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ACA's Healthy Camp Study
Thanks to the generosity of Markel Insurance
Company, and the skills and systems of
The Ohio State University College of
Medicine (OSU) and Columbus Children’s
Research Institute (CCRI), the American
Camp Association (ACA), and the Association
of Camp Nurses (ACN), we have a five-year
opportunity to gather illness and injury
data from camps (both ACA and non-ACA).
Why Is ACA conducting this study?
We want to learn more about camper and
staff illnesses and injuries, so that
we can provide camp experiences that
keep campers and staff involved in camp
program as much as possible. The monitoring
system being used in this study was modeled
after the successful National Collegiate
Athletic Association Injury Surveillance
System (NCAA ISS). This study will:
| Establish base injury/illness
rates for campers and staff in US residential & day
camps |
| Monitor trends over
time in a multi-year data collection
strategy |
| Identify risk and
protective factors associated with
illness and/or injury that requires
professional medical treatment and
keeps participants out of program |
| Determine appropriate
intervention strategies |
| Monitor the effectiveness
of protection strategies |
These strategies will make a proven difference
in your camp’s health awareness and
performance!
Want a Healthy Camp?
Do you want to know the best intervention
strategies to keep your staff on the
job and your campers in program and not
in the health lodge? Do you want
to see your health statistics in comparison
to national averages?
Sign up for the Healthy Camp Initiative!
Deadline to enroll is May 24!
Your camp is invited to participate in
the Healthy Camp study. Approximately 170
camps have already signed up. We are particularly
in need of day camps (both accredited and
nonaccredited; fourteen days or less session
length and fifteen days or more session
length) participation.
Camps that have been serious about tracking
illnesses and injuries over time have found
ways to make significant reductions in
the time campers and staff lose from program,
have lowered their health costs, and provided
very specific staff training on effective
interventions.
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