The United States Anti-Doping Agency will host an Education Symposium, “Effective Anti-Doping Education Prevention Strategies,” November 10-11, 2006 at the Tempe Mission Palms in Tempe, Arizona. The purpose of the seminar is to discuss current effective interventions as well as future strategies and research to bridge the gaps in anti-doping education.
Symposium attendees will include representatives of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Center for Drug Free Sport, the American Academy of Pediatrics, Scholastic Inc., the Taylor Hooten Foundation, the American College of Sports Medicine, the National Athletic Trainers Association, the National Strength and Conditioning Association, the Canadian Center for Ethics in Sport, the World Anti-Doping Agency and numerous major universities.
“Our goal is to establish a charge for future program and research efforts that will boost effective education and take the ‘clean sport’ movement to another level,” said USADA Director of Education Karen Casey. “We are bringing together a small group of experts to identify what can be done to enhance current approaches and to develop the most effective strategies for anti-doping education efforts.”
Research specialists and clean sport practitioners will focus on two questions during the conference: How and at what point does an individual transform from having the desire to win on his/her own merit into wanting to win regardless of the cost by choosing to take performance-enhancing drugs, and, at what point does an individual desiring to alter his/her physical appearance choose to take performance-enhancing drugs, regardless of the potential health risks. Discussions will center on several educational approaches, delivery systems and evaluation.
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