Center for Preventive Medicine and Digital Health Baden-Württemberg, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, D-68167 Mannheim, Germany.
Lust auf Besser Leben gGmbH, D-60385 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Apr 12;19(8):4664. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19084664.
Climate change is linked to health risks for both professional and amateur athletes. Sports organisations will need to react to these developments. The starting point for this concept paper is a summary of the sport-specific health risks currently under discussion: increasing heatwaves, growing numbers of extreme weather events, rising UV, ozone and allergen levels and the spread of infectious diseases. Based on the current state of research, a conceptual model is developed to reduce these climate-related health risks in sports at organisational level. Given the wide variety of predicted direct and indirect health risks linked to climate change, the "sports, clubs and climate change model" (SC model) presented here follows a stepwise risk-specific approach using technical, organisational and person-related measures. The SC model also includes cross-cutting measures that have an overarching effect comprising training, warning systems, coordination and evaluation measures. The SC model makes it possible to develop prevention plans, both at national level for central associations and at the regional level of local organisations and clubs. It can be applied to typical settings (e.g., training or competition at elite or amateur levels) and target groups (e.g., athletes, spectators, referees and club officials).
气候变化与职业和业余运动员的健康风险有关。体育组织将需要对这些发展做出反应。本概念文件的出发点是对目前正在讨论的特定于运动的健康风险的总结：热浪增加、极端天气事件增多、紫外线、臭氧和过敏原水平上升以及传染病传播。基于当前的研究状况，开发了一个概念模型，以减少组织层面上体育活动中的与气候相关的健康风险。鉴于与气候变化相关的直接和间接健康风险种类繁多，这里提出的“运动、俱乐部和气候变化模型”(SC 模型)采用特定于风险的逐步方法，使用技术、组织和人员相关措施。SC 模型还包括具有总体影响的跨领域措施，包括培训、预警系统、协调和评估措施。SC 模型使得为中央协会的国家一级和地方组织和俱乐部的区域一级制定预防计划成为可能。它可以应用于典型的环境(例如，精英或业余水平的训练或比赛)和目标群体(例如，运动员、观众、裁判和俱乐部官员)。
