Open AccessSexual Violence in Sport: American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Position Statement
Author(s) -
Jennifer Scott Koontz,
Margo Mountjoy,
Kristin Abbott,
Cindy Miller Aron,
Kathleen C. Basile,
Chad T. Carlson,
Cindy J. Chang,
Alex B. Diamond,
Sheila A. Dugan,
Brian Hainline,
Stanley A. Herring,
Elliot Hopkins,
Elizabeth A. Joy,
Janet P. Judge,
Michele LaBotz,
Jason Matuszak,
Cody J. McDavis,
Rebecca Myers,
Aurelia Nattiv,
Jeffrey L. Tanji,
Jessica Wagner,
William O. Roberts
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical journal of sport medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1536-3724
pISSN - 1050-642X
DOI - 10.1097/jsm.0000000000000855
Subject(s) - position statement , statement (logic) , task force , multidisciplinary approach , medicine , position (finance) , sports medicine , human factors and ergonomics , sexual violence , task (project management) , poison control , sexual assault , sexual medicine , suicide prevention , medical education , family medicine , physical therapy , psychiatry , medical emergency , nursing , law , political science , engineering , systems engineering , public administration , finance , economics
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.