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Sexual Violence in Sport: American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Position Statement

AMSSM Sexual Violence in Sport Task Force et al. Sports Health. 2020 Jul/Aug.

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.

Keywords: position statement; prevention; sexual abuse; sexual harassment; sports medicine.

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Conflict of interest statement

The following authors declared potential conflicts of interest: C.J.C. is a consultant at Racing Heart, has received payments from Keenan & Associates and Össur Americas, and has stock options at NeuroSLAM. E.A.J. has a PCOR1 grant pending for study of diabetes prevention.

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