Table 2.
Question |
Stakeholder |
How do legal responsibilities affect how concussions are regarded and treated in your program? | AD |
Can you think of a specific example where this legal responsibility has affected your program directly? | |
What is your responsibility to these student-athletes after they graduate? | |
What are the concussion screening practices here at your institution, with regards to: | AT |
Do you ever have student-athletes report “after the fact” (a day or more after an event)? | |
Do you have any insights as to why they chose to come to you a few days later? | |
We are very interested in a student-athlete's thought process he makes before making a decision to report a concussion. If you put yourself in the shoes of a football player that has just sustained what might be a concussion, what do you think the athlete is thinking? | AD, AT, C |
What thoughts or decisions would lead him to report it? | |
What thoughts or decisions would lead him to not report at that time? | |
Do you think that some student-athletes are reluctant to report concussions? | AD, AT, C |
If so, why; if not, why not. | |
Based on your experiences, if you could design one or more strategies to help increase the reporting of a concussion, what would you recommend? | AD, AT, C |
How would you describe the football coaching staff's general attitudes toward concussion reporting? | AD, AT |
Can you provide an example that showcases these attitudes? |
Abbreviations: AD, athletic director; AT, athletic trainer; C, coach.
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