“I RUN CLEAN Project”—An Innovative and Self-Sustainable Approach to Develop Clean Sport Behaviours in Grassroots Athletes
The phenomenon of doping is a public health issue that poses threats to sport and society. In recent decades, the emphasis on efforts to address the issue and reduce the incidence of doping by young people in sport has shifted from deterrence through testing and punishment to the promotion of clean...
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| author | Roberto Codella Fabio Lucidi Fabio Alivernini Tommaso Palombi Bill Glad Jean Gracia Daniel Gotti Antonio La Torre Andrea Chirico |
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| description | The phenomenon of doping is a public health issue that poses threats to sport and society. In recent decades, the emphasis on efforts to address the issue and reduce the incidence of doping by young people in sport has shifted from deterrence through testing and punishment to the promotion of clean sport behaviours through values-based education. The “I Run Clean project” sought to develop new and effective tools targeting grassroots athletes and those around them (coaches, medical support personnel, sport leaders, parents). These included sport-specific e-learning and in-person peer-to-peer workshops led by trained volunteer ambassadors. The aim of all “I Run Clean” measures is to go beyond the warnings and provision of factual information about early anti-doping campaigns to a more holistic educational approach that focuses participants on their personal and sport-related values in order to encourage good decision-making and resistance to doping-related behaviours. This study evaluates the efficacy of the peer-to-peer workshops and their impact on selected psycho-social variables. The collaboration of the volunteer ambassadors is shown to effectively transmit the desired reasoning, reduce doping risk factors and enhance protective factors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-40790a8d7e5142a1a6525fce4e35d3862023-11-24T14:38:54ZengMDPI AGEuropean Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education2174-81442254-96252023-11-0113112561257310.3390/ejihpe13110178“I RUN CLEAN Project”—An Innovative and Self-Sustainable Approach to Develop Clean Sport Behaviours in Grassroots AthletesRoberto Codella0Fabio Lucidi1Fabio Alivernini2Tommaso Palombi3Bill Glad4Jean Gracia5Daniel Gotti6Antonio La Torre7Andrea Chirico8Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Social and Developmental Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Social and Developmental Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Social and Developmental Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, ItalyAgency for the Development of Athletics in Europe, 75013 Paris, FranceAgency for the Development of Athletics in Europe, 75013 Paris, FranceDepartment of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Social and Developmental Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, ItalyThe phenomenon of doping is a public health issue that poses threats to sport and society. In recent decades, the emphasis on efforts to address the issue and reduce the incidence of doping by young people in sport has shifted from deterrence through testing and punishment to the promotion of clean sport behaviours through values-based education. The “I Run Clean project” sought to develop new and effective tools targeting grassroots athletes and those around them (coaches, medical support personnel, sport leaders, parents). These included sport-specific e-learning and in-person peer-to-peer workshops led by trained volunteer ambassadors. The aim of all “I Run Clean” measures is to go beyond the warnings and provision of factual information about early anti-doping campaigns to a more holistic educational approach that focuses participants on their personal and sport-related values in order to encourage good decision-making and resistance to doping-related behaviours. This study evaluates the efficacy of the peer-to-peer workshops and their impact on selected psycho-social variables. The collaboration of the volunteer ambassadors is shown to effectively transmit the desired reasoning, reduce doping risk factors and enhance protective factors.https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/13/11/178anti-dopingathlete behaviourseducational programme |
| spellingShingle | Roberto Codella Fabio Lucidi Fabio Alivernini Tommaso Palombi Bill Glad Jean Gracia Daniel Gotti Antonio La Torre Andrea Chirico “I RUN CLEAN Project”—An Innovative and Self-Sustainable Approach to Develop Clean Sport Behaviours in Grassroots Athletes European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education anti-doping athlete behaviours educational programme |
| title | “I RUN CLEAN Project”—An Innovative and Self-Sustainable Approach to Develop Clean Sport Behaviours in Grassroots Athletes |
| title_full | “I RUN CLEAN Project”—An Innovative and Self-Sustainable Approach to Develop Clean Sport Behaviours in Grassroots Athletes |
| title_fullStr | “I RUN CLEAN Project”—An Innovative and Self-Sustainable Approach to Develop Clean Sport Behaviours in Grassroots Athletes |
| title_full_unstemmed | “I RUN CLEAN Project”—An Innovative and Self-Sustainable Approach to Develop Clean Sport Behaviours in Grassroots Athletes |
| title_short | “I RUN CLEAN Project”—An Innovative and Self-Sustainable Approach to Develop Clean Sport Behaviours in Grassroots Athletes |
| title_sort | i run clean project an innovative and self sustainable approach to develop clean sport behaviours in grassroots athletes |
| topic | anti-doping athlete behaviours educational programme |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/13/11/178 |
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