Athletic Training and Population Health Science.
J Athl Train
; 57(2): 136-139, 2022 Feb 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1708768
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To define and discuss the role of population health as a framework to improve care and clinical decision making in athletic training practice.BACKGROUND:
Athletic trainers (ATs) are allied health professionals who are uniquely suited to provide preventive and educational health and wellness programs to improve health outcomes across a physically active population. Athletic trainers are often the first contacts for high school athletes seeking health and wellness education, which may allow ATs to be the first intervention or prevention point for reducing or eliminating negative health behaviors and outcomes among their patients.CONCLUSIONS:
Integrating a population-health framework into the athletic training setting prepares ATs to address complex health concerns in communities that result from factors that influence determinants of health. The field of athletic training could benefit from a population-health approach to care by broadening consideration of the factors that affect the health of homogeneous populations that are served by ATs.
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Sports
/
Population Health
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Athl Train
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
314-19
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