Managing the Wellbeing of Elite Rugby Union Players from an Occupational Safety and Health Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15515554 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yanbing Chen (0000-0002-6985-5010, University College Dublin, corresponding author), Conor Buggy (0000-0001-8941-8435, University College Dublin), Seamus Kelly (0000-0002-2218-7940, University College Dublin) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 19 |
| Pages | 12229-12229 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph191912229 |
| PMID | 36231531 |
| OpenAlex | W4297539689 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 71 |
The intense, physical contact nature of rugby union often encourages the normalization of risk-taking behaviour resulting in a relatively high acceptance of risk. This study aims to explore safety culture in rugby union from an OSH perspective, with the purpose of assisting coaches and management in their decision-making processes to improve players' health, welfare, and long-term well-being. In terms of data collection, this study involved semi-structured interviews with senior support staff ( n = 15) in elite rugby union. Interview transcripts underwent inductive analysis prior to an abductive analysis that was guided by an established occupational-safety-and-health (OSH) framework. Rugby union players' safety can be considered from two dimensions: management's commitment to safety (i.e., safety prioritization, safety empowerment, and safety justice), players' involvement in safety (i.e., safety prioritization, and trust in other players' safety competence, and players' safety concern for the opposition players). Within the themes identified, players' attitude towards their opponents' safety which has been rarely considered as a factor for injury prevention is also discussed in this study. If sport support staff (i.e., managers/coaches/medical) can become more involved in players' performance-orientated training using OSH management processes to aid in their decision-making, their exists the capacity to benefit players' safe return to play after injury rehabilitation. Meanwhile, directing the development of appropriate behavioural educational interventions to raise safety-awareness amongst players can improve their long-term health and well-being and provide them with the necessary safety and health information to support their own decision-making processes. As a multidisciplinary design, this study contributes new multidisciplinary insights that have the potential to advance managerial practices utilizing an OSH perspective, including decision-making supporting risk alleviation for safety and long-term health and wellbeing initiatives in competitive team sports
Elite · Environmental health · Injury prevention · Occupational safety and health · Perspective (graphical · Poison control · Political science · Politics · Suicide prevention · Applied Psychology · Computer Science · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention · Medicine · Occupational Health and Safety Research · Psychology · Sports injuries and prevention
Qualitative Research Methods in Sport, Exercise and Health
Applying thematic analysis theory to practice
Twelve tips for conducting qualitative research interviews
Safety climate in industrial organizations
Developing rigor in qualitative research
Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (Coreq)
Organizing masculine bodies in rugby league football
Pain and Injury in Sport
Generalizability in qualitative research
The Coach–Athlete–Parent Relationship
Healing the Body in the “Culture of Risk”
Unprofessional Practice? The Status and Power of Sport Physicians
Positive Deviance among Athletes
Peers in Pain
Social Network Analysis of Sport
Medical Uncertainty and Clinician–Athlete Relations
Elite sport development systems and playing to win
Unsanctioned aggression in rugby union
Applying critical realism in qualitative research
Sampling Knowledge
Ways of constructing research questions
Concussion under-reporting and pressure from coaches, teammates, fans, and parents
A Little Pain Never Hurt Anyone
Competing loyalties in sports medicine
Cricket and Civilizing Processes
An Ethnography of Pain and Injury in Professional Rugby Union
Playing Hurt
Shaking It Off" and "Toughing It Out
A Social Network Analysys of Influences On Athletes To Play With Pain and Injuries
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |