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<p>Concussion awareness became a priority for the Northern Sydney Local Health District as the increase in children, teenagers, and young adults with concussion, had an effect on emergency department (ED) presentations, follow-up, schooling and sports-related activities. Education in some of the local schools from the Neuroscience Clinical Nurse Consultant had been occurring, but the need far outweighed the in-person approach. Therefore, it was decided that the development of an educational concussion video for schools was required.</p>
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<h3>AIM</h3>
<p>To produce a 5-minute educational video for use in schools in the PDHPE Program / Sport sessions, that could then be broken down into shorter 1-minute versions for social media bursts.</p>
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<h3>METHOD</h3>
<p>A focus group was established and the process of devising and parenting this video took approximately 11months. It is pitched at a 12-year-old and combines animation and realistic scenes.</p>
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<h3>OUTCOME</h3>
<p>The video can be found at - <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="https://vimeo.com/674645370">https://vimeo.com/674645370</ext-link></p>
<p>It has been sent to and accessed by schools within the Northern Sydney Local Health District and has been integrated into the NSW Education Department teacher training as a tool for teachers and students. It has been accessed throughout NSW, other Australian states and accepted for use in the New Zealand schooling system.</p>
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Concussion awareness became a priority for the Northern Sydney Local Health District as the increase in children, teenagers, and young adults with concussion, had an effect on emergency department (ED) presentations, follow-up, schooling and sports-related activities. Education in some of the local schools from the Neuroscience Clinical Nurse Consultant had been occurring, but the need far outweighed the in-person approach. Therefore, it was decided that the development of an educational concussion video for schools was required.

AIM
To produce a 5-minute educational video for use in schools in the PDHPE Program / Sport sessions, that could then be broken down into shorter 1-minute versions for social media bursts.


METHOD
A focus group was established and the process of devising and parenting this video took approximately 11months. It is pitched at a 12-year-old and combines animation and realistic scenes.


OUTCOME
The video can be found at - https://vimeo.com/674645370
It has been sent to and accessed by schools within the Northern Sydney Local Health District and has been integrated into the NSW Education Department teacher training as a tool for teachers and students. It has been accessed throughout NSW, other Australian states and accepted for use in the New Zealand schooling system.

Concussion Video—Educating Schools

Australasian Journal of Neuroscience

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Concussion awareness became a priority for the Northern Sydney Local Health District as the increase in children, teenagers, and young adults with concussion,...

Concussion Video—Educating Schools

Published Online: May 30, 2023

Page range: 56 - 63

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ajon-2023-007

© 2023 Vicki. J. Evans (Roach) AM, published by Sciendo

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