Sports Injury In China School Environment: A Policy Study

Abstract

PURPOSE: The frequent incidents of sports injuries in Chinese schools have seriously jeopardized the physical and mental health of students. The economic and legal disputes are so frequent that many schools reduced or limited their students' physical activities (PA). Therefore, this study aimed to collect and research the Chinese school sports injury policy from 1949 to 2019, and provide reference for the formulation and improvement of relevant policies in the future. METHODS: We searched historical documents, searched government websites, Baidu, Google, other search engines, and CNKI, VIP, other scientific research databases, to collect and sort out the policy documents related to sports injuries in China. The searched data were collated and analyzed in chronological order and the department category of the issued documents. RESULTS: Together, there are 11 policy documents about the school sports injuries were issued in China, only one of them Interim Measures for Risk Prevention and Control of School Sports issued by the Chinese Ministry of Education in 2015 is a policy document specifically aimed at school sports injuries in China. Other more related documents are Interim Provisions on Health Work in Schools (Draft)(1976,1980), Regulations on Student Health Work(1990), Regulations on the Handling of Student Injury Accidents Law(2002), and Tort Liability Law(2009), etc., At the same time, some provincial people's congresses in China have also issued policies related to campus sports injuries, such as Jiangsu Province (2006), Shanghai (2011), Guizhou Province (2014), Jiangxi Province (2015) and Hunan Province (2018), etc., which have successively issued some policies, some items in these policies are related to school sports injuries. Because there is not a report system for sports injuries of students, and no information communication channels between schools and hospitals and clinics, there is a lack of statistical data related to sports injuries in schools in China. CONCLUSIONS: A great improvement is urgently needed for China’s school sports injury policy, and the lack of reporting system and statistical data on school sports injury made the policy developed untargeted and ineffective. Urgent actions are needed to address these barriers so that school sport-related injury can be better prevented.