Timpka Toomas, Finch Caroline F, Goulet Claude, Noakes Tim, Yammine Kaissar
Department of Medicine and Health, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Sports Med. 2008;38(10):795-805. doi: 10.2165/00007256-200838100-00001.
Sports and physical activity are transforming, and being transformed by, the societies in which they are practised. From the perspectives of both competitive and non-competitive sports, the complexity of their integration into today's society has led to neither sports federations nor governments being able to manage the safety problem alone. In other words, these agencies, whilst promoting sport and physical activity, deliver policy and practices in an uncoordinated way that largely ignores the need for a concurrent overall policy for sports safety. This article reviews and analyses the possibility of developing an overall sports safety policy from a global viewpoint. Firstly, we describe the role of sports in today's societies and the context within which much sport is delivered. We then discuss global issues related to injury prevention and safety in sports, with practical relevance to this important sector, including an analysis of critical policy issues necessary for the future development of the area and significant safety gains for all. We argue that there is a need to establish the sports injury problem as a critical component of general global health policy agendas, and to introduce sports safety as a mandatory component of all sustainable sports organizations. We conclude that the establishment of an explicit intersection between science and policy making is necessary for the future development of sports and the necessary safety gains required for all participants around the world. The Safe Sports International safety promotion programme is outlined as an example of an international organization active within this arena.
体育运动正在改变其所开展的社会，并被这些社会所改变。从竞技体育和非竞技体育的角度来看，它们融入当今社会的复杂性导致体育联合会和政府都无法单独管理安全问题。换句话说，这些机构在推广体育运动时，其政策和做法缺乏协调性，很大程度上忽视了同时制定全面体育安全政策的必要性。本文从全球视角审视并分析制定全面体育安全政策的可能性。首先，我们描述体育运动在当今社会中的作用以及许多体育运动开展的背景。然后，我们讨论与体育伤害预防和安全相关的全球问题，这些问题与这个重要领域具有实际相关性，包括对该领域未来发展所需的关键政策问题以及为所有人带来的重大安全成果的分析。我们认为，有必要将体育伤害问题确立为全球总体健康政策议程的关键组成部分，并将体育安全作为所有可持续体育组织的强制性组成部分引入。我们得出结论，科学与政策制定之间建立明确的交叉点对于体育运动的未来发展以及为全球所有参与者实现必要的安全成果是必要的。文中概述了“安全体育国际”安全促进计划，作为活跃于这一领域的国际组织的一个例子。
