SafeClub - A risk management program improving community sports safety
Northern Sydney and Central Coast Area Health Service
This project was entered in the 2007 NSW Health Awards, New Risks and Opportunities category.
Contact: Lorraine Dorrington
Abstract
Despite risk management being recognised as the ‘best-buy’ in sports injury prevention, community sports clubs are yet to embrace it. In this context, the ‘SafeClub’ program was developed to help community sports clubs implement their own user friendly risk management framework. The SafeClub program was evaluated over two years through a prospective controlled trial involving 76 soccer clubs (approximately 38 000 players). The trial revealed a statistically significant increase in safety activities amongst clubs that received the SafeClub program. This improvement was even more pronounced one year-post training, suggesting that SafeClub is a sustainable sports injury prevention strategy. The public health implications of SafeClub are considerable, as each community sports club participating in the program delivers safety benefits to an estimated 1000 Australians each weekend.
The full entry document can be downloaded in the formats listed below:
SafeClub - A risk management program improving community sports safely (90KB)
SafeClub - A risk management program improving community sports safely (40KB)
