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Building a system to safeguard children in sport: The eight CHILDREN pillars

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posted on 2018-10-18, 13:52 authored by Daniel RhindDaniel Rhind, Tess Kay, Laura Hills, Frank Owusu-Sekyere
In October 2014, the International Safeguards for Children in Sport were launched. These Safeguards were developed, implemented, and evaluated based on a pilot process which took place over the preceding 2 years. Throughout this piloting phase, a range of qualitative techniques were employed to capture the experiences of people within 32 of the organizations that were working toward the International Safeguards. The participant organizations varied based on their geographical focus (e.g., local, national, and international) as well as their mission (e.g., participation, competition, and sport for development). Based on a thematic analysis, eight key pillars were identified on which systems which safeguard children can be built. These are known as the CHILDREN pillars: Cultural sensitivity, Holistic, Incentives, Leadership, Dynamic, Resources, Engagement, and Networks. Illustrative examples are provided and the future directions of this project will be discussed.

Funding

The authors sincerely thank International Inspiration for funding this project.

History

School

  • Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Published in

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

Volume

41

Issue

2

Pages

151 - 171

Citation

RHIND, D.J. ... et al, 2017. Building a system to safeguard children in sport: The eight CHILDREN pillars. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 41 (2), pp.151-171.

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SAGE Publications © The Authors

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication date

2017-03-06

Copyright date

2017

Notes

This paper was published in the journal Journal of Sport and Social Issues and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1177/0193723517696966.

ISSN

0193-7235

eISSN

1552-7638

Language

  • en

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