IFF Anti-Doping Education Programme
Bruun, Merita (2018)
Haaga-Helia ammattikorkeakoulu
2018
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201805036302
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201805036302
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The objective of this thesis is to plan an anti-doping education programme for the Interna-tional Floorball Federation (IFF).
The paper will start with describing anti-doping education as a preventive strategy and the requirements for international sport federations that are emphasised in the World Anti-Dop-ing Code that came into force on January 1st, 2015. It will also investigate the recent social science research and frameworks in the field of anti-doping and then look into the specifics of floorball and the history of doping in the sport.
Participatory education is utilised as the theoretical framework for developing the IFF anti-doping education programme. As the aim with this study is to develop the best possible anti-doping education programme for the main target group, the athletes entering the IFF Events, the empirical part focuses on collecting and analysing the input received from this group.
A mixed method approach is utilised in this study in order to obtain broad knowledge about the issue. The research design was a sequential explanatory design, as the quantitative method was conducted before the qualitative phase. The qualitative method was then used to get a deeper understanding of the quantitative results and to validate the findings of both methods.
The empirical part included two parts: an athlete survey for floorball players taking part in the Women’s World Floorball Championships in December 2015 and a focus group inter-view for the IFF athletes commission members. The focus group interview was arranged in May 2016.
The main findings of the research show that there has been a lack of anti-doping education for floorball players. The research indicates that anti-doping education is needed in a wide range of topics such as prohibited substances and nutritional supplements, the athletes’ right and responsibilities as well as testing and therapeutic use exemptions. Based on the research results, a new approach to anti-doping education has been developed and the IFF anti-doping education programme is planned based on that. The development areas relate to increasing cooperation with the national anti-doping organisations, to focus the education activities on younger athletes and prioritising new teams entering the IFF Events. Also targeting the countries where no national anti-doping education efforts exist should be a future priority.
The paper will start with describing anti-doping education as a preventive strategy and the requirements for international sport federations that are emphasised in the World Anti-Dop-ing Code that came into force on January 1st, 2015. It will also investigate the recent social science research and frameworks in the field of anti-doping and then look into the specifics of floorball and the history of doping in the sport.
Participatory education is utilised as the theoretical framework for developing the IFF anti-doping education programme. As the aim with this study is to develop the best possible anti-doping education programme for the main target group, the athletes entering the IFF Events, the empirical part focuses on collecting and analysing the input received from this group.
A mixed method approach is utilised in this study in order to obtain broad knowledge about the issue. The research design was a sequential explanatory design, as the quantitative method was conducted before the qualitative phase. The qualitative method was then used to get a deeper understanding of the quantitative results and to validate the findings of both methods.
The empirical part included two parts: an athlete survey for floorball players taking part in the Women’s World Floorball Championships in December 2015 and a focus group inter-view for the IFF athletes commission members. The focus group interview was arranged in May 2016.
The main findings of the research show that there has been a lack of anti-doping education for floorball players. The research indicates that anti-doping education is needed in a wide range of topics such as prohibited substances and nutritional supplements, the athletes’ right and responsibilities as well as testing and therapeutic use exemptions. Based on the research results, a new approach to anti-doping education has been developed and the IFF anti-doping education programme is planned based on that. The development areas relate to increasing cooperation with the national anti-doping organisations, to focus the education activities on younger athletes and prioritising new teams entering the IFF Events. Also targeting the countries where no national anti-doping education efforts exist should be a future priority.