WBGT? But It's a Dry Heat! Establishing State-Specific Guidelines for Heat

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This presentation is a replay from NATA 2023 in Indianapolis, providing another opportunity to access its valuable content and insights.

Abstract:
Despite best-practice evidence indicating that weather monitoring and activity modification are essential for athlete safety, many states do not have state-wide standardized policies for exercising in the heat. Wet bulb globe thermometry is the gold standard for assessing environmental heat stress during physical activity, however in dry or arid climates many stakeholders perceive the inclusion of a humidity metric to be unnecessary. This session will describe one state’s experiences with establishing the need for weather monitoring in a dry climate and strategies for promoting stakeholder buy-in to develop state-specific guidelines.

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe the need for state-specific weather modification guidelines.
  • Compare and contrast common weather measurement strategies for humid versus dry climates.
  • Describe and apply strategies to promote stakeholder buy-in for policy development.

Level:
Advanced

Domain(s):
Domain 1: Risk Reduction Wellness and Health Literacy 
Domain 5: Health Care Administration and Professional Responsibility

CEUs:
1.0 Category A

Keywords: policy; dissemination and implementation; heat illness

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Hayley Root, PhD, MPH, ATC

Hayley Root is an Assistant Professor at Northern Arizona University in the Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training located at the Phoenix Biosciences Core campus. My research leverages implementation science and community-based participatory research strategies to empower athletes, clinicians, and organizations to use best practice evidence that improves health outcomes and healthcare equity. This work crosses many areas of athletic healthcare but I primarily focus on musculoskeletal injury prevention and physical literacy development.

Tamara Valovich McLeod, PhD, ATC, FNATA

Dr. Tamara Valovich McLeod is the Chair, Director, and a Professor of Athletic Training, Professor in the School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona, and John P. Wood, D.O., Endowed Chair for Sports Medicine at A.T. Still University in Mesa, Arizona. Dr. McLeod completed her PhD from the University of Virginia. She was the founding director of the Athletic Training Practice-Based Research Network and her research has focused on the pediatric athlete with respect to sport-related concussion. 

Dr. McLeod is fellow of the NATA, the National Academy of Kinesiology, and the National Academies of Practice-Athletic Training and was the recipient of the NATA Foundation Medal for Distinguished Athletic Training Research in 2023.

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