Assessment of HEADS UP online training as an educational intervention for sports officials/athletic trainers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sports- and recreation-related concussions are a common injury among children. Sports officials (SOs) and athletic trainers (ATs) are integral to setting the stage for safe play and managing concussions when they occur, and significant numbers of both groups have completed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's HEADS UP online concussion training course. However, the utility of the course for these audiences has not been assessed. We hypothesized that sports officials' and athletic trainers' concussion-related knowledge, attitudes, and behavioral intentions will improve from pre- and post-test after completing CDC's HEADS UP online concussion training course.

Method

Respondents' concussion-related knowledge, attitudes, and behavioral intentions were asse

SUBMITTER: Daugherty J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7644176 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature