the formal articles in this special issue on sport-related concussion, education about concussion is one of the most important aspects of concussion prevention, with the others being data collection, program evaluation, improved engineering, and introduction and enforcement of rules. Unfortunately, the incidence of concussion appears to be rising in many sports and thus, additional sports-specific strategies are required to reduce the incidence, short-term effects, and long term consequences of concussion. Enhanced educational strategies are required to ensure that individual participants, sports organizations, and health care professionals recognize concussions and manage them proficiently according to internationally recognized guidelines. Therefore, this paper serves as a “brief report” on a few important aspects of concussion education and prevention.
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Sport Concussion Education and Prevention
Charles H. Tator
The Effects of a Web-Based Alcohol Prevention Program on Social Norms, Expectancies, and Intentions to Prevent Harm among College Student-Athletes
Melodie Fearnow-Kenney, David L. Wyrick, Jeffrey J. Milroy, Erin J. Reifsteck, Timothy Day, and Samantha E. Kelly
College athletes are at risk for heavy alcohol use, which jeopardizes their general health, academic standing, and athletic performance. Effective prevention programming reduces these risks by targeting theory-based intermediate factors that predict alcohol use while tailoring content to student-athletes. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the myPlaybook online prevention program on student-athletes’ social norms, negative alcohol expectancies, and intentions to use alcohol-related harm prevention strategies. NCAA Division II student-athletes were recruited from 60 institutions across the United States to complete myPlaybook and pretest/posttest surveys measuring demographics and targeted outcome variables. Participants were randomly assigned to the treatment group (pretest-program-posttest; final n = 647) or the delayed treatment “control” group (pretest-posttest-program; final n = 709). Results revealed significant program effects on social norms (p < .01) and intentions to use harm prevention strategies (p < .01), while the effect on negative alcohol expectancies was nonsignificant (p = .14). Implications for future research and practice are discussed.
NetballSmart, Implementation of a National Injury Prevention Program
Suzanne Belcher, Sharon Kearney, Matt Brughelli, Natalie Hardaker, and Chris Whatman
remains a challenge for several reasons. Saunders et al. ( 2010 ) showed that 88% of coaches believed a specific netball injury prevention program could improve landing technique and 71% found them effective at reducing injury. Nevertheless, only approximately 50% adhered to the program. Some of the
An Examination of Hazing in Canadian Intercollegiate Sports
Jay Johnson, Michelle D. Guerrero, Margery Holman, Jessica W. Chin, and Mary Anne Signer-Kroeker
. Overall, findings from Hamilton et al.’s study indicated that hazing is a highly prevalent phenomenon in Canadian university sports with the need for prevention strategies to address this persistent trend. However, several research questions pertaining to hazing in Canadian athletics still remain. In fact
Associations of Cognitively Active Versus Passive Sedentary Behaviors and Cognition in Older Adults
Mariana Wingood, Nancy M. Gell, Dori E. Rosenberg, Gregory J. Stoddard, and Erin D. Bouldin
the cognitive functioning of healthy older adults: a systematic review . Syst Rev . 2017 ; 6 ( 1 ): 269 . doi: 10.1186/s13643-017-0632-2 43. Livingston G , Huntley J , Sommerlad A , et al . Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the lancet commission . Lancet . 2020
Prepandemic Feasibility of Tele-Exercise as an Alternative Delivery Mode for an Evidence-Based, Tai Ji Quan Fall-Prevention Intervention for Older Adults
Dina L. Jones, Maura Robinson, Terry Kit Selfe, Lucinda Barnes, McKinzey Dierkes, Samantha Shawley-Brzoska, Douglas J. Myers, and Sara Wilcox
medical conditions and less access to health care than urban residents ( Abildso et al., 2023 ; Coughlin et al., 2019 ). Consequently, there is a critical need for fall-prevention interventions to reach these medically underserved, hard-to-reach, rural older adults. Physical activity, such as Tai Ji Quan
Posthospital Falls Prevention Intervention: A Mixed-Methods Study
Emma Renehan, Claudia Meyer, Rohan A. Elliott, Frances Batchelor, Catherine Said, Terry Haines, and Dianne Goeman
the effectiveness of community-based falls prevention programs, particularly multifactorial programs ( Gillespie et al., 2012 ). Home-based exercise programs, including strength and balance components (e.g., The Otago Exercise Programme) have also been shown to reduce both the risk and rate of falls
The Potential Impact of Physical Activity on the Burden of Osteoarthritis and Low Back Pain in Australia: A Systematic Review of Reviews and Life Table Analysis
Mary Njeri Wanjau, Holger Möller, Fiona Haigh, Andrew Milat, Rema Hayek, Peta Lucas, and J. Lennert Veerman
Understanding the association between PA and OA and LBP will inform interventions aimed at prevention. Fewer than half (45%) of adults in Australia meet the PA guidelines 6 , 7 and people living in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities, women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people tend to be
Physical Activity Counseling by Primary Care Physicians: Attitudes, Knowledge, Implementation, and Perceived Success
Katharina Diehl, Manfred Mayer, Frank Mayer, Tatiana Görig, Christina Bock, Raphael M. Herr, and Sven Schneider
Background:
In physical activity (PA) counseling, primary care physicians (PCPs) play a key role because they are in regular contact with large sections of the population and are important contact people in all health-related issues. However, little is known about their attitudes, knowledge, and perceived success, as well as about factors associated with the implementation of PA counseling.
Methods:
We collected data from 4074 PCPs including information on physician and practice characteristics, attitudes toward cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention, and measures used during routine practice to prevent CVD. Here, we followed widely the established 5 A’s strategy (Assess, Advise, Agree, Assist, Arrange).
Results:
The majority (87.2%) of PCPs rated their own level of competence in PA counseling as ‘high,’ while 52.3% rated their own capability to motivate patients to increase PA as ‘not good.’ Nine of ten PCPs routinely provided at least 1 measure of the modified 5 A’s strategy, while 9.5% routinely used all 5 intervention strategies.
Conclusions:
The positive attitude toward PA counseling among PCPs should be supported by other stakeholders in the field of prevention and health promotion. An example would be the reimbursement of health counseling services by compulsory health insurance, which would enable PCPs to invest more time in individualized health promotion.
Reliability and Validity of the Cancer Prevention Study-3 Physical Activity Survey Items
Erika Rees-Punia, Charles E. Matthews, Ellen M. Evans, Sarah K. Keadle, Rebecca L. Anderson, Jennifer L. Gay, Michael D. Schmidt, Susan M. Gapstur, and Alpa V. Patel
are ≤2.9 METs, while moderate and vigorous activities (MPAs, VPAs) require between 3.0–5.9 and ≥6.0 METs, respectively ( Ainsworth et al., 2011 ; Ainsworth et al., 2000 ). A few studies have examined, for example, the role of LPA in weight loss and chronic disease prevention, which is a topic of
