Estimation of Healthcare Resources at Sporting Events

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 449-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Khorram-Manesh ◽  
A. Berner ◽  
A. Hedelin ◽  
P. Örtenwall
Keyword(s):  
Major Incident ◽  
Controlled Study ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
National Guidelines ◽  
Easy Method ◽  
Healthcare Resources ◽  
Public Events ◽  
Sporting Event ◽  
Practical Guidelines ◽  
Sport Events

AbstractBackground:The consequences of a major incident at a sporting event could be catastrophic. Therefore, there should be an estimation of the healthcare resources at such events as part of the planning. Although there are National guidelines (e.g., Planning Safe Public Events: Practical Guidelines in Australia) defining the role of the healthcare system at sporting events, these guidelines either lack a simple calculating method to estimate the need for healthcare resources or the methods are complex and impractical to use. The objective of this study was to find a safe and easy method for the estimation of healthcare resources at sporting events.Methods:A model for the estimation of healthcare resources at music events recently has been approved in Sweden. After minor adjustments, this model was used at sport events by a number of planning officers. The models' accuracy and usability was evaluated by analyzing its outcome in a pilot and a controlled study using different sporting and non-sporting scenarios.Results:The pilot study showed that the model was valid and easily could be used for various sporting events. The obtained estimations were consistent with the methods used by experienced planning officers in 97% of cases. The results of the controlled study showed that by using this model, the minimum amount of resources required easily could be calculated at sporting events and by people with different backgrounds.Conclusions:This model safely can be used at sporting events.

Small-Scale Sports Event Sponsorship

2020 ◽  
pp. 192-216
Author(s):  
Chris Α. Vassiliadis ◽  
Iason George Skoulas ◽  
Sofia K. Gkarane
Keyword(s):  
Management Plan ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Exchange System ◽  
Sport Event ◽  
Business Operations ◽  
Sporting Event ◽  
Sport Events ◽  
Event Based

The readers of this chapter are expected to understand, through the description of the basic sponsorship operation procedures, the importance of supporting sport event-based business operations. To this end, following a brief introduction including a description of the international situation in the sports sponsorship market, as well as the necessary concepts, types of sponsorships, and developments, the structure of the book chapter focuses on the key elements of the content of a sponsorship management plan for small-scale sporting events. Also important is the contribution of this chapter by presenting, at the end, three small-scale sport events in clarifying how sponsors of a sporting event can be attracted and how the sponsorship exchange system can be more effective.

scholarly journals Eventqual: una medida de la calidad percibida por los espectadores de eventos deportivos (Eventqual: a measure of perceived quality of sporting event spectators)

Retos ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 66-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferran Calabuig Moreno ◽  
Javier Mundina Gómez ◽  
Josep Crespo Hervàs
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Sport Management ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Perceived Quality ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Sporting Event ◽  
Sport Events

El objetivo de este trabajo es la elaboración de una herramienta de medida de la calidad percibida por los espectadores de eventos deportivos. Para ello, se realizó una primera versión de la escala mediante el método de consulta de expertos conocido como Delphi. Una primera versión de la escala se administró a una muestra reducida y tras su análisis se eliminaron una serie de ítems configurando una escala más reducida. Esta escala se administró a una muestra de 2.111 espectadores de un mega-evento deportivo de carácter multideportivo. La escala, denominada EVENTQUAL, mostró buenos índices de fiabilidad y validez. Se sometió a un análisis factorial exploratorio que determinó cuatro dimensiones de calidad percibida por los espectadores de eventos deportivos como son, los tangibles, el personal, los servicios complementarios y la accesibilidad.Palabra clave: eventos deportivos, calidad de servicio, espectadores, gestión del deporte, satisfacción.Abstract: The purpose of this study was to develop a scale for measuring the perceived quality of the spectators at sporting events. A consulting expert’s method, known as Delphi, was used in order to propose a first version of the scale. This preliminary scale was administered to a small sample and a few items were eliminated after its analysis leaving a smaller scale. This scale was administered to a sample of 2,111 spectators at a mega-sporting event of multi-sport nature. The scale, named EVENTQUAL, showed good levels of reliability and validity. It underwent an exploratory factor analysis which identified four dimensions of perceived quality of sporting event spectators, which are the tangibles, staff, complementary services and accessibility.Key words: Sport events, service quality, spectators, sport management, satisfaction.

Athlete health and safety at large sport events: the development of consensus-driven guidelines

2020 ◽  
pp. bjsports-2020-102771
Author(s):  
Margo Mountjoy ◽  
Jane Moran ◽  
Hosny Ahmed ◽  
Stephane Bermon ◽  
Xavier Bigard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Translation ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
International Federation ◽  
Medical Services ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Medical Risk ◽  
Sport Events

All sport events have inherent injury and illness risks for participants. Healthcare services for sport events should be planned and delivered to mitigate these risks which is the ethical responsibility of all sport event organisers. The objective of this paper was to develop consensus-driven guidelines describing the basic standards of services necessary to protect athlete health and safety during large sporting events. By using the Knowledge Translation Scheme Framework, a gap in International Federation healthcare programming for sport events was identified. Event healthcare content areas were determined through a narrative review of the scientific literature. Content experts were systematically identified. Following a literature search, an iterative consensus process was undertaken. The outcome document was written by the knowledge translation expert writing group, with the assistance of a focus group consisting of a cohort of International Federation Medical Chairpersons. Athletes were recruited to review and provide comment. The Healthcare Guidelines for International Federation Events document was developed including content-related to (i) pre-event planning (eg, sport medical risk assessment, public health requirements, environmental considerations), (ii) event safety (eg, venue medical services, emergency action plan, emergency transport, safety and security) and (iii) additional considerations (eg, event health research, spectator medical services). We developed a generic standardised template guide to facilitate the planning and delivery of medical services at international sport events. The organisers of medical services should adapt, evaluate and modify this guide to meet the sport-specific local context.

International sporting events and human rights : does the host nation play fair?

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Zack Bowersox
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
World Cup ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
Sporting Event ◽  
International Rights ◽  
The Media ◽  
International Standing ◽  
The University ◽  
Positive Effect

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] International sporting events like the Olympics and FIFA World Cup generate a great deal of attention for the athletes, the games, and for the nations that host these events. Hosting can be very prestigious for a nation, yet not all hosts are apt to be strict observers of international norms regarding human rights and human security. In these instances, the tourists who travel to see the event, and the media that broadcasts it, are better able to observe the poor behavior of a state who would rather use this opportunity to increase its international standing. Are host nations apt to improve their behavior for the sake of an international sporting event? Are they more responsive to the international criticism of their behavior when hosting an event? This research finds that states are in fact more responsive to international rights criticism, and, for the duration of the event are better observers of human rights. Yet, this positive effect is only apparent for the duration of the event.

Differences of perception between private and public officers in an organizing committee concerning stakeholders of an international sporting event

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-142
Author(s):  
Taeyeon Oh ◽  
Jihyeon Oh ◽  
Junhee Kim ◽  
Kisung Dennis Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Central Government ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Stakeholder Analysis ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sporting Event ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Winter Olympic Games ◽  
Research Questions

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the perception of public and private officers of stakeholder at the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games 2018. This event was selected as the subject of this research as it is the most recent mega-scale international sporting event and, given that the organizing committee (OC) is currently operating, it afforded a unique opportunity to investigate the staff of the organization. To clarify the research questions, this research identified stakeholders of Olympic Games.Design/methodology/approachThe research questions were examined by a stakeholder analysis that measured and compared perceptions conducted according to the stakeholder theory (Freeman, 2010) and previous research (Naraine et al., 2016).FindingsThis study identifies eight stakeholders of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games: the OC, the International Olympics Committee, National Olympic Committee, central government, local government, media, sponsors and non-government organizations. The authors pointed out that public officers are more sensitive to the opinions and movements of community members than private staff. Conversely, the authors found that the private staffs regard the media and influential stakeholders as more important compared with public officers.Originality/valueBased on the findings from the Olympics committee, this study contributes to the academic literature related to sporting events and their stakeholders by providing the most up-to-date identification of stakeholders.

Urban Regimes and the Sporting Events Agenda: A Cross-National Comparison of Civic Development Strategies

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 603-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Misener ◽  
Daniel S. Mason
Keyword(s):  
Urban Governance ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Urban Revitalization ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Urban Political Economy ◽  
Sporting Event ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Urban Regimes ◽  
National Comparison ◽  
Cross National

This article examines the coalitions undergirding comprehensive sport-centered growth agendas in three cities actively pursuing sporting event development strategies: Edmonton, Canada; Manchester, United Kingdom; and Melbourne, Australia. Using DiGaetano and Klemanski’s (1999) study of modes of urban governance as a starting point, we review each city’s urban political economy, urban governing agenda, and urban governing alliances. We then discuss whether coalitions in each of the cities can be identified as regimes, by examining the conditions required for the presence of regimes developed by Dowding (2001). Results suggest the presence of regimes in each city, which can be best described using Stoker and Mossberger’s (1994) symbolic regime, developed in their typology of regimes for cross-national research. However, the cities differ slightly, with Edmonton exhibiting the characteristics of a progressive version of a symbolic regime, whereas Manchester and Melbourne more closely resemble urban revitalization regimes.

scholarly journals Childhood Experiences and Sporting Event Visitors’ Preference for Unhealthy versus Healthy Foods: Priming the Route to Obesity?

Nutrients ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joerg Koenigstorfer
Keyword(s):  
Leisure Time ◽  
Healthy Food ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Unhealthy Food ◽  
Healthy Foods ◽  
Childhood Memories ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Sporting Event ◽  
Food And Drink ◽  
Flea Market

To date, there is little knowledge about how experiences in childhood frame adults’ food and drink consumption patterns in the context of attending sporting events as spectators. Therefore, the goal of this study was to explore the childhood memories of adults when they visited sporting events and find out whether and why this particular setting makes individuals indulge in unhealthy food. The study comprises two components: Study 1 and Study 2. In Study 1, 30 individuals recalled their childhood experiences of sport stadium visits at the age of ten years or younger. Inductive coding of the stories revealed that on-site enjoyment is an important factor that may lead to unhealthy food consumption. In Study 2 (n = 240), the effect of enjoyment on the intentions to eat unhealthy versus healthy food at sporting events was tested empirically and contrasted with two other leisure-time activities. The results of the experiment revealed that it is not enjoyment, but the visit to sporting or music events (versus a flea market) that increased the preference for unhealthy versus healthy foods. Implications to decrease (increase) the preference for unhealthy (healthy) food in these particular settings against the background of childhood experiences can be drawn.

From Macro to Mega

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernat López ◽  
Helle Kettner-Høeberg
Keyword(s):  
Sporting Events ◽  
Online Activity ◽  
Sporting Event ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Tour De France ◽  
Level Scale ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Mega Event ◽  
Sport Organisation

The Vuelta a España is one of the three cycling Grand Tours, a long-established (first staged in 1935) and global sports mega event. Nonetheless, in the mid-noughties, it went through a financial and identity crisis, which culminated with the French company, Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the organizer of the Tour de France, taking over the Spanish race in 2008. This research, an in-depth case study based on semistructured interviews and analysis of all the relevant corporate documentation and online activity, aims at shedding light on how the new ASO management has refloated the race through a reinforcement of its globalization and mediatization, on the lines of the managerial policies already in place for the Tour de France since the early 80s. This article also proposes a small theoretical refinement of the “mega sporting event” concept, moving from a binary, yes–not typology, to a four-level scale including micro (local), meso (provincial/subnational), macro (national or regional), and mega (global) sporting events. In this sense, this article concludes that the communication strategies set up by the new ASO management have pushed the Vuelta beyond the macro and towards the mega level.

scholarly journals Legacies of a mega sporting event for healthy adolescent development: a case study of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Games

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Ann Smith
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Adolescent Development ◽  
Homeless Youth ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Sports Participation ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Healthy Adolescent ◽  
Sporting Event ◽  
The Impact

Numerous studies have considered the impact of hosting a mega sporting event on adults. Using the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and Paralympics as a case study, this thesis is the first to consider the impact of such an event on adolescents over a decade pre and post the event. It investigates the legacies of the 2010 Games on physical activity, employment, and community connectedness, and the environmental, psychological and social mechanisms through which any legacies may have occurred. A mixed-methods approach was used which combined analyses of cross-sectional data from the BC Adolescent Health Survey and Homeless and Street Involved Youth Survey, with sports club membership data and stakeholder consultations. Using selfreport data from over 60,000 adolescents—including three subpopulations typically excluded from mega events (adolescents with a disability, experiencing homelessness, and at risk of incarceration)—the study considered positive and negative, planned and unplanned, tangible and intangible legacies, and the time and space in which they occurred (Preuss, 2016). Results differed by age, gender and location. For example, the 2010 Games were more likely to have both a positive and negative impact on homeless youth in host communities compared to non-host communities. However, across British Columbia, a positive perception of the Games’ impact was associated with regular physical activity. Vulnerable subpopulations generally reported more negative impacts of the Games, but those who reported positive impacts experienced some reduction in health disparities with the general population. However, rather than serving as a catalyst to close the gap in organised sports participation between adolescents with a physical disability and their peers, the disparity increased following the Games. Stakeholder consultations provided context to these findings, and offered insight into how future mega sporting events might be leveraged to support healthy adolescent development at the population and subpopulation level.

scholarly journals Getting back to the event: COVID-19, attendance and perceived importance of protective measures

Kinesiology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-19
Author(s):  
Marko Perić ◽  
Nicholas Wise ◽  
Reza Heydari ◽  
Mohammad Keshtidar ◽  
Janez Mekinc
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Home Country ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Protective Measures ◽  
Sporting Event ◽  
Perceived Importance

Current COVID-19 realities impose additional challenges to sporting event organisers who now have to consider and include new protective measures for the safety and security of both active and passive participants. This study focuses on event consumers and issues related to their intention to attend future sporting events and their perception of how important they find some of the safety-related protective measures when attending sporting events following the COVID-19 crisis. Based on the empirical study of residents from one Middle East and two European countries, the results suggest that, once all restrictions on movement and sporting event attendance is allowed to resume, most of the respondents will attend events in their home country within few weeks. In addition, the respondents from a country that experienced more severe consequences of the pandemic perceive all protective measures as more important than respondents from countries that were less affected.

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