TY - JOUR
T1 - A concept mapping approach to identifying the barriers to implementing an evidence-based sports injury prevention programme
AU - Donaldson, Alex
AU - Callaghan, Aisling
AU - Bizzini, Mario
AU - Jowett, Andrew
AU - Keyzer, Patrick
AU - Nicholson, Matthew
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding This study was funded by grants from the Medibank Better Health Foundation and the La Trobe University Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Research Focus Area.
Funding Information:
The Australian Collaboration for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention (ACRISP) is one of the International Research Centres for the Prevention of Injury and Protection of Athlete Health supported by the IOC. The authors would like to thank Maddy Goldsmith and Kate Jacewicz from the Football Federation Victoria for their contribution to synthesising the statements and deciding on the number of clusters in this study. We also thank the soccer coaches and administrators for their support of, and participation in, this research. This study was funded by grants from the Medibank Better Health Foundation and the La Trobe University Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Research Focus Area.
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Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/8
Y1 - 2019/8
N2 - Background and aim Understanding the barriers to programme use is important to facilitate implementation of injury prevention programmes in real-word settings. This study investigated the barriers to coaches of adolescent female soccer teams, in Victoria, Australia, implementing the evidence-based FIFA 11+ injury prevention programme. Methods Concept mapping with data collected from 19 soccer coaches and administrators. Results Brainstorming generated 65 statements as barriers to 11+ implementation. After the statements were synthesised and edited, participants sorted 59 statements into groups (mean, 6.2 groups; range, 3-10 groups). Multidimensional scaling and hierarchical cluster analysis identified a six-cluster solution: Lack of 11+ knowledge among coaches (15 statements), Lack of player enjoyment and engagement (14), Lack of link to football-related goals (11), Lack of facilities and resources (8), Lack of leadership (6) and Lack of time at training (5). Statements in the 'Lack of 11+ knowledge among coaches' cluster received the highest mean importance (3.67 out of 5) and feasibility for the Football Federation to address (3.20) rating. Statements in the 'Lack of facilities and resources' cluster received the lowest mean importance rating (2.23), while statements in the 'Lack of time at training' cluster received the lowest mean feasibility rating (2.19). Conclusions A multistrategy, ecological approach to implementing the 11+ - with specific attention paid to improving coach knowledge about the 11+ and how to implement it, linking the 11+ to the primary goal of soccer training, and organisational leadership - is required to improve the uptake of the 11+ among the targeted coaches.
AB - Background and aim Understanding the barriers to programme use is important to facilitate implementation of injury prevention programmes in real-word settings. This study investigated the barriers to coaches of adolescent female soccer teams, in Victoria, Australia, implementing the evidence-based FIFA 11+ injury prevention programme. Methods Concept mapping with data collected from 19 soccer coaches and administrators. Results Brainstorming generated 65 statements as barriers to 11+ implementation. After the statements were synthesised and edited, participants sorted 59 statements into groups (mean, 6.2 groups; range, 3-10 groups). Multidimensional scaling and hierarchical cluster analysis identified a six-cluster solution: Lack of 11+ knowledge among coaches (15 statements), Lack of player enjoyment and engagement (14), Lack of link to football-related goals (11), Lack of facilities and resources (8), Lack of leadership (6) and Lack of time at training (5). Statements in the 'Lack of 11+ knowledge among coaches' cluster received the highest mean importance (3.67 out of 5) and feasibility for the Football Federation to address (3.20) rating. Statements in the 'Lack of facilities and resources' cluster received the lowest mean importance rating (2.23), while statements in the 'Lack of time at training' cluster received the lowest mean feasibility rating (2.19). Conclusions A multistrategy, ecological approach to implementing the 11+ - with specific attention paid to improving coach knowledge about the 11+ and how to implement it, linking the 11+ to the primary goal of soccer training, and organisational leadership - is required to improve the uptake of the 11+ among the targeted coaches.
KW - adolescent female soccer players
KW - barriers to programme implementation
KW - concept mapping.
KW - sports coaches
KW - sports injuries
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U2 - 10.1136/injuryprev-2017-042639
DO - 10.1136/injuryprev-2017-042639
M3 - Article
C2 - 29353246
AN - SCOPUS:85048132203
SN - 1353-8047
VL - 25
SP - 244
EP - 251
JO - Injury Prevention
JF - Injury Prevention
IS - 4
ER -