Gerald M. Goldhaber is Associate Professor at Department of Communication, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260.
J Athl Train. 1993 Winter;28(4):306-11.
A survey was conducted to determine the level of awareness among parents of high school football players about the risk of severe brain injury. A national sample of 1007 randomly selected households was interviewed by telephone during February, 1992. All interviewees were parents of high school football players who either were currently playing football or had played within the previous 5 years. Survey questions measured the extent to which parents were aware both of the risks associated with playing high school football and the existing helmet warnings about those risks. Overall, the survey results demonstrated that parents of high school football players were uninformed about both the risk of severe brain injury from playing high school football and the football helmet warnings about that risk. Specifically, unprompted, most parents mentioned broken bones, knee injuries, sprains, or shoulder injuries as hazards associated with playing football. Few parents mentioned severe brain damage, even when prompted. Further, the overwhelming majority of parents incorrectly believed that wearing a football helmet generally eliminated the risk of severe brain injury. Very few parents had received information from any source about the risks of head injury or had heard that no football helmet can provide complete protection against this hazard. Few parents were aware of the warning label on the helmet or knew what the label said, even when prompted. In short, parents were unaware of the risk of severe brain damage, misinformed about a football helmet's ability to protect against this risk, and uninformed about the football helmet warning label about this risk.
一项调查旨在确定高中生家长对严重脑损伤风险的认知水平。1992 年 2 月，通过电话对全国范围内随机抽取的 1007 户家庭进行了访谈。所有受访者均为高中橄榄球运动员的家长，这些运动员目前正在或在过去 5 年内参加过橄榄球比赛。调查问题衡量了家长对与高中橄榄球比赛相关的风险以及现有头盔风险警告的了解程度。总体而言，调查结果表明，高中生家长对玩高中橄榄球的严重脑损伤风险以及关于该风险的橄榄球头盔警告均不知情。具体来说，大多数家长在没有提示的情况下提到了与踢足球相关的骨折、膝盖受伤、扭伤或肩部受伤等危险。很少有家长提到严重的脑损伤，即使被提示。此外，绝大多数家长错误地认为戴橄榄球头盔通常可以消除严重脑损伤的风险。很少有家长从任何来源获得过关于头部受伤风险的信息，也没有听说过没有橄榄球头盔可以完全防止这种危险。很少有家长知道头盔上的警告标签，或者即使被提示也不知道标签上的内容。简而言之，家长不知道严重脑损伤的风险，对头盔保护免受这种风险的能力存在误解，并且对头盔的警告标签也不了解。
