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COmmunities Aligned to Reduce Concussion and Head Impact Exposure

NCT06624202 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 880

Last updated 2025-09-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Head impacts in collision sports such as football are a public health concern, as repetitive head impacts, even if a concussion is not suspected, have negative effects on brain health. This study has partnered with a community stakeholder group to create a safety program for youth football named "COmmunities Aligned to reduce Concussion and Head impact exposure (COACH)", which seeks to improve knowledge and skills of youth coaches in effective and safe practice planning and to change attitudes and beliefs to prevent head impacts and promote safety. To continue advancing COACH as an approach to prevent head injuries in youth football, this R01 Research Project Grant will determine the ability of youth football organizations to adopt COACH and test if COACH is effective in reducing head impacts, concussion, and negative effects of brain health while monitoring how the program is implemented.

Conditions

  • Concussions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

COmmunities Aligned to reduce Concussion and Head impact exposure (COACH) Intervention

COmmunities Aligned to reduce Concussion and Head impact exposure (COACH) includes use of practice plans and a resource booklet aligned with the National Federation for High School guidelines for contact in practice. Coaches will also attend a pre-season coaches' clinic and be paired with a peer mentor during the season.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jillian Urban, PhD, MPH · Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
11 Years
Max Age
14 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-05-10
Primary Completion
2029-11-30
Completion
2029-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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