Developing web‐based health guidance for coaches and parents in child athletics (track and field)

Abstract

The aim of this study was to develop athletics health guidance (AHG) aimed at supporting coaches and parents involved in organized child athletics by providing practical advice and tools for the management of the most common health problems experienced in athletics by the 12‐ to 15‐year olds. The study used participatory action research (PAR) and an established health service guideline development procedure modified to fit AHG development in child athletics. A sequential process consisting of four steps with associated subgoals was employed. The collected data were structured according to the AHG development steps and analyzed using qualitative methods. The most common health concern identified was injuries related to growth and overuse. No randomized controlled studies investigating injury prevention programs or any existing concepts/guidelines in child athletics were found that could be used in the development of the AHG. A requirements document was instead defined in a nominal group process and used for the AHG development. The areas included in the final AHG were as follows: training youth athletes, growth and puberty, recovery, injury prevention, injuries and illnesses, mental illness, safe sport, and anti‐doping. The evidence regarding health issues in child athletics is limited, indicating that actions to support good health in the sport are currently based essentially on best practice. The long‐term aim of the AHG and associated website is to systematically create and introduce conditions that can bridge the "know‐do gap" and provide coaches and parents with easy‐to‐access and up‐to‐date knowledge in the field of child athlete health in athletics.

Under Industry 4.0, the Current Status of Development and Trend Sports Industry Combining with Cloud Technology

“…In addition, it can also enhance the participants' sports involved intention. However it cannot completely change the participants' life quality and the mental feelings, but it can improve the users' physical health situation within limits [19]. As to the sports and health management organization or related business, it can help control the consumers' physical and mental health situation [20].…”

“…As to the sports and health management organization or related business, it can help control the consumers' physical and mental health situation [20]. To the sports and health management organization or related business [17][18][19][20], it can help manage and control the consumers' physical and mental health situation to get hold of the latest public health information.…”

“…In the meanwhile, it can feedback the users' professional information and, then, provide the users' satisfaction to enhance the willingness of participation. erefore, as for the present situation of cloud technology getting involved with human sports behaviors, it can switch the consumers' indirect characters to watch the games over to get involved with the consumers' practical sports behaviors and learning to improve physical and mental health and satisfy the consumption trend of individual sports demand [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24].…”

“…However, it is found through a survey that the recent topic of exploring cloud technology and sports behaviors mostly takes the participants' behaviors and intention [14,17,21], sports involved [18], consumption motivation [15,16,22], consumers involved [18], online [21], and life quality and physical and mental health [19] to explore. As for the organization or business, people explore public health and sports medicine as a single issue.…”

‘The Little Engine That Could’: A Qualitative Study of Medical Service Access and Effectiveness among Adolescent Athletics Athletes Competing at the Highest International Level

“…The use of AHSBA tool could also foster co-operation between sports bodies and healthcare providers at all levels (from micro to macro). For the service introduction in practice, distributed service models adapted for adolescents that take advantage of modern information technology can be employed [ 46 , 47 ]. These models, which can vary nation to nation, region to region, should all stress that enhanced access and adolescent participation in the service design are important features to be implemented.…”