Football nurse: A community based, task sharing approach to improve best sports and exercise medicine practice in women’s football in low income and middle income settings.
- Conditions
- Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning
- Registration Number
- PACTR202205481965514
- Lead Sponsor
- FIFA
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 720
Women’s football clubs in the Women’s League in Malawi registered with the Football Association of Malawi (FAM).
Nurses registered with the Nurses and Midwives Council of Malawi with at least 3 years post graduate experience.
Physiotherapists with a recognised university qualification in physiotherapy (HPT), registered with the Medical council of Malawi and at least 3 years post graduate practice experience.
Medical doctors with a recognised university qualification (MBChB) registered with the Medical and Dental Association of Malawi and at least 3 years post graduate practice experience.
Willingness to and actual completion of the online FIFA Medical Diploma over a maximum period of 3-months prior to the commencement of the project.
Women’s football clubs in the Women’s League in Malawi that already have medical personnel attached to their team.
For potential supervisors, less than 3 years post qualification experience; incomplete FIFA Medical Diploma.
For potential Football Nurses, less than 3 years of post-qualification experience.
For potential Football Nurses and supervisors, current attachment to a Women’s Football club in Malawi’s Women’s League.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ow cost, sustainable and context relevant solution to manage the treatment gap of football injuries/illnesses in underserved communities developed.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method A flagship model which can inform implementation of similar task sharing approaches to sports and exercise medicine practice in other low and middle income countries in Africa and globally developed.