{"title":"Rural-Nonrural Disparities in Sports Medicine Access in Secondary School Athletics in Virginia.","authors":"Sean Thuesen, Mark Rogers","doi":"10.1249/JSR.0000000000001220","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Sports play a major role in the secondary school experience, with injuries also being part of these experiences. Healthcare access is a complex topic impacted by where someone lives, among other social determinants of health. Using a survey sent to Virginia-based middle school and high school athletic directors and athletic trainers, this study investigated the differences in sports medicine access comparing rural and nonrural communities. Findings suggest rural communities in Virginia have less access to an athletic trainer during practices and competitions and have a greater length of time before an injured athlete is seen by a sports medicine specialist when follow-up care is required. Narrowing the gap in medical access between rural and nonrural communities is important for athlete's well-being and for building more equitable healthcare systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":10922,"journal":{"name":"Current sports medicine reports","volume":"24 1","pages":"4-8"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Current sports medicine reports","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1249/JSR.0000000000001220","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"SPORT SCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
Rural-Nonrural Disparities in Sports Medicine Access in Secondary School Athletics in Virginia.
Abstract: Sports play a major role in the secondary school experience, with injuries also being part of these experiences. Healthcare access is a complex topic impacted by where someone lives, among other social determinants of health. Using a survey sent to Virginia-based middle school and high school athletic directors and athletic trainers, this study investigated the differences in sports medicine access comparing rural and nonrural communities. Findings suggest rural communities in Virginia have less access to an athletic trainer during practices and competitions and have a greater length of time before an injured athlete is seen by a sports medicine specialist when follow-up care is required. Narrowing the gap in medical access between rural and nonrural communities is important for athlete's well-being and for building more equitable healthcare systems.
期刊介绍：
As an official clinical journal of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), Current Sports Medicine Reports is unique in its focus entirely on the clinical aspects of sports medicine. This peer-reviewed journal harnesses the tremendous scientific and clinical resources of ACSM to develop articles reviewing recent and important advances in the field that have clinical relevance. The journal’s goal is to translate the latest research and advances in the field into information physicians can use in caring for their patients.
To accomplish this goal, the journal divides the broad field of sports medicine into 12 sections, each headed by a physician editor with extensive practical experience in that area. The current sections include:
Head, Neck, and Spine -
General Medical Conditions -
Chest and Abdominal Conditions -
Environmental Conditions -
Sideline and Event Management -
Training, Prevention, and Rehabilitation -
Exercise is Medicine-
Nutrition & Ergogenic Aids -
Extremity and Joint Conditions -
Sport-specific Illness and Injury -
Competitive Sports -
Special Populations
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