RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Understanding the challenges of injury in providing sport programmes for physically inactive women: concept mapping insights from programme deliverers
JF Injury Prevention
JO Inj Prev
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 400
OP 409
DO 10.1136/ip-2023-045028
VO 30
IS 5
A1 Staley, Kiera
A1 Donaldson, Alex
A1 Mosler, Andrea B
A1 O'Halloran, Paul
A1 Seal, Emma
A1 Forsyth, Adrienne
A1 Nicholson, Matthew
A1 Forsdike, Kirsty
A1 Bruder, Andrea Maree
YR 2024
UL http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/30/5/400.abstract
AB Objectives Injury/poor health is an important barrier to women’s participation in sport and physical activity. This study aimed to identify perceived challenges sport programme deliverers face when supporting physically inactive women to prevent/manage injury.Methods Sport programme deliverers, targeting physically inactive women in Victoria, participated in concept mapping to brainstorm, sort and rate (impact on their ability to prevent/manage injury, frequency of and difficulty to overcome the challenge on a 1 (low)–5 (high) scale) the challenges faced. Analysis included multidimensional scaling, hierarchical cluster analysis and descriptive statistics (eg, mean ratings).Results Twenty-five deliverers brainstormed 82 injury prevention/management-related challenges. An eight cluster map was considered the most appropriate representation of the participants’ sorting data (mean cluster impact, frequency and difficulty to overcome rating (1–5)): time constraints (3.42, 3.69, 3.12); perceived competence in injury prevention/management (3.36, 3.50, 3.27); navigating participant perceptions and knowledge (3.35, 3.74, 3.49); information and responsibility (3.32, 3.50, 3.26); session planning and structure (3.25, 3.45, 3.07); participant engagement (3.13, 3.47, 3.08); responding to individual needs (3.07, 3.42, 2.92) and access to injury management resources (2.87, 3.25, 3.17).Conclusion Limited time created injury prevention/management challenges for programme deliverers when planning and modifying sport programmes for physically inactive women. Injury prevention/management should be integrated into programme design and delivery principles. Programme deliverers need education/training and access to injury prevention/management resources (eg, activity modification) and engagement/communication strategies tailored for physically inactive women. Public health funders, coaching course accreditors, programme designers and deliverers can use these insights to develop strategies to minimise injury risk and effect systemic change in sport programme delivery.All data relevant to the study are included in the article or uploaded as online supplemental information.