The Athletic Trainer's Contribution to Public Health Practice

Hoffman, Mark A.

doi:10.4085/110270

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“…Athletic training is at the forefront of injury and illness prevention among health care professions. [1][2][3] Athletic trainers (ATs) engage with patients on a daily basis to reduce the risk of injury, protect individual wellness, and reduce the burden of injury and illness. 4 However, much of the work around injury prevention and wellness protection in which ATs engage is focused at the individual patient level.…”

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Athletic Trainers' Knowledge and Practice Application of Public Health Topics

Winkelmann

Games

Rivera

et al. 2020

Athletic Training Education Journal

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Context Athletic training is at the forefront of the prevention of injury and illness. As the push for population-level approaches continues, including the expansion of standards related to professional preparation, there is a need to examine the knowledge and practice application of public health topics of athletic trainers (ATs), as they may serve as role models or preceptors. Objective To assess ATs' knowledge and practice application of public health topics. Design and Setting Online survey with knowledge assessment. Participants Four hundred eighty-seven ATs (age = 35.8 ± 11.1 years, years credentialed = 12.8 ± 10.6) voluntarily participated. Intervention(s) The instrument included a demographic section, a pre and post perceived-knowledge assessment, a practice-behavior frequency matrix, and the Public Health Assessment Tool (PHAT) developed by the authors and Delphi panelists. Main Outcome Measure(s) Measures of central tendency were calculated for the practice-behavior frequency matrix. Perceived knowledge was compared pre- and post-PHAT. We calculated a total PHAT score to measure actual knowledge, and compared perceived and actual knowledge to determine if a knowledge gap existed. Results A significant difference (P > .001) was identified for perceived knowledge before and after the PHAT. On the PHAT, participants scored 12.14 ± 2.21 out of 19. The 3 most commonly missed questions directly related to the 3 least practiced topics: social determinants of health, assessing environmental health factors, and assessing health-related quality of life. When exploring the relationship between perceived and actual knowledge, we identified a weak, significant relationship between post-PHAT perceived-knowledge mean and actual-knowledge assessment scores (r = 0.105, P = .022). Conclusions A knowledge gap exists concerning public health topics in ATs. A lack of knowledge related to public health topics identifies the need for ATs to be mindful of the intersection of daily clinical practice and population health with a future emphasis on deploying community-based health promotion.

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Athletic Trainers' Knowledge and Practice Application of Public Health Topics

Winkelmann

Games

Rivera

et al. 2020

Athletic Training Education Journal

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“…Recent publications in this journal have highlighted the significance of ATs as stewards of public health. 6,7 The NCAA continues to strive toward collaborative partnerships with the AT community and is supporting industry efforts to extend their contributions as public health practitioners within NCAA member institutions. For those ATs practicing at NCAA member institutions, your invaluable contributions to the NCAA ISP serve as a cornerstone of such efforts.…”

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