Development of sport policy and practice recommendations for pregnant, postpartum and parenting Canadian high-performance athletes.

ABSTRACT: Our objective is to describe the development of evidence-based policy and practice recommendations for pregnant, postpartum and parenting Canadian high-performance athletes. A community-based participatory research approach was employed as the study design, and data were generated via a rapid review of existing sport policy for pregnant and postpartum athletes, followed by an extensive consultation and engagement process with key sport stakeholders via survey and one-on-one and group interviews. 102 sport stakeholders participated via the survey (n=56), individual and group interviews (n=33), and follow-up interviews (n=13). Individuals represented a range of summer/winter Olympic and Paralympic athletes, medical and support staff, National Sport Organisations and Sport Canada representati

SUBMITTER: McHugh TF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11298730 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature