Family Medicine, McMaster University Michael G DeGroote School of Medicine, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
International Research Network on Violence and Integrity in Sport, IRNOVIS, Antwerp, Belgium.
Br J Sports Med. 2022 Feb;56(4):232-238. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2021-104625.
Sport, as a microcosm of society, is not immune to the abuse of its stakeholders. Attention to abuse in sport has recently become a priority for sport organisations following several high-profile cases of athlete abuse from different sports around the world. Resulting from this increased awareness, many sport organisations have commenced work in the field of athlete safeguarding including the development of policy, educational programmes, reporting pathways, investigation mechanisms and research initiatives. One mechanism adopted by many sport organisations to support their safeguarding efforts is the engagement of survivors of abuse in sport: typically, as guest speakers at conferences or educational events. Unfortunately, many sport organisations do not have the knowledge or trauma-informed expertise to engage survivors safely and effectively; and in doing so, may unintentionally retraumatise the survivor if erroneous methods of engagement are employed. For some survivors, this experience may compound the original harms, and thus it also represents an area of vulnerability for the organising entity. The purpose of this paper is to explore the rationale for partnering with survivors of abuse in sport in safeguarding initiatives and to propose a living conceptual framework to support effective and safe survivor engagement in safeguarding initiatives. We will explore the underpinning scientific background, as well as the 'why', and 'how' of survivor engagement to inform sport organisations, research scientists, policy-makers, conference organisers, safeguarding officers, sport medicine clinicians and survivors themselves.
体育作为社会的一个缩影，也不能免受其利益相关者的滥用。最近，由于世界范围内多个不同体育项目中运动员虐待的几起备受瞩目的案件，体育组织开始关注体育领域的虐待问题，这已成为当务之急。由于这种意识的提高，许多体育组织已经在运动员保护领域开展工作，包括制定政策、教育计划、报告途径、调查机制和研究计划。许多体育组织用来支持其保护工作的一个机制是让遭受虐待的运动员参与其中：通常，他们会作为嘉宾在会议或教育活动上发言。不幸的是，许多体育组织缺乏安全有效地接触幸存者的知识或创伤知情专业知识；如果采用错误的接触方法，可能会无意中使幸存者再次受到创伤。对于一些幸存者来说，这种经历可能会使最初的伤害更加严重，因此，这也是组织实体的一个脆弱领域。本文旨在探讨在保护举措中与遭受虐待的运动员合作的基本原理，并提出一个实用的概念框架，以支持在保护举措中对幸存者进行有效和安全的接触。我们将探讨潜在的科学背景，以及为了让体育组织、研究科学家、政策制定者、会议组织者、保护官员、运动医学临床医生和幸存者自己了解幸存者接触的原因、方法。
