Procedures
This study will use a selecting informant sampling procedure, which will allow to interview a specific member of each school with will allow to obtain a specific and bias information about each athletic program and the results of the presence of medical provider during practices and games of any athletic activity. By analyzing each high school in the state of Oklahoma between classes 3A and 6A football programs, the primary researcher will be attempting to measure the results of the procedures, policies and medical practices that improved the health outcome for the student-athletes. Although, the athletic directors (ADs) of each school will be asked to complete the survey or designate another individual at the school (such as an athletic trainer, nurse, physician, or principal) that was better qualify for the task. All the individuals that completed the survey were asked to provide their position in the high school.
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“It was proposed that the likelihood of obtaining questionnaire answers was greatest if the survey designer simultaneously focused on reducing costs, increasing benefits, and engendering trust that the expected benefits of responding would outweigh the costs of responding”. First, the survey will be mailed with a cover letter explaining the benefits and the importance of the survey to encourage the participants’ response. A week after the first mail, a second survey and cover letter will be mail to all non-responder participants to encourage them to fill and return the