Sport safety policies and practices in two rural Victorian communities Casey, M., Finch, C. F., Mahoney, Mary and Townsend, Mardie 2004, Sport safety policies and practices in two rural Victorian communities, Journal of science and medicine in sport, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 226-231, doi: 10.1016/S1440-2440(04)80013-6. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Sport safety policies and practices in two rural Victorian communities Author(s) Casey, M. Finch, C. F. Mahoney, Mary Townsend, Mardie orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-946X Journal name Journal of science and medicine in sport Volume number 7 Issue number 2 Start page 226 End page 231 Publisher Sports Medicine Australia Place of publication Belconnen, A.C.T. Publication date 2004-06 ISSN 1440-2440 1878-1861 Summary Australian football and netball are the predominant sports played in rural Victoria, Australia. This exploratory study is the first to report the sport safety policies and practices adopted by junior Australian football and netball clubs in small rural communities. Eleven informants from four clubs completed a semi-structured interview and survey. Whilst the clubs performed a range of injury prevention activiities, they did not have formal sports safety policies. Generally, netball informants reported fewer safety practices than football informants. Crucial factors influencing safety policies and practices were the reliance on volunteers and a lack of senior players. Barriers towards the adoption of safety policies and practices appeared to be related to rural population declines, a lack of qualified people and attitudes to injury in rural areas. Future research needs to identify how widespread this lack of sport safety policies and practices is across rural Australia and to identify strategies to overcome barriers to implementing them. Notes Available online 16 December 2005. Language eng DOI 10.1016/S1440-2440(04)80013-6 Field of Research 110699 Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970110 Expanding Knowledge in Technology HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2004, Elsevier Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30002669 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Health and Social Development Related Links Link Description Connected to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 13 Sep 2013, 14:07:28 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 22:38:27 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 11 times in TR Web of Science Cited 13 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 915 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 08:31:12 EST