Key result
State high school athletic associations rarely required best-practice policies, with only 4 of 51 requiring emergency action plans, 7 requiring AED access, and 3 requiring concussion management.
Population
51 United States state high school athletic associations, state departments of education, and enacted…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Few states mandate key safety policies; Level 4 data leaves open whether mandates would improve high school athlete outcomes.
Observational (n=51)
Yes
There is a significant gap in the mandate of best-practice health and safety policies for preventing sudden death and managing concussions in US secondary school athletics.
Adams et al. (2018) conducted an observational in Sudden death and concussion management in secondary school athletics (n=51). State-level health and safety policies was evaluated on Total number of best-practice recommendations required for each SHSAA's member schools. State high school athletic associations rarely required best-practice policies, with only 4 of 51 requiring emergency action plans, 7 requiring AED access, and 3 requiring concussion management.
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