Parents’ (of junior Australian football players) preferred sources of concussion information (listed in terms of decreasing importance)*
| Preferences | Organisation or professionals who should be responsible for disseminating concussion information and resources of the preferred types | ||||
| Coaches/sports trainers† | Medical doctors‡ | Clubs/associations | Lead sport body§ | Peak sports medicine agency¶ | |
| Posters/DVD | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Seminars/training sessions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Directly from (non-medical) professionals associated | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Level 1 sports trainer course** | ✓ | ||||
| Doctors/emergency departments | ✓ | ||||
| League website/code of conduct | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Mass/social media | ✓ | ✓ | |||
*Information obtained during two focus groups as reported in White et al.7
†In Australia, sports trainers are trained volunteers providing sports first aid and initial injury assessment at the sports sideline.
‡In community sport, it is unusual to have a sports doctor attached to sports teams so this would be a/doctor with generalist medical qualifications only. In the US sporting system, this role may be filled by certified athletic trainers.
§In our work, this would be the Australian Football League. International equivalents would be FIFA, World Rugby Union, etc.
¶In Australia, this would be Sports Medicine Australia. International equivalents are the American College of Sports Medicine, British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine, South African Sports Medicine Association, etc.
**In Australia, this is delivered by Sports Medicine Australia and other accredited providers.