Sexual Violence in Sport: American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Position Statement. (July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Koontz, Jennifer Scott; Mountjoy, Margo; Abbott, Kristin E.; Aron, Cindy Miller; Basile, Kathleen C.; Carlson, Chad T.; Chang, Cindy J.; Diamond, Alex B.; Dugan, Sheila A.; Hainline, Brian; Herring, Stanley A.; Hopkins, B. Elliot; Joy, Elizabeth A.; Judge, Janet P.; LaBotz, Michele; Matuszak, Jason; McDavis, Cody J.; Myers, Rebecca A.; Nattiv, Aurelia; Tanji, Jeffrey L.; Wagner, Jessica; Roberts, William O.
• Is Part Of: Sports health. Volume 12:Number 4(2020)
• Page Start: 352
• Page End: 354
• Publication Date: 2020-07
• Subjects: sports medicine -- sexual abuse -- sexual harassment -- prevention -- position statement; Sports medicine -- Periodicals; Athletic Injuries -- Periodicals; Physical Education and Training -- Periodicals; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena -- Periodicals; Médecine du sport -- Périodiques; 617.1027
• DOI: 10.1177/1941738120929946
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1941-7381

Abstract

The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) convened a group of experts to develop a position statement addressing the problem of sexual violence in sport. The AMSSM Sexual Violence in Sport Task Force held a series of meetings over 7 months, beginning in July 2019. Following a literature review, the task force used an iterative process and expert consensus to finalize the position statement. The objective of this position statement is to raise awareness of this critical issue among sports medicine physicians and to declare a commitment to engage in collaborative, multidisciplinary solutions to reduce sexual violence in sport.