Popular Opinion Leaders as a Sports Concussion Prevention Strategy in Middle Schools

标题：大众意见领袖作为中学运动性脑震荡预防策略 FOA：RFA-CE-17-002，运动性脑震荡预防策略的开发和评价 项目总结/摘要：预防脑震荡是年轻运动员安全的关键优先事项 参加体育运动。因此，过去十年的一个主要重点是增加知识， 意识到脑震荡的迹象，症状和管理策略。然而，很少有研究 解决青年体育运动中的初级和二级预防问题，特别是在中学体育环境中。 需要进行研究，以制定和了解预防脑震荡的最有效策略， 管理这个年轻的群体。此外，这些战略和干预措施应该是可行的， 可持续我们将通过开发和试验一种新的干预措施来解决这些研究需求， 大众意见领袖（POL）模型，以防止在中学体育脑震荡。研究工作包括 来自两个学区的不同的中学运动队。五项青少年高发体育项目 脑震荡和不同的参与者（足球，男孩足球，女孩足球，男孩篮球和女孩篮球） 篮球将被研究。该项目有三个主要目标。首先，使用形成性方法，我们将确定 机构（目标1.1）、团队（目标1.2）、同伴（目标1.3）和个人（目标1.4）促进者和障碍 在中学橄榄球、篮球和足球中采用并实施POL脑震荡干预 体育社区。第二，我们将确定POL干预对脑震荡相关疾病的影响。 行为和环境决定因素，包括态度、信念、意图、感知控制，以及 家长（目标2.1）、教练（目标2.2）和学生运动员（目标2.3）的规范性认知 参加中学足球、篮球和足球。第三，我们将确定POL的效果 通过降低头部撞击频率，对脑震荡风险和临床管理进行干预（目标3.1）， 疑似脑震荡的报告增加（目标3.2），脑震荡发生率的变化（目标3.3），以及 改善中学生运动员确诊脑震荡的管理（目标3.4） 在橄榄球篮球和足球中。这项研究将大大推进我们对影响的科学知识 当地脑震荡预防项目对青少年的知识、态度、行为和健康结果的影响 体育

TITLE: Popular Opinion Leaders as a Sports Concussion Prevention Strategy in Middle Schools FOA: RFA-CE-17-002, Development and Evaluation of Sports Concussion Prevention Strategies PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Prevention of concussion is a key priority in the safety of young athletes participating in sport. Accordingly, a major focus over the past decade has been increasing the knowledge and awareness of concussion signs, symptoms, and management strategies. However, few studies have addressed primary and secondary prevention in the youth sport, particularly the middle school sport setting. Research is needed to develop and understand the most effective strategies for concussion prevention and management in this young population. Additionally, these strategies and interventions should be feasible and sustainable. We will address these research needs by developing and piloting a new intervention utilizing a Popular Opinion Leader (POL) model to prevent concussions in middle school sports. The study will include a diverse group of middle school sports teams from two school districts. Five youth sports with a high incidence of concussion and diverse participants (football, boys’ soccer, girls’ soccer, boys’ basketball, and girls’ basketball) will be studied. The project has three key aims. First, using formative methods, we will identify the institutional (Aim 1.1), team (Aim 1.2), peer (Aim 1.3) and personal (Aim 1.4) facilitators and barriers to adopting and implementing a POL concussion intervention in middle school football, basketball, and soccer sports communities. Second, we will determine the effect of a POL intervention on concussion-related behavioral and environmental determinants, including attitudes, beliefs, intentions, perceived control, and normative perceptions, among parents (Aim 2.1), coaches (Aim 2.2), and student-athletes (Aim 2.3) participating in middle school football, basketball, and soccer. Third, we will determine the effect of a POL intervention on concussion risk and clinical management, through decreased head impact frequency (Aim 3.1), increased reporting of suspected concussions (Aim 3.2), changes in concussion incidence (Aim 3.3), and improved management of confirmed concussions (Aim 3.4) among middle school student-athletes participating in football, basketball, and soccer. This study will significantly advance our scientific knowledge on the impact of a local concussion prevention programs on knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and health outcomes in youth sports.