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Infographic. Medical management of harassment and abuse in sports. #WhatWouldYouDo?
  1. Margo Mountjoy1,2,
  2. Helena Verhelle3,
  3. Jonathan T Finnoff4,
  4. Andrew Murray5,6,
  5. Amanda Paynter7,
  6. Fabio Pigozzi8,9,
  7. Camille Tooth10,11,
  8. Evert Verhagen12,
  9. Tine Vertommen2,3
  1. 1 Family Medicine, McMaster University Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
  2. 2 University of Antwerp, International Research Network on Violence and Integrity in Sport (IRNOVIS), Antwerp, Belgium
  3. 3 Thomas More University of Applied Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium
  4. 4 Department of Sports Medicine, United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
  5. 5 European Tour Health and Performance Institute, Edinburgh, UK
  6. 6 UK Collaborating Centre on Injury and Illness Prevention in Sport. IOC Research Centre, University of Edinburgh Institute for Sport Physical Education and Health Sciences, Edinburgh, UK
  7. 7 Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, Waterloo Regional Campus, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
  8. 8 Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome Foro Italico, Rome, Italy
  9. 9 Fédération Internationale de Médecine Sportive, Lausanne, Switzerland
  10. 10 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University Hospital of Liege, Liege, Belgium
  11. 11 ReFORM IOC Research Centre for Prevention of Injury and Protection of Athlete Health, Liege, Belgium
  12. 12 Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO, Amsterdam Collaboration on Health & Safety in Sports, Amsterdam Movement Science, University Medical Centres—Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  1. Correspondence to Professor Margo Mountjoy; mountjm{at}mcmaster.ca

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2024-108876

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    There are four types of harassment and abuse: psychological, physical, sexual and neglect. Harassment and abuse can affect athletes of all ages and in all sports, with varying prevalence depending on the type, location, sport, age and cultural setting.

    #WhatWouldYouDo?1 is the first study to assess sports medicine physicians’:

    1. Perceptions of harm in presented scenarios of harassment and abuse.

    2. Witnessing of presented behaviours of harassment and abuse in the past 12 months.

    3. Beliefs, attitudes and confidence in recognising and reporting suspicions and allegations of harassment and abuse, as well as their knowledge of reporting mechanisms and barriers to reporting.

    4. Level of training and desire for more education in safeguarding.

    We implemented a cross-sectional cohort study design recruiting through social media and international sports medicine networks. The survey …

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    • X @margo.mountjoy, @docandrewmurray, @Evertverhagen

    • Contributors MM is the guarantor on behalf of all authors. MM and TV were responsible for project conception, coordination and survey design, and AP was responsible for the ethics application process and organisation. HV performed the data analysis. MM, HV and TV drafted the manuscript. All authors were involved in informing the final survey design, participant recruitment, interpretation of results and final approval of the manuscript for submission.

    • Funding This project was supported by a research grant from the International Olympic Committee.

    • Competing interests MM is a deputy editor of the BJSM and a member of the BJSM IPHP Editorial Board. EV is an associate editor of the BJSM, an associate editor of the BJSM IPHP and editor in chief of BMJ Open Sports and Exercise Medicine. JTF is the training, prevention and rehabilitation section editor for Current Sports Medicine Reports. AM is an associate editor of the BJSM,

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.