Improving Olympic Health Services: What are the Common Health Care Planning Issues?

Kononovas, Kostas; Black, Georgia; Taylor, Jayne; Raine, Rosalind

doi:10.1017/s1049023x14001113

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“…7,11 Also early engagement of the organizers is vital for the success of public health interventions. 7,11,[28][29][30] However, in our study, the involvement of LOCOG in working together with other organizations during the seven years of the planning stage was perceived to be weak. Participants suggested a number of reasons that explained this lack of commitment e.g.…”

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Leading interagency planning and collaboration in mass gatherings: public health and safety in the 2012 London Olympics

Bistaraki¹,

McKeown

Kyratsis

2019

Public Health

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Leading interagency planning and collaboration in mass gatherings: public health and safety in the 2012 London Olympics

Bistaraki¹,

McKeown

Kyratsis

2019

Public Health

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“…The mitigation of risk of disease outbreaks and the relationship to food safety at major events has been highlighted at previous events [ 92 ]. Subsequently, a paper that discussed improving health services at the Olympic Games identified that gastrointestinal and foodborne illnesses were the most common communicable diseases, although uncommon [ 93 ]. Foodborne illness includes human norovirus, hepatitis A, hepatitis E, rotavirus and astrovirus.…”

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Food Provision at the Olympic Games in the New Millennium: A Meta-narrative Review

2023

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Background and objective The objective of this meta-narrative review was to identify, organise and map the literature on food provision and nutrition support at the summer and winter Olympic and Paralympic Games (OPG) and similar major competition events over the past 21 years. This builds on a comprehensive update of a previous historical review of the evolution of food provision at the summer Olympic Games up until 2000 and considers contemporary issues such as the global pandemic and sustainability goals. Methods A range of sources included primary research and review articles, edited book chapters, theses, conference papers or abstracts, International Olympic Committee reports, Organising Committees’ food vision and post-Games reports, independent professional reports, and media and periodicals including magazines and trade journals. The search strategy included four steps: a database search that complied with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews criteria, a search of the Olympic Studies Centre, a review of reference lists for unpublished sources, and a Google search for additional media reports. The researchers followed an iterative process where emerging narratives were discussed, recorded and refined as data were extracted. Results The data from 229 records were extracted into a spreadsheet and grouped according to the type of evidence and specific event, then presented chronologically to give a perspective on the development of food provision and nutrition support. Eleven narratives emerged from the data extraction: ‘description of meals, menus and food’, ‘vision of the food provision’, ‘food safety’, ‘catering company involvement’, ‘sponsorship or contracts with food companies’, ‘athlete perspective’, ‘stakeholder perspective’, ‘athlete food intake,’ ‘nutrition input in food provision’, ‘food environment’ and ‘sustainability’. Conclusion Results suggest that athletes' dining expectations, organising committee budgets, expert input and current global trends have led to food delivery changes. The OPG food environment has the capacity to positively influence the dietary choices of athletes and teams, while evolving to meet contemporary global challenges such as COVID-19 and sustainability targets.

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Olympic Games: Special Considerations—Medical Care for Olympians

Pohl

Schwartzman

Hutchinson

et al. 2019

The Sports Medicine Physician

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Improving Olympic Health Services: What are the Common Health Care Planning Issues?

Cited by 5 publications

References 10 publications

Leading interagency planning and collaboration in mass gatherings: public health and safety in the 2012 London Olympics

Leading interagency planning and collaboration in mass gatherings: public health and safety in the 2012 London Olympics

Food Provision at the Olympic Games in the New Millennium: A Meta-narrative Review

Olympic Games: Special Considerations—Medical Care for Olympians

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