Opportunities to Reshape the Culture Around Concussion in Sports: New CDC Report

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
• Description:
  We need to build a culture in sports where athletes ; take steps to lower their chances of getting a ; concussion and recognize and report concussion ; symptoms so that they can seek care and take time ; to recover. This involves moving beyond general ; knowledge of concussion and changing the way we ; talk about and respond to concussion so that athletes ; know they cannot play with a concussion or hide ; their symptoms.Together, coaches, parents, health care providers, and school professionals should create a safe sports culture in which athletes
• Subjects:
  • Athletes / psychology
  • Brain Concussion / prevention & control
  • Brain Concussion / psychology
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Sports
• Pubmed ID:
  12967492
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3020603
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Pages in Document:
  1 Page
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/132244/cdc_132244_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 871.99 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d45d2045b78dd5462232058c849d7766767ec2a6af16eea6ecfbc60119df81c7