@article{ref1,
title="Awareness of the CDC "Heads Up!"  to youth sports campaign among pediatric sports coaches: a pilot survey study",
journal="Curēus",
year="2016",
author="Stead, Thor S. and Rastogi, Vaibhav and Hedna, Vishnumurthy S. and Ganti, Latha",
volume="8",
number="8",
pages="e755-e755",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: This study sought to: 1) estimate the penetrance (in terms of youth coaches being aware of them) of the CDC &quot;Heads Up!&quot; guidelines, 2) determine whether these guidelines changed the coaches' practice, and 3) understand whether these guidelines resulted in a perceived decrease in the number of concussions. <br><br>METHODS: This was a cross-sectional survey of pediatric sports coaches in the United States designed to assess the impact of the CDC &quot;Heads Up!&quot; GUIDELINES: &quot;Heads Up!&quot; Concussion in Youth Sports is a free, online course available to coaches, parents, and others helping to keep athletes safe from concussions. The &quot;Heads Up!&quot; fact sheet provides important information on preventing, recognizing, and responding to a concussion. <br><br>RESULTS: Half the cohort had heard of the CDC &quot;Heads Up!&quot; campaign. Fifty-five percent of the cohort thought that pediatric concussions in youth sports was a &quot;big deal&quot; (rated on a Likert scale from 1-10). Coaches who were also parents (58%) were significantly more likely to have heard of the campaign (P=0.0032, 95% CI=0.1153-0.5513). Having heard of the &quot;Heads Up!&quot; campaign was significantly associated with how important coaches thought pediatric concussions are (P=0.0133, 95% CI=0.0590-0.4960), as was higher income of the coaches (P=0.0100), and this was significantly correlated with the coach being more likely to call the athlete's parent at injury (P=0.0030, 95% CI=0.1160-0.5471). Coaches of football/soccer were significantly more likely to think pediatric concussions were a &quot;big deal&quot; (P=0.0021,95% CI=0.1374-0.5947). More than a third of coaches 35% reported that the &quot;Heads Up!&quot; campaign decreased the number of concussions on their team.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2168-8184",
doi="10.7759/cureus.755",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.755"
}