@article{ref1,
title="Safesport: perceptions of harassment and abuse from elite youth athletes at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, Lausanne 2020",
journal="Clinical journal of sport medicine",
year="2021",
author="Mountjoy, Margo and Vertommen, Tine and Tercier, Stéphane and Greinig, Susan and Burrows, Kirsty",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To analyze the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) 2020 athletes' understanding and perceptions of harassment and abuse in sport and their knowledge of reporting mechanisms. <br><br>DESIGN: A cohort study. SETTING: The Winter YOG2020 in Lausanne, Switzerland. PARTICIPANTS: Accredited athletes at the YOG2020. INTERVENTION: An athlete safeguarding educational program was delivered at the YOG2020. Participating athletes were encouraged to answer a survey embedded in the safeguarding educational materials during the YOG. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Perception of occurrence of harassment and abuse as well as knowledge of the term &quot;safe sport&quot; and reporting mechanisms. <br><br>RESULTS: The survey response rate of athletes attending the Safe Sport Booth was 69%. When asked to define Safe Sport, 10% of athletes at the YOG2020 correctly identified a sport environment free from harassment and abuse, 20% identified fair play/antidoping, and 19% safety. When presented with the definition of harassment and abuse, 30.4% expressed surprise, in contrast to 46% in the summer YOG2018. A third (32%) reported that harassment and abuse was either &quot;likely&quot; or &quot;very likely&quot; present in their sport, which was similar to the YOG2018 (34%). The group of athletes not knowing where to go to report harassment and abuse was greater than in the YOG2018 (26% vs 11%). There were no differences in responses between competitive sex (boys' vs girls' events) or type of sport (team vs individual). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Outcomes of this study, such as the development of youth-friendly terminology and emphasizing mechanisms for reporting of harassment and abuse, should inform the development of safeguarding educational materials for youth athletes.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1050-642X",
doi="10.1097/JSM.0000000000000989",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JSM.0000000000000989"
}