Reach and Knowledge Change Among Coaches and Other Participants of the Online Course: “Concussion in Sports: What You Need to Know”

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• Alternative Title:
  J Head Trauma Rehabil
• Personal Author:
  Parker, Erin M. ; Gilchrist, Julie ; Schuster, Dan ; Lee, Robin ; Sarmiento, Kelly
• Description:
  Objectives
  
  To describe the reach of the Heads Up “Concussion in Sports: What You Need to Know,” online course and to assess knowledge change.
  
  Setting
  
  Online.
  
  Participants
  
  Individuals who have taken the free online course since its inception in May 2010 to July 2013.
  
  Design
  
  Descriptive, uncontrolled, before and after study design.
  
  Main Measures
  
  Reach is measured by the number of unique participants and the number of times the course was completed by state and sport coached and the rate of participation per 100 000 population by state. Knowledge change is measured by the distribution and mean of pre- and posttest scores by sex, primary role (eg, coach, student, and parent), and sport coached.
  
  Results
  
  Between May 2010 and July 2013, the online concussion course was completed 819 223 times, reaching 666 026 unique participants, including residents from all US states and the District of Columbia. The distribution of overall scores improved from pre- to posttests, with 21% answering all questions correctly on the pretest and 60% answering all questions correctly on the posttest.
  
  Conclusion
  
  Online training can be effective in reaching large audiences and improving knowledge about emerging health and safety issues such as concussion awareness.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Athletic Injuries Brain Concussion Child Computer-Assisted Instruction Controlled Before-After Studies Curriculum Female Health Education Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Humans Male United States

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• Keywords:
  Adolescent Brain Concussion Coach Heads Up Sports TBI (traumatic Brain Injury) Training Programs
• Source:
  J Head Trauma Rehabil. 30(3):198-206
• Pubmed ID:
  25955706
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5469438
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  30
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2d245d331e80b26afdb4fb963830e5585475371f536d98771b2c411e3482ab00
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/46247/cdc_46247_DS1.pdf
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