Evidence-Based Anti-Doping Education: Fact or Fiction?
ISBN: 978-1-80117-158-8, eISBN: 978-1-80117-157-1
Publication date: 12 December 2022
Abstract
There are two key approaches in doping prevention research: (1) to investigate why athletes dope (i.e. risk factors) and (2) to investigate why athletes do not dope (i.e. protective factors). Both approaches aim to reduce the occurrence of doping. Even though there is a lot of evidence showing which factors protect athletes from doping, there is still the problem of putting research into practice. Currently, evidence-based prevention is lacking. In this chapter, we propose a roadmap of possible solutions in three areas: improving the translation of research findings into practice, increasing financial resources and training of human resources, and acknowledging the recipients' voice.
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Citation
Gatterer, K. and Blank, C. (2022), "Evidence-Based Anti-Doping Education: Fact or Fiction?", Henning, A. and Andreasson, J. (Ed.) Doping in Sport and Fitness (Research in the Sociology of Sport, Vol. 16), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 53-67. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1476-285420220000016004
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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